Champions League 19-20 Playoff Round Draw- APOEL vs Ajax & Cluj v Slavia

The fixture list for the playoff round stage of the 2019/2020 Champions League season has been drawn. The third qualifying round saw the exit of some high profile teams, prominent among them Celtic and Porto, while last season’s semi-finalists Ajax Amsterdam were taken the distance by Greek side PAOK. Krasnodar’s reward for upsetting Porto in … Read more

Player Ratings Celtic 3-4 Cluj 2019 Champions League Second Leg | How did Callum McGregor play at left back?

Celtic were knocked out of the Champions League last night by CFR Cluj Napoca, who scored four goals at Parkhead to stun the Scottish champions. Neil Lennon’s tactics of moving Callum McGregor from midfield to left back to bring Oliver Ntcham into the starting lineup, thus benching LB Boli Bolingoli, didn’t quite come off as the Hoops shipped in four goals at home. “Clujless” was used in the Scottish press to describe Celtic’s play against their Romanian visitors.

Scott Brown also gave away a needless penalty at a crucial stage of the game.

Here are the Celtic player ratings vs Cluj from various Scottish newspapers.

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