For me Martin O Neill need to resign. The football in that first half was abysmal and although the second half was better, Benfica took there foot off the gas so that’s why we looked better. Kasper Hogh is not scoring goals because of the system, he is a penalty box striker not dropping deep. I think most of the players are struggling due to the system.

I don’t think i’ve ever been more infuriated watching a 2nd half of football before.
Why on earth are we not starting with those players who CLEARLY make a difference? Why are we only pressing Benfica when we are 3-0 down?
How stupid is this, why are we starting absolute duds in the first half, getting skelped, then bringing on our game changer players and actually giving it a go…3-0 down?
Absolutely shocking man, whatever.

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Finished: Benfica 4 - 1 Celtic

HT: Benfica 3-0 Celtic

Benfica scorers: Jhon Durán (5' pen, 36'), Alexander Bah (23'), Evangelos Pavlidis (89')

Celtic scorers: Camilo Durán (63')

Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz)
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Referees: Nikola Dabanović, Srđan Jovanović, Vladan Todorović, Miloš Savović, Pol van Boekel, Fedayi San
BBC: Match page

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FORM

Benfica: 12th · 3 pts · 1 pl · W
Celtic: 29th · 0 pts · 1 pl · L

LINE-UPS

Benfica (4 - 2 - 3 - 1) | Marco Silva

A. Trubin, S. Dahl → S. El Karouani, C. Lenglet, Tomás Araújo, A. Bah → A. Circati, João Palhinha, F. Aursnes ©, G. Prestianni, H. Sudakov → C. Echeverri, D. Lukébakio → A. Schjelderup, J. Durán → V. Pavlidis

Subs: L. Barreiro, A. Circati, Tiago Freitas, C. Echeverri, S. El Karouani, Rafa, Anísio Cabral, Samuel Soares, V. Pavlidis, A. Schjelderup, Manu Silva, Gabriel Índio

Celtic (4 - 2 - 3 - 1) | Martin O'Neill

V. Sinisalo, K. Tierney, A. Trusty, D. Murray, C. Donovan → J. Lotomba, M. Baur → A. Oxlade-Chamberlain, C. McGregor ©, S. Tounekti → C. Osmand, O. Sørensen → B. Nygren, C. Durán, K. Høgh → Haissem Hassan

Subs: L. Clearie, J. Forrest, Haissem Hassan, S. Johnstone, L. Kennedy, J. Lotomba, L. McCowan, B. Nygren, C. Osmand, A. Oxlade-Chamberlain, A. Ralston, L. Scales

MATCH STATS | via BBC Sport

Events

5' ⚽ J. Durán (pen) (Benfica)
23' ⚽ A. Bah (Benfica)
36' ⚽ J. Durán (Benfica)
44' 🟨 S. Dahl (Benfica)
46' 🔄 S. Tounekti → C. Osmand (Celtic)
46' 🔄 K. Høgh → Haissem Hassan (Celtic)
57' 🔄 M. Baur → A. Oxlade-Chamberlain (Celtic)
57' 🔄 O. Sørensen → B. Nygren (Celtic)
63' ⚽ C. Durán (Celtic)
64' 🔄 S. Dahl → S. El Karouani (Benfica)
64' 🔄 H. Sudakov → C. Echeverri (Benfica)
67' 🔄 J. Durán → V. Pavlidis (Benfica)
68' 🔄 D. Lukébakio → A. Schjelderup (Benfica)
69' 🟨 A. Bah (Benfica)
77' 🔄 C. Donovan → J. Lotomba (Celtic)
80' 🔄 A. Bah → A. Circati (Benfica)
85' 🟨 João Palhinha (Benfica)
89' ⚽ V. Pavlidis (Benfica)

Is a loss to Torreense on the cards?

I'll go for Benfica 4 Celtic 1

Celtic just lose to any half decent side now. Benfica will be the best side they've played this season so it's difficult to see anything other than a trouncing.

Anyone in lisbon? Im here on my own wouldnt mind meeting up with a few fellow celtic fans

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