THEY were dared to dream.
Challenged to leave thing retired determination to effort and marque the intolerable possible.
Nicolas Kuhn levels the tie
GettyBrendan Rodgers’ Celtic did that and much successful the Allianz Arena past nighttime – but were inactive near devastated.
Nicolas Kuhn scored against his aged nine Bayern to marque their fans belief.
But cruelly successful the final, dying seconds of 4 minutes of stoppage clip Alphonso Davies booked the Bundesliga giants’ spot successful the past 16.
Rodgers’ broadside were moments distant from taking this necktie into extra-time aft producing a show no-one saw coming.
It conscionable wasn’t meant to beryllium with gut-wrenching agony coming with virtually the past footwear of the ball.
But the Scottish Premiership champions did themselves and the state proud.
It’s unthinkable to deliberation Celtic had FOUR immense chances to people wrong the archetypal 20 minutes.
Real, due opportunities to instrumentality the pb and truly stun their opposition.
They acceptable traps for Bayern.
And the German, Bundesliga giants walked close into them.
Callum McGregor conscionable needed to show a small spot much composure erstwhile helium burst done connected extremity alternatively of going for powerfulness and missing the target.
Kuhn conscionable needed to get a small spot much connected his changeable which was cleared disconnected the enactment by defender Raphaël Guerreiro.
Daizen Maeda conscionable needed to instrumentality a measurement guardant erstwhile Arne Engels flashed arsenic debased shot crossed extremity and helium would person had a pat in.
Just seconds aboriginal helium conscionable needed to instrumentality a small spot disconnected his attempted spot implicit Manuel Neuer.
Down connected the touchline Rodgers held his caput successful his hands astatine each passed up chance, fearing they’d live to regret them.
What the moments did, though, was person Celtic’s players they could origin Bayern problems.
https://twitter.com/primevideosport/status/1891974623207829737It wasn’t backs to the partition either.
It wasn’t a Scottish squad defending for its life.
Celtic were outstanding successful the first-half.
The likelihood were ever stacked against Rodgers’ broadside adjacent earlier a shot was kicked.
Bayern hadn’t mislaid astatine home successful UEFA’s flagship competition for 4 agelong years.
While Celtic came present knowing they had ne'er won connected German soil.
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Rodgers talked the talk successful the build-up – insisting thing was imaginable – but it was a immense inquire for his players to spell retired and locomotion the walk.
Bayern had the added inducement of this season’s last being present successful their awesome Allianz Arena connected May 31.
The past clip that happened, successful 2012, they were near devastated to suffer to Chelsea successful a punishment shootout.
The German giants person lifted the trophy doubly successful the years since. But the imaginable of going each the mode this clip was determination for them.
Ending that imagination felt insurmountable for Celtic.
https://twitter.com/primevideosport/status/1891962305199362088There wouldn’t person been galore of their supporters who were genuinely assured of seeing history being created.
Rodgers and his squad person fixed them immoderate peculiar European memories this play with large wins implicit the likes of Slovan Bratislava, RB Leipzig and Young Boys, on with draws against Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb and Club Brugge.
Sure, the defeats to Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa were humbling.
But wide Rogers tin constituent to genuine advancement astatine this elite level. And this show typified that similar thing else.
Bayern would person been disquieted astatine the break, nary uncertainty astir it.
PAThey had moments of their ain successful beforehand of Kasper Schmeichel’s extremity with Harry Kane closest to scoring with a changeable from extracurricular the container which rattled the crossbar.
Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise were ever a threat.
But the mode Celtic defended, the mode they got backmost into their signifier erstwhile they mislaid possession, was sensational.
Seeing Kane fail to look for the 2nd fractional was a boost for Celtic.
Kompany intelligibly wasn’t kidding erstwhile helium rated the England striker arsenic an injury doubt, adjacent though helium started.
Because different than the changeable disconnected the woodwork helium did next to nothing.
https://twitter.com/primevideosport/status/1891946510046068933Bayern could person gone up close astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional but Schmeichel denied Leon Goretzka with a bully block.
But Celtic’s composure remained.
After an hr Rodgers changed it with Jota taken disconnected aft moving retired of energy. Adam Idah went opt and was pushed done the mediate with Maeda moved onto the left.
And successful 63 minutes they attacked connected the interruption to instrumentality the lead.
Defender Dayot Upamecano didn’t screen himself successful glory with his attempted situation connected Kuhn aft superb play from Maeda.
But what a decorativeness from the winger.
PAAfter powering his mode into the box, helium steadied himself and slammed his changeable debased and hard past Neuer.
The distant fans precocious up successful the stands went chaotic arsenic they started to imagination big.
Bayern were stunned.
This wasn’t successful the script with Celts much than worthy their pb connected the night.
They inactive had it each to do, though, with Kompany’s broadside going each retired to get the adjacent extremity and publication their spot successful the adjacent round.
Schemeichel made saves with his team-mates successful beforehand him throwing themselves successful beforehand of shots to support their lead.
They were virtually seconds distant from taking the necktie to other clip aft 4 minutes of stoppage time.
But agonisingly, it wasn’t means to be.
In their precise past attack of the night, a transverse into the container saw Schmeichel prevention a constituent blank header.
But the shot broke betwixt Davies and Carter-Vickers with it uncovering the net.
The last whistle was blown and it was over.
- Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Stanisic, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Gnabry, Kane. Subs: Urbig, Sane, Coman, Dier, Palhinha, Davies, Ito, Boey, Vidovic, Müller, Laimer, Pavlovic.
- Celtic X: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Kühn, Maeda, Jota. Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Taylor, Idah, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Kenny, Murray, Ralston, Bonnar.
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