Stuttgart 0 – 1 Celtic

Stuttgart 0 – 1 Celtic

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Celtic salvaged some delight despite exiting the Europa League at the arms of Stuttgart 4-2 on combination as Luke McCowan’s first-minute strike earned them a first-ever victory in Germany.

Trailing by three targets from the first leg and needing a minor miracle to progress to the last 16, Martin O’Neill determined to relaxation eight first-teamers against a aspect fourth in the Bundesliga ahead of a crunch Old Firm game on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

O’Neill’s gamers didn’t share his obvious willingness to throw in the towel and surprised the MHPArena with just 28 seconds on the clock as Junior Adamu’s slide-rule move was fired house by McCowan for his first European purpose.

Celtic might have had a second when Reo Hatate bought the ball caught under his ft from an Adamu cross with the house aspect struggling to settle.

But as soon as they did settle, there have been few indicators of an unlikely comeback and stand-in goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo, making his European debut for the Hoops, made a lot of saves to maintain the guests ahead on the evening.

The one time the Finnish stopper was overwhelmed by Deniz Undav, VAR intervened to rule Ermedin Demirovic offside in the build-up and preserve Celtic’s lead alive and keep away from a second of potential controversy for the fourth official, who had let Demirovic again onto the pitch following an injury moments before receiving the ball.

Following a first-leg hammering and an equally disappointing house defeat by Hearts at the weekend, Celtic’s slim win offered a tonic for his or her delighted travelling assist as they bowed out of Europe with a victory, and joined Bayern Munich as the only opposition sides to win in Stuttgart to date this season.

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