maçın orta hakemliğini almanya federasyonundan felix brych yapacak. yardımcılıklarını ise mark borsch ve stefan lupp yapacak. maçın 4. hakemi ise mike pickel
a kris commons penalty nine minutes from time enabled the scottish champions to pip sl benfica to the group g runners-up berth on a rousing glasgow night.
a kris commons penalty nine minutes from time took celtic fc into the uefa champions league round of 16 for the first time in five seasons as a narrow victory against fc spartak moskva secured second place in group g.
the scottish champions kicked off level with sl benfica on seven points but needing to better their portuguese rivals' result to go through for the first time since 2007/08. all looked promising when gary hooper fired them into a 21st-minute lead only for a delicate ari chip to bring eliminated spartak level before the break. with time running out, celtic pushed for a winner and were rewarded when giorgos samaras was impeded by marek suchý, commons smashing his spot kick in off the underside of the crossbar to earn a result that, combined with benfica's draw in spain, sparked joyous scenes at the final whistle.
the visitors had settled quicker and carved out the first real opening when kim källström worked a one-two with artem dzyuba on the edge of the area before curling a left-foot shot just wide of fraser forster's post.
however, it was the home side who broke the deadlock with their first attack of note. juan ınsaurralde failed to cut out a samaras pass from deep, the ball breaking off his heel and into the path of the alert hooper, who clinically shot low past sergei pesyakov.
commons came close to doubling celtic's advantage, pouncing on a headed clearance to rifle an effort that sent pesyakov scrambling across his line. ınstead it was spartak who struck next, emmanuel emenike showing great strength to hold off three defenders before sliding the ball to the unmarked ari. despite being forced wide, the brazilian cleverly chipped the advancing forster with kelvin wilson unable to prevent the ball crossing the line.
with benfica goalless at barcelona, neil lennon's team came out with renewed determination at the start of the second period, samaras clipping the post with a volley from mikael lustig's cross. spartak's caretaker coach valeri karpin withdrew ari for aiden mcgeady just past the hour, the former celtic player receiving a suitably warm welcome.
the home fans had more pressing issues to concern them as their side sought a second goal. charlie mulgrew came close to providing it, pesyakov tipping over his header from a commons corner, yet commons then took matters into his own hands after suchý was penalised for a foul on samaras.
with nerves jangling, spartak lost källström to a second yellow card for a foul on commons, and celtic held on to book their place in the draw on 20 december.
yardımcı hakemler: mark borsch (ger), stefan lupp (ger)
4. hakem: mike pickel (ger)
çizgi hakemleri: felix zwayer (ger), tobias welz (ger)
celtic: fraser forster (gk), emilio izaguirre, efe ambrose, kelvin wilson, scott brown (c) (dk. 85 joe ledley), giorgos samaras, kris commons, charlie mulgrew, mikael lustig (dk. 71 adam matthews), beram kayal (dk. 73 lassad nouioui), gary hooper
yedekler: Łukasz załuska (gk), miku, thomas rogne, tony watt
teknik direktör: neil lennon (nir)
spartak moskva: sergei pesyakov (gk), juan insaurralde, rafael carioca, kirill kombarov, ari (dk. 61 aiden mcgeady), artem dzyuba, marek suchý, josé manuel jurado, kim källström, dmitri kombarov (c), emmanuel emenike
yedekler: andriy dykan (gk), sergei bryzgalov, nicolas pareja, pavel yakovlev, demy de zeeuw, aleksandr kozlov
teknik direktör: valeri karpin (rus)
goller 1-0 gary hooper dk. 21 1-1 ari dk. 39 2-1 kris commons dk. 81 - penaltıdan
sarı kartlar dk. 42 beram kayal, dk. 52 mikael lustig (celtic) dk. 57 kim källström, dk. 75 dmitri kombarov (c), dk. 86 aiden mcgeady (spartak moskva)
2. sarıdan kırmızı kart dk. 88 kim källström (spartak moskva)
neil lennon, celtic manager this has been a great learning experience for us. now we are more than just the team who beat barcelona, we are the team who beat them and qualified. ıt is the best night of my career as manager of this club.
valeri karpin, spartak caretaker coach ı want to congratulate celtic, it is a great achievement for them. ıf we ignore our one costly mistake, we produced one of our best performances both in defence and attack.
11. dakikada georgios samaras ile etkili gelen ev sahibi ekip yunan oyuncunun kafa vuruşundan sonuç alamadı. 17. dakikada emmanuel emenike'nin şutunda top kaleyi bulmadı. maçta perdeyi açan gol 21. dakikada geldi ve gary hooper takımı celtic'i 1-0 öne geçirmeyi başardı. 32. dakikada celtic kris commons ile girdiği gol fırsatından yararlanamadı. baskılı oyununu sürdüren ev sahibi ekip 36. dakikada scott brown ile tehlikeli geldi ancak pozisyon golle sonuçlanmadı. dakikalar 39'u gösterirken konuk ekipte sahneye çıkan ari maçta durumu 1-1'e getiren golü kaydetti. ilk yarıda başka gol olmadı ve devre 1-1'lik eşitlikle sona erdi.
49. dakikada scott brown'un şutunda spartak moskova savunması golü önlemeyi başardı. bu pozisyonun hemen ardından georgios samaras'ın şutunda top direkten döndü. 62. dakikada jose jurado girdiği gol fırsatını değerlendiremedi. dakikalar 82'yi gösterirken celtic adına kris commons kazanılan penaltı vuruşunu gole çevirdi ve takımını yeniden öne geçirdi, 2-1. 88. dakikada konuk ekipte kim kallström gördüğü ikinci sarı kartın ardından kırmızı kartla oyun dışında kaldı.
maçın kalan dakikalarında başka gol olmadı ve celtic sahadan 2-1 galip ayrıldı. bu sonuçla puanını 10'a yükselten celtic grubu 2. sırada tamamlayarak adını bir üst tura yazdırırken 3 puanda kalan spartak moskova grupta son sırada yer aldı.
