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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Celtic Park
  • Attendance: 65000
  • Referee: Rosetti, R

Live Commentary

120mins

Full time after extra time here in Glasgow and, after a superb game, the tie will be decided by penalties.

119mins

Derek Riordan is booked for unsporting behaviour.

110mins

Lee Naylor is being taken off, Darren O'Dea has come on in his place.

105mins

Half time in extra time and still no winning goal at Celtic Park.

104mins

Aiden McGeady is replaced by Derek Riordan.

100mins

Dmitriy Torbinsky is replaced by Denis Boyarintsev.

100mins

Dmitriy Torbinsky is booked for unsporting behaviour.

97mins

Celtic are replacing Scott McDonald with Maciej Zurawski.

96mins

Spartak Moscow are replacing Vladimir Bystrov with Maxym Kalinichenko.

90mins

Extra time is underway- can Celtic seal a place in the group stages of the champions league?

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

88mins

Spartak Moscow are replacing Soares Morais Welliton with Ignas Dedura.

85mins

It's red. He's off. Martin Stranzl has been sent off.

84mins

Roman Shishkin is booked for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Goal!! Roman Pavluychenko scores for Spartak Moscow.

29mins

The referee has booked Gary Caldwell.

27mins

Goal!! Celtic have scored with Scott McDonald putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 7:45pm on Wednesday, August 29th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Goalkeeper Artur Boruc was the Celtic hero as the SPL champions made it through to the group stages of the Champions League with a penalty shootout win over Spartak Moscow.

A first leg 1-1 draw in the Russian capital left the tie delicately poised for the return in Glasgow, which started amid a cauldron of noise.

Scott McDonald and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink both threatened with headers in the opening minutes, before Boruc made a smart save to deny Welliton.

With 25 minutes played Spartak should have gone ahead, but Roman Pavluchenko struck a post from the penalty spot after Gary Caldwell had been adjudged to have handled in the area.

Two minutes later the Bhoys were ahead as McDonald pounced to bury his effort past Stipe Pletikosa from 12 yards after a mistake by Radoslav Kovac

However, right on half-time it was all-square again as Pavluchenko made up for his earlier failure by netting following Mozart's corner in from the right.

The second half saw the SPL champions force the pace, but Shunsuke Nakamura and McDonald both spurned chances to secure a place in the group stages.

Six minutes from time Spartak were reduced to ten men as Martin Stranzl was dismissed for a professional foul on Vennegoor of Hesselink, but the full-time whistle came soon after to bring on extra-time.

A tense extra half-an-hour saw few chances for either side, but the Bhoys were handed an opportunity to seal the tie six minutes from time when Kovac handled, but Vennegoor of Hesselink blazed his penalty against the crossbar.

However, the Dutchman was rescued in the shootout as Boruc saved from Egor Titov and Maxim Kalinichenko to ensure a 4-3 success for Gordon Strachan's side.

Celtic Team

Spartak Moscow Team

Celtic

Spartak Moscow

Corners

85

Fouls

2217

Goal attempts

2012

Shots off target

104

Offsides

74

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