Status: 09/30/2021 11:50 p.m.
Bayer Leverkusen silenced the Celtic Park, which is known for its extraordinary atmosphere, with a dominant appearance. Glasgow didn’t stand a chance.
With the well-deserved 4-0 (2-0), the Leverkusen-based team achieved their second victory in the second game on Thursday evening (09/30/21) and lead Group G with six points.
Even before the break, Gerardo Seoane’s team had made a decisive contribution through Piero Hincapié (25th) and Florian Wirtz after a class cross pass from Paulinho (35th).
Hradecky and Tah outstanding
Celtic tried again and again to change the game quickly after winning the ball and sometimes showed attack-like counterattacks. But a phenomenal Jonathan Tah and also goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky in gala-constitution destroyed the hopes of the Scots for the connection goal several times.
After just under an hour, Celtic’s resistance was broken, and it became increasingly quiet in the stands.
Carter-Vickers gives hand penalty
Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers threw himself in a goalkeeping shot by Paulinho, turning away but still getting the ball to the upper arm – the penalty was a perfectly correct decision.
Lucas Alario grabbed the ball and made it 3-0. After that, you could almost only hear the 166 Leverkusen fans who had traveled with them in Celtic Park – especially when Amine Adli made a counterattack in stoppage time to make it 4-0.
Seona praises the team’s performance
“It was the expected difficult start, there was pressure from the spectators. But we got into both halves well. It was a complete team performance, solidarity and homogeneous,” said Seoane after the game. Wirtz, who became the youngest player to score ten Bundesliga goals with his 1-0 win against Mainz, scored in the sixth competitive game in a row and was rather cautious: “At the moment it’s going well. But first of all it’s about the team winning.”
Source: sportschau.de