One Proves Enough Against Nine; Celtic Battle to Subdue Depleted Shakhtar
The Herald › November 03, 2004
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Celtic 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 Scorer: Thompson (25) Celtic at last have some Champions League points on the board but, by heavens, they won't want to live through this experience again. A crowd of 60,000 inside Parkhead were reduced to gibbering wrecks last night watching this desperate win against nine-man Shakhtar Donetsk.
No wonder Mircea Lucescu, Shakhtar's wonderfully volcanic coach, was incandescent with rage afterwards. While this was a gutsy Celtic victory, it included cruel aspects heaped upon Shakhtar, and Lucescu was so irate that he could scarcely speak later.See the full content of this document
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One Proves Enough Against Nine; Celtic Battle to Subdue Depleted Shakhtar
An Alan Thompson goal, converted in bizarre circumstances when Celtic had been awarded an indirect free-kick inside the Shakhtar area after 24 minutes, was all that separated these teams. And, while this represented a Group F victory for Celtic, if it comes ...
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