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Peter Fitzpatrick·12 de febrero de 2025
OneFootball
Peter Fitzpatrick·12 de febrero de 2025
Results:
Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Feyenoord 1-0 Milan
Monaco 0-1 Benfica
Club Brugge 2-1 Atalanta
Full time: Feyenoord 1-0 Milan
A third-minute Igor Paixão goal is enough to seal a famous win for Rotterdam.
What a start for interim manager Pascal Bosschaart!
Full time: Monaco 0-1 Benfica
A few minutes of madness from Monaco sees their hopes of qualification in real trouble.
Benfica will be confident of finishing the job in Lisbon.
Full time: Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Bayern hold on for a crucial win that makes them overwhelming favourites to progress.
Celtic will travel with belief though after a strong showing.
GOAL! Celtic 1-2 Bayern Munich
Maeda pulls one back for Celtic with a close range header after Bayern fail to deal with a corner.
Game on?
Maeda just puts one past the post after rounding Neuer.
It's just not been Celtic's night....so far...
Player of the night so far, and he's taken his leave with Bayern two up and cruising.
Penalty appeal for Celtic turned down as they look for a route back into the game.
To make matters worse for Monaco, Al-Musrati has been sent off for a second yellow.
It's a fantastic finish from Vangelis Pavlidis, who cuts in from the right and dinks it over Radosław Majecki.
GOAL! Monaco 0-1 Benfica
GOAL! Celtic 0-2 Bayern Munich
And like that, Bayern are in cruise control.
Joshua Kimmich whips a corner in, and Kane is fully unmarked at the back post to volley home with his left foot.
We're back underway across the continent.
Let's see what the next 45 has in store.
Half time in the three games, with just the two goals so far.
GOAL! Celtic 0-1 Bayern Munich
And what a goal.
Dayot Upamecano plays the ball down the right to Olise, who cuts in and gives Schmeichel no chance with a stunning effort from the edge of the box.
That's something you won't see too many times.
Kane has missed another great chance, this time being onside. He frees himself at the back post from a corner but puts his header into the side netting.
Celtic will want half time.
Daizen Maeda might have done better there.
Celtic get the ball forward, but the Japanese forward runs down a blind alley, losing the ball.
Harry Kane was ruled offside but Kasper Schmeichel didn't know that, making a fine save from a close range header.
The England skipper should have scored, not that it mattered.
Bayern are knocking on the door now, dominating possession.
Feyenoord remain in the lead, but their goal came from 0.05 xG according to BBC.
Maignan won't want to watch that again.
Monaco have dominated the proceedings so far against Benfica, but we await a goal in the Principality, as we do in Glasgow.
Celtic have made life very difficult for the six-time champions so far.
Kasper Schmeichel does well to deny Michael Olise at the near post.
The former Crystal Palace winger has taken to life at Bayern with ease, and could be the difference maker tonight.
GOAL! Feyenoord 1-0 Milan
We do have a goal in Rotterdam though, and it's the hosts who have got it.
Igor Paixão is the scorer but Mike Maignan will be very disappointed to have let in his 20-yard drive.
The dream start for interim boss Pascal Bosschaart.
Celtic think they've an early goal but it's been ruled out.
Former Bayern II player Niclas Kühn slams the ball past Manuel Neuer but Adam Idah is ruled to have impeded the German stopper's view from an offside position.
Celtic Park is rocking.
KICK OFF!
We're underway in the three games.
We're less than 15 minutes away from our three games in Glasgow, Rotterdam and Monaco.
Let's hope for more drama.
FULL TIME: CLUB BRUGGE 2-1 ATALANTA
Brugge hold onto to seal a famous win against the Europa League winners, and will now head to Bergamo next week with serious hope of making the last 16.
GOAL! CLUB BRUGGE 2-1 ATALANTA
Gustaf Nilsson has won the game for Brugge with nearly the last kick of the game from the spot.
It was a very questionable decision, but the home fans do not care.
De Ketelaere finally gets a sight on goal, shooting from just outside the box.
However, his effort's too close to Mignolet, who turns it away for a corner.
Atalanta have missed Ademola Lookman tonight, with their attack being blunted at times.
Credit must go to the hosts though, who have punched above their weight all season in Europe.
20 minutes to go here, will we get a winner?
Juan Cuadrado and Lazar Samardžić are on for Atalanta, and they are making a difference.
Atalanta are finally looking like the side we know them to be.
Charles De Ketelaere has been quiet so far at a ground he knows so well.
He played 120 times for Brugge after making his debut in 2019, scoring 26 times.
Might he get one against them tonight? He's had a brilliant Champions League campaign so far, scoring four goals and assisting five.
Brugge have started the second half like they played much of the first half, with Talbi right at the heart of their good play.
He breaks down the right and puts a dangerous ball into the box that two of his teammates go for, and neither ends up connecting with.
SECOND HALF STARTS
And we're back underway in Belgium.
The Croatian international has been one of Atalanta's go-to guys over the years.
Half time: Club Brugge 1-1 Atalanta
The sides are level at the break, and the Europa League champions will be delighted after a very abject performance so far.
GOAL! Club Brugge 1-1 Atalanta
From next to nothing, Atalanta are back on level terms.
Davide Zappacosta whips in a cross from the left, which Mario Pašalić brilliantly heads into the far post past Simon Mignolet.
Big goal before the break.
The Belgians have proved a tough nut to crack so far this season, and so far so good tonight.
Atalanta have not got to grips with this game at all so far, and Brugge are unluckly not to be further in front.
Mateo Retegui has Atalanta's first sight of goal but misjudges the flight of the ball and it goes over.
GOAL! Club Brugge 1-0 Atalanta
Brugge take a fully deserved early lead, and what a goal it is!
Chemsdine Talbi breaks down the right and finds Ferran Jutglà in the box, who tees up the ball and smashes it past Patricio.
The home fans are bouncing.
The Belgian champions have come flying out of the blocks here, with Atalanta struggling to get on the ball in the opening 10 minutes.
Brugge have the first opening but Christos Tzolis can only fire straight at Rui Patricio when he probably should have passed.
The two clubs have the same home colours, so the Italians are in their white away kit.
KICK OFF!
We're underway in Brugge.
Gian Piero Gasperini's side missed out on automatic qualification to the last 16 by a point, while the Belgian side squeezed into the playoffs on goal difference.
First up is Atalanta's clash with Club Brugge, which sees their star man Charles de Ketelaere return to his boyhood club.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of tonight's Champions League knockout round playoff first-legs!
If it's anything like last night's action, we're in for a treat.