Celtic's debacle: Scottish champions, who had a four-goal lead, ended up without the Champions League.

2026-08-26 00:20 © zumapress

Galasgo "Celtic" experienced a complete fiasco in the decisive UEFA Champions League qualifying round.

After the first match, having a three-goal advantage, the Scottish champions fell 5:1 in the second leg away against LASK, which progressed to the Champions League.

The start of the match for "Celtic" did not promise anything bad – in the 21st minute, Callum McGregor put the guests ahead.

In the 32nd minute, Moses Usor equalized the score and rekindled LASK's hopes.

In the 48th minute, the hosts took the lead with Robert Ljubicic, and ten minutes later, Samuel Adeniran added another goal.

At the end of the match, LASK simply bombarded the "Celtic" goal and it eventually paid off – in the 90th minute, Florian Flecker equalized the series score, and the action proceeded to extra time.

In extra time, LASK did not stop and in the 109th minute, the decisive goal was scored by S. Adeniran.

In the 115th minute, S. Adeniran had the opportunity to complete a "hat trick," but failed to convert a penalty.

Other results:

"Bodo Glimt" 3:0 "Nijmegen" (series result 6:1)