Celtic 1 - 4 VfB Stuttgart

Celtic scorers: Benjamin Nygren (21')

Stuttgart substitution: Bilal El Khannouss (15', 28'), Jamie Leweling (57'), Tiago Tomás (90+3')

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Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Referee: Eric Lambrechts (Belgium)

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Celtic:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Kasper Schmeichel		Viljami Sinisalo
Julián Araujo		Ross Doohan
Auston Trusty		Anthony Ralston
Liam Scales		Colby Donovan
Kieran Tierney	78'	Dane Murray
Paulo Bernardo	62'	Marcelo Saracchi	78'
Callum McGregor		Luke McCowan	71'
Benjamin Nygren	21' 71'	Reo Hatate	62'
Daizen Maeda	62'	James Forrest
Tomáš Čvančara	71'	Junior Adamu
Sebastian Tounekti		Yang Hyun-Jun	62'
		Kelechi Iheanacho	71'

Manager: Martin O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

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VfB Stuttgart:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Alexander Nübel		Fabian Bredlow
Josha Vagnoman		Florian Hellstern
Finn Jeltsch		Max Mittelstädt
Jeff Chabot	50' 78'	Ameen Al-Dakhil
Ramon Hendriks		Luca Jaquez	78'
Atakan Karazor		Chema Andrés	90+1'
Angelo Stiller	90+1'	Badredine Bouanani
Bilal El Khannouss	15' 28' 72'	Nikolas Nartey	72'
Deniz Undav		Lorenz Assignon
Jamie Leweling	57' 72'	Chris Führich	72'
Ermedin Demirović	78'	Tiago Tomás	78' 90+3'

Manager: Sebastian Hoeneß (Germany)

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MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

4': We're not off, we've been paused since 30 seconds in due to "crowd disturbances" (tennis balls on the pitch)

15': GOAL STUTTGART!! First shot after a cautious start, after some lousy defending, Bilal El Khannouss fires it to the bottom corner! Schmeichel won't be happy with himself there.

21': GOAL CELTIC!! Benjamin Nygren out of nowhere! A terrible blind pass in the back by Karazor is right to Nygren who presses forward quickly, rounds the keeper and scores!

26': SAVE! Undav denied at the near post.

28': GOAL STUTTGART!! A kind deflection loops the cross over to Bilal El Khannouss who is completely wide open in space and has all the time in the world to pick out his header!

30': Demirović's volley pinballs off Scales, back off Demirović and into Schmeichel's hands

43': Leweling fires over the bar from an angle.

HT Celtic 1-2 VfB Stuttgart Celtic behind after some quite poor defending but they have a goal of their own thanks to some bad defending from Stuttgart

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46': We're back!

50': Jeff Chabot wrestles Čvančara to the ground

57': GOAL STUTTGART!! Another long-range effort, this one from Jamie Leweling, Schmeichel slow again.

59': Goal! Ermedin Demirović gets a ball past the backline and chips it over the keeper! That's gonna be overturned though. Yep, VAR says offside

62': Celtic double sub: Yang Hyun-Jun and Reo Hatate on for Paulo Bernardo and Daizen Maeda

64': SAVE! Nygren's shot at the bottom corner kept out! Tounekti wastes the second chance into the stands.

71': Celtic double sub: Luke McCown and Kelechie Iheanacho on for Tomáš Čvančara and Benjamin Nygren

72': Stuttgart double sub: Nikolas Nartey and Chris Führich on for Jamie Leweling and Bilal El Khannouss

78': Stuttgart substitution: Tiago Tomás and Luca Jaquez on for Ermedin Demirović and Jeff Chabot

78': Celtic substitution: Marcelo Sarrachi on for Kieran Tierney

80': Tomás blazes through the defense and shoots but Schmeichel stops it at the near post.

84': Nartey's header skims well wide.

86': Saracchi nearly chips the keeper from distance but lands it just on the roof.

89': Führich with the volley! It's going wide, Tomás goes for the flying header but whiffs.

90+1': Stuttgart substitution: Chema Andrés on for Angelo Stiller

90+3': GOAL STUTTGART!! Tiago Tomás buries it into the roof of the net!

90+6': A chance to get one back for Celtic but Saracchi knocks it well over.

90+7': Oh my god another great chance for Celtic, the ball rolls across face of goal but Araujo doesn't get there in time and puts it wide.

FT Celtic 1-4 VfB Stuttgart Wrecked!