DBasia.news – Olivier Ntcham’s goal towards the end of the match succeeded in bringing Celtic to victory against Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico, Friday (8/11) AM. Celtic managed to conquer Lazio by a score of 2-1 in the Europa League.
Appearing as the home team, Lazio did not take long to open up the scoring. Just seven minutes into the game, Ciro Immobile managed to break down Fraser Forster’s goal after receiving a pass from Manuel Lazzari.
In the 25th minute, Lazio almost doubled the advantage. However, Forster managed to secure the net after Christopher Jullien almost scored an own goal.
In the 38th minute, Celtic was finally able to equalize through James Forrest’s effort to maximize the error from the home team’s back line. The first half ended with an equally strong score, 1-1.
After halftime, Celtic who were eyeing three points immediately came out to attack. In the 50th minute, they had a chance to get through Odsonne Edouard. However, his efforts were countered by Thomas Strakosha.
In the 68th minute, Forster was forced to work hard to secure the net from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s header. Seven minutes later, Forster returned to being Celtic’s hero after he was able to secure his goal from the chaos that occurred.
In the 85th and 86th minutes, Lazio continued to receive a golden opportunity through Valon Berisha and Alberto. However, the efforts of the two players were countered by Forster who appeared heroic.
Lazio was even chaated in the 5th minute of injury time. Starting from Berisha’s mistake, substitute, Olivier Ntcham, managed to break through the Lazio goal without any significant difficulty. The Lazio vs Celtic’s match ended shortly after Ntcham scored.
This defeat makes it even more challenging for Lazio’s mission to advance to the top 32 of the Europa League. Currently, they are in the top three group E standings with a collection of three points. Meanwhile, this victory has asured Celtic to advance to the top 32 of the Europa League.
LAZIO VS CELTIC PLAYERS:
Lazio: 1-Thomas Strakosha; 3-Luiz Felipe, 93-Denis Vavro (7-Valon Berisha 82’), 33-Francesco Acerbi; 29-Manuel Lazzari, 16-Marco Parolo, 6-Lucas Leiva (10-Luis Alberto 58’), 21-Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 22-Jony Rodriguez (19-Senad Lulic 58’); 20-Felipe Caicedo, 17-Ciro Immobile.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
Celts: 67-Fraser Forster; 33-Hatem Abd Elhamed (6-Nir Bitton 83’), 2-Christopher Jullien, 35-Kristoffer Ajer; 49-James Forrest (13-Moritz Bauer 89 “), 17-Ryan Christie (21-Olivier Ntcham 77”), 8-Scott Brown, 42-Callum McGregor, 15-Jonny Hayes; 27-Mohamed Elyounoussi, 22-Odsonne Edouard.
Coach: Neil Lennon.
Yellow Card: Caicedo
42’ – Brown 51’.