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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 19 (setup 3, season 9)
Celtic
v.
Lorient
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Artur BORUC1Fabien AUDARD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Connor OLIVER62Maxime BACA
Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón3Jérémy MOREL
Steven DEFOUR74Florent BALMONT
Thomas ROGNE57Sébastien PUYGRENIER
Scott BROWN6Jean-Pascal MIGNOT
KI Sung-yueng777Morgan AMALFITANO
Aiden McGEADY787Sigamary DIARRA
Djibril CISSÉ97Guillaume HOARAU
Juan Manuel ITURBE Arévalos6107Yann JOUFFRE
Papiss CISSÉ117Valter BIRSA
Manager
José Ángel Valdés Díaz, COTE12Jérémy PIED
Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN13Olivier SORIN
Robbie KEANE14Sebastián DUBARBIER
Tim CAHILL15Yannick SAGBO
Peniel MLAPA16Arnold MVUEMBA Makengo

Celtic 1 Lorient 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 41,178, Stadium: Celtic Park, Referee: John BLANKENSTEIN 6½)
65 McGeadyScorers24 Amalfitano, 53 Diarra
Substitutions
Sendings off
32 OliverBookings
3Corners2
16Fouls12
6Offsides9
5Shots on8
8Shots off8
13Total shots16
4Shots saved6
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Florent BALMONT
5BACA ran onto a wonderful ball from DIARRA but hit his effort wide.
7MCGEADY beat a number of Lorient players and stroked an effort just beyond the near post.
10The stunned Lorient 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MIGNOT dropped just over.
12ITURBE was put clear by IZAGUIRRE and he nutmegged AUDARD but struck his shot just wide.
14BORUC was able to block an amazing shot.
23A penalty box meleé resulted in MCGEADY driving the ball over.
24GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed BALMONT to nudge the ball to AMALFITANO who placed a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Lorient)
25A mix up in the Lorient defence enabled CISSÉ to blast an effort over.
26MCGEADY rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
28AMALFITANO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
32OLIVER booked by the ref.
35A corner found JOUFFRE who turned an effort over the bar.
42MCGEADY stormed through the Lorient defence but shot straight at AUDARD.
 
46HOARAU pulled away from BROWN but tapped the ball into the arms of BORUC.
53GOAL!! The Celtic 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from OLIVER and DIARRA managed to stab the ball home. (2-0 Lorient)
58AMALFITANO made space on the right and pulled the ball to DIARRA who rasped the ball over.
65GOAL!! Unlucky CISSÉ hit the post before MCGEADY flicked the ball into the back of the net as MOREL failed to clear. (2-1 Lorient)
65A cross from DIARRA left HOARAU in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
67A tame shot from IZAGUIRRE rolled agonisingly wide.
85The Celtic 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from JOUFFRE.
90A accurate pass fell to BACA and his deadly shot flew narrowly wide.
90+1A shot from HOARAU seemed a certain goal but BORUC managed to force the ball away.