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Josh McCafferty

What the Serbian media are saying about Celtic's 1-1 draw with Crvena zvezda

The Serbian media have reacted to Celtic's 1-1 draw with Crvena zvezda in the Europa League on Wednesday evening.

Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring for Brendan Rodgers' men in Belgrade, but Marko Arnautovic's equaliser ensured both sides came away with a point.

Sportklub wrote: "We saw an interesting second half, but also once again why Red Star and Celtic are not in the Champions League this season.

"After 100 minutes of great struggle, they both have reasons to regret, a little more Red Star because of the missed opportunities to take the lead in the first half and Ivanić for a complete turnaround.


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"Zvezda could have beaten Celtic, maybe they deserved it against the team that was eliminated in the Champions League qualifiers by Kairat and continued their winless streak on European away games, but it wasn't, and the 1-1 result raises concerns before the competition continues."

Mondo focused on how Crvena zvezda could've beaten a 'shaken' Celtic side.

They wrote: "In the end, Zvezda will regret the missed chances and the opportunity to open the European season by winning three points.

"Against her, she had a team that was clearly shaken by the hiccups at the start of the season, not entering the Champions League through Kairat and, of course, the sharp protests of the fans against the administration.

"Vladan Milojevic's team created chances, played more specifically in the first half, but did not use the opportunities. The penalty came at the beginning of the second half, when Celtic's reserve player Kelechi Iheanacho beat the great Mateus in the 55th minute, and Marko Arnautovic responded best to that."

Celtic return to European action against Braga next Thursday.

Before that, they welcome Hibernian to Parkhead in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.

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