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    Celtic, an old acquaintance



    Barça-Celtic. 6th match Champions League Group H. 2013-2014


    The club has met 12 times and has emerged victorious in 7 of them
    The Celtic of Glasgow will be the third rival of Barca and has closed theGroup C of the Champions Cup. The Scots, recent Premier League champions of their country, have agreed to the Champions after overcoming the previous phase with more difficulty than expected. In it, the big story was the defeat of the third stage at the Lincoln of Gibraltar, although rallied around and passed the tie. In the final phase of pre sweated to win, because although take a comfortable income Celtic Park (5-2), they saw around Hapoel Beer Sheva came within a single goal of leaving them out.
    Celtic, as usual, will be a tough team and to close well back. The defensive work and sacrifice for the team is the linchpin of a team trying tocompensate for the lack of individual talent with the competitive nature of its players. Undoubtedly the greatest threat the team will be the strikerLeigh Griffiths , who plays player for the whole team. The Scottish striker scored 40 goals last season and is now six. This is an auctioneer who finds the spaces well and takes advantage of the speed of his fellow bandSinclair and Forrest to reach areas tacks. Nor has despise PatrickRoberts , young loan from City, with brash and unbalancing capacity, although on paper will start from the bench. Other notable players are veterans Scott Brown , captain and manager send the midfield, and KoloToure , who provide expertise in a defensive match demand.
    The system used by the team Brednan Rodgers is the 4-2-3-1 and the holder team consists of : Gordon; Lustig, Toure, O'Connell, Tierney;Brown, McGregor; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Griffiths.
    The closest precedent enters Barça and Celtic this summer lived in preseason, where the Catalans, still without its stars, won 3-1. In the Champions League, both teams have met many times. The latter, in 13/14, also in groups, Barca took two victories, winning comfortably at Camp Nou (6-1) and passing more trouble away from home (0-1), where the Scots are stronger . A year earlier, and also in groups, the club did not have it easy against Glasgow. Fell at Celtic Park (2-1) in a game that was exhibited Samaras and around, Barca won by the same score (2-1). In total, Barça and Celtic have met 12 times, 7 of which have come out champions Barca, 2 and 3 Scots draw.




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