Another big opponent error put Bruges in control at Celtic Park, but Celtic Glasgow reacted. The Blauw & Zwart will be satisfied with one point.
Club Brugge had a great operation to make in the event of a victory while places for the Champions League play-offs will be expensive. And the Blue & Black
Bruges started their meeting with particularly intense pressing, which notably allowed Ferran Jutgla to hit narrowly wide very early in the match (4th). Celtic Glasgow’s first opportunity is… for ex-Brugeois Arne Engels found by Maeda, but the Red Devil hits above (13th). Opportunities, despite lots of pace and running on both sides, are rare.
Carter-Vickers in Saint Nicholas
It’s Andreas Skov Olsen who tries to force the decision – a little too much – by stringing together his classic hook-strikes, one of which narrowly misses (24th). But as against Aston Villa, Bruges will be offered a goal on a silver platter: facing the intensive pressing of Maxim De Cuyper, Cameron Carter-Vickers wants to pass to Kasper Schmeichel… who is not there. It’s 0-1 on a disastrous self-goal (26th).
The Gazelles then let Celtic regain their bearings and give up the ball; they almost bite their fingers on good balls from Kühn (30th, 36th). At the break, however, Bruges led and had nothing to be ashamed of against an uninspired Celtic.
From the restart, the second banderilla was almost planted by Maxim De Cuyper following a superb combination, but the former Mauve Kasper Schmeichel saved his colors (46th). The Bruges pressing does not stay in place, ball losses multiply: Hatate hits narrowly wide (49th). Skov Olsen, for his part, did not adjust the sights: incomprehensible that his recovery went over (58th). And he will be able to bite his fingers, because a sequence of genius of Daizen Maeda brings the Bhoys back to 1-1 (60th).
Club Brugge reacts well: we think Jutgla makes 1-2, intelligently found by Vanaken on a loose ball, but the Spaniard is offside (69th). It will only be for the Scots at the end of the match, but the two teams seem to be content with this draw which leaves them in the top 24… even if we must not miss each other in the future on the Bruges side .
