published: wednesday 30 july 2014, 23.00cet legia warszawa 4-1 celtic fc
the polish champions failed to convert two penalties, but miroslav radović's first-half double helped them see off ten-man celtic.
legia warszawa missed two penalties but still overwhelmed a ten-man celtic fc 4-1 in their uefa champions league third qualifying round first leg.
the hoops drew first blood in the contest through callum mcgregor, but miroslav radović's double and an efe ambrose red card had ronny deila's side reeling at half-time. any relief celtic felt at seeing ıvica vrdoljak miss a penalty on the hour mark was extinguished by late goals for michał Żyro and jakub kosecki, which sandwiched another squandered vrdoljak spot kick in a manic finish.
mcgregor's second goal in three games was rifled into the top-right corner from outside the box to hand the hoops an eighth-minute lead. however, in radović legia also had a man enjoying a purple patch. the serbian beat fraser forster low at his near post to level before turning the tables entirely by tucking away michal kucharczyk's flick-on. ıt was the striker's second double in as many matches and his fifth of the campaign so far.
last man ambrose was dismissed for preventing a goalscoring opportunity as celtic's misery was compounded before the break, and their luck was not to change – despite vrdoljak's travails from the penalty spot.
radović turned provider for Żyro's 84th-minute header, before Łukasz broź played in kosecki to giftwrap the win and give legia a three-goal advantage to defend in scotland next wednesday.
yardımcı hakemler: charles schaap (ned), rob van de ven (ned)
4. hakem: edwin van de graaf (ned)
legia: dušan kuciak (gk), tomasz jodłowiec, ondrej duda, iñaki astiz, tomasz brzyski, michał kucharczyk (dk. 75 jakub kosecki), ivica vrdoljak (c), jakub rzeźniczak, Łukasz broź, miroslav radović, michał Żyro (dk. 88 marek saganowski)
yedekler: konrad jałocha (gk), dossa júnior, henrik ojamaa, arkadiusz piech, hélio pinto
teknik direktör: henning berg (nor)
celtic: fraser forster (gk), adam matthews, efe ambrose, virgil van dijk, kris commons (dk. 75 leigh griffiths), jo inge berget (dk. 63 emilio izaguirre), teemu pukki (dk. 46 beram kayal), charlie mulgrew (c), mikael lustig, stefan johansen, callum mcgregor
yedekler: Łukasz załuska (gk), nir biton, anthony stokes, derk boerrigter
teknik direktör: ronny deila (nor)
goller: (0-1) dk. 8 callum mcgregor (1-1) dk. 10 miroslav radović (2-1) dk. 36 miroslav radović (3-1) dk. 84 michał Żyro (4-1) dk. 90+1 jakub kosecki
sarı kartlar: dk. 22 iñaki astiz, dk. 89 jakub kosecki (legia) dk. 87 charlie mulgrew (c), dk. 88 beram kayal, dk. 89 leigh griffiths (celtic)
