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On Thursday-evening, Valencia in the Europa League against Celtic in its own Mestalla is allowed to defend a 0-2 lead from the first leg. The Spaniards are therefore almost assured of a place in the eighth finals, although they will have to adjust to their count. The Scots do not give up the battle.
Valencia:
Valencia is sitting on roses, as the Spaniards managed to win the first leg of last week in Glasgow with 0-2. Valencia initially left the initiative to the Scottish national champion, but then succeeded in punishing the mistakes of the home team mercilessly through important outings by Denis Cheryshev and Ruben Sobrino. The Spaniards feel confident about his case, as evidenced by the action of Geoffrey Kondogbia. The French midfielder did a Ramosje in the final phase by deliberately (?) Hitting the voucher via time racks. Because of this he is suspended for the return and he can start with a clean slate at the eighth finals, although UEFA has started an investigation just like with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos.
The fact that Kondogbia seemed to be looking for a yellow card, however, indicates that Valencia feels confident about his case. For the Spaniards, the Europa League has priority, as that is the only way to still win Champions League qualification. The Spanish league is unlikely to succeed, as last season this weekend already played for the fourteenth time in La Liga. Particularly the lack of scoring ability will cause coach Marcelino, because fourteen goals in thirteen home games is of course far too little. In the back is the team well, because even with a broken finger keeper Neto last weekend effortlessly kept his goal clean.
Celtic:
In their own country, Celtic has been supreme for years, but in Europe the Scots are short again this season. The Hoops were already eliminated in the preliminaries of the Champions League by AEK Athens and their adventure in the Europa League is now hanging on a thread. Only a miracle in the Mestalla can save the team of trainer Brendan Rodgers from early elimination. However, Celtic remains militant. ‘If we make the first goal in the return, everything is still possible,’ says Ryan Christie. “However, we will have to make sure that we do not make such stupid mistakes again.” The midfielder therefore referred to last week’s outbound race at Celtic Park, where the home club did indeed start some expensive flaters.
Celtic recovered well last weekend in any case with a late 0-1 victory over Kilmarnock. A leading role was reserved for captain Scott Brown who helped the green-wits in the last minute via a directional shot at three major points. Then, however, he could shower immediately, because he got his second yellow card of the match after something too fanatical cheering with the fans. Acid, though that red card obviously has no consequences for Valencia-out.
Valencia vs Celtic head to head matches
14.02.19 EL Celtic Valencia 0 : 2
06.12.01 EL Celtic Valencia 1 : 1 (1 : 0)
22.11.01 EL Valencia Celtic 1 : 0