Sports editorial, Nov 5 (EFE).- As a youth player at Leipzig, now at Celtic, Nicolas Kühn transferred from the pitch to the scoreboard and to the Champions League classification the enthusiasm of the Scottish team, which already feels like a candidate for the move to the qualifying rounds from which the German team leaves, on the brink of the abyss, without a single point in the four rounds.
The two goals from the 24-year-old German winger, who also crossed the youth ranks of Ajax and Bayern Munich and who has now been making a living since last season at the green and white club (he paid 3.5 million euros for his transfer a year ago and a half against Rapid Vienna), led Celtic’s comeback, which overcame Baumgartner’s 0-1 lead.
Because, with the match lively and intense, Leipzig took the lead first. Once Celtic’s pressure was endured, step by step they went further. From a set piece, he turned it into the score. The corner was headed in by Cristophe Baumgartner to announce to Celtic Park the possibilities of the German team, which then had its moment, with two more chances: a header from Orban, missing by centimeters, and a horrible shot from Nusa.
Missing their opportunity, forgiven the 0-2, especially in the action of the 19-year-old Norwegian international winger, whose left foot shot sent the ball into the clouds, Cetic came back against Leipzig. Suddenly. Through Nicolas Kuhn.
In the 34th minute, intentionally or not, he scored a great goal. From outside to inside in his driving he released his left foot. By position, he appeared to have a shot. Because he hit it, it looked like a pass. The trajectory surprised everyone. His thread went past Gulacsi’s stretch, collided with the post and entered the net of the visiting team’s goal, which Maeda later forgave for the 2-1 score.
Kuhn did not do it, who scored the green and white’s second goal on the brink of half-time, in a back pass from the left wing that he connected inside the area practically in the last play of the first half to the frustration of Leipzig, who disappeared offensively and was surpassed by his opponent. , to which the horizon of classification is openly visible.
Their seven points in two days are an appreciable sum for Celtic, who have not yet secured anything, but who propose to advance to the playoffs of the highest continental competition if they are able to maintain the productive pace in the remaining four days, also with the need for a stop from Kasper Schmeichel when his rival reappeared in the statistics of shots on goal, back in the 63rd minute. A sporadic attack.
He still had another one. The agile Danish goalkeeper denied Baumgartner the 2-2, when doubts resurfaced in Celtic, who, moments later, sealed their second victory in two days with an error by Gulacsi. The goalkeeper failed to catch a seemingly simple ball. Hatate, attentive in the area, accepted the gift and finished off the score 3-1 to sink Leipzig even further.
– Technical sheet:
3 – Celtic: Schmeichel; A. Johnston, Carter-Vickers (Scales, n. 74), Trusty, Taylor (Paulo Bernardo, m. 68); Engels (Valle, m. 68), McGregor, Hatate; Kühn (Yang, m. 74), Maeda, Furuhashi (Idah, m. 82).
1 – Leipzig: Gulácsi; Henrichs, Orbán, Bitshiabu, Geertruida; Nusa (Elmas, m. 68), Haidara (Quedragogo, m. 76), Kampl, Baumgartner (Seiwald, m. 76); Openda (André Silva, m. 82) and Šeško (Poulsen, m. 68).
Goles: 0-1, m. 23: Baumgartner. 1-1, m. 34: Kuhn. 2-1, m. 46+: Kuhn. 3-1, m. 72: Hatate.
Referee: Benoit Bastien (France). He cautioned the visitor Sesko with a yellow card (m. 62).
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourth day of the Champions League, played at Celtic Park in front of around 60,000 spectators.
Iñaki Dufour
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