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The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Kairat star says shock league defeat won't affect Celtic mood
But they suffered a huge blow at the weekend when they crashed to a rare domestic league defeat when they blew a two-goal lead at home to Yelimay Semey to lose 3-2. But Belarus international midfielder Gromyko believes it will have no negative impact ahead of facing the Scottish champions. Read more: He said: "I have no concerns that the defeat will impact our mood for playing against Celtic. "We approach every game with the same attitude. "Although the Celtic game is very important, we also want to become champions of Kazakhstan, so it wasn't as if we lost focus or anything. "We made defensive mistakes, which cost us goals. We were poor in our concentration levels on the pitch and need to improve on that. "We have a tough schedule with two games a week and long journeys, but I don't believe that had anything to do with the defeat. "The football gods see everything and punished us."
The National
3 days ago
- Sport
- The National
Kairat star says shock league defeat won't affect Celtic mood
Celtic host Kairat tomorrow, who are bidding to become the first team from Kazakhstan to play in the main stage of the Champions League. But they suffered a huge blow at the weekend when they crashed to a rare domestic league defeat when they blew a two-goal lead at home to Yelimay Semey to lose 3-2. But Belarus international midfielder Gromyko believes it will have no negative impact ahead of facing the Scottish champions. Read more: He said: "I have no concerns that the defeat will impact our mood for playing against Celtic. "We approach every game with the same attitude. "Although the Celtic game is very important, we also want to become champions of Kazakhstan, so it wasn't as if we lost focus or anything. "We made defensive mistakes, which cost us goals. We were poor in our concentration levels on the pitch and need to improve on that. "We have a tough schedule with two games a week and long journeys, but I don't believe that had anything to do with the defeat. "The football gods see everything and punished us."
Glasgow Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Celtic's Champions League opponents suffer rare defeat
They lost 3-2 to Yelimay Semey despite initially leading by two goals. The defeat marks only their third loss in 20 top-flight matches this season. Head coach Rafael Urazbakhtin made five changes to the team that travelled to Slovakia for a penalty shoot-out win against Slovan Bratislava midweek. Read more: Brazilian summer signing Edmilson scored both of Kairat's goals. The reigning Kazakh champions now face a 7,000-mile round trip to Scotland to play Celtic in the Champions League play-off. Celtic come into the match following a 4-1 victory against Falkirk in the Premier Sports Cup on Friday night. Daizen Maeda, Alistair Johnston, and Dane Murray were among the goals. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers remains hopeful of adding to his squad before the first leg against Kairat. Rodgers said: "It would be great. "We've obviously named a squad, but right up until just before the game we can do that. "So that would be really good if we can." The deadline for two further additions to the 25-man squad submitted to UEFA expires at 11pm on Tuesday night. Celtic will be looking to carry their cup form into the crucial Champions League play-off against Kairat. The outcome of this two-legged tie will determine who progresses to the league phase. Both teams will be eager to make a strong start in the first leg.
