The battle for the Champions League still finds Leipzig on the ramparts! In the first two games, the Bulls experienced the same number of defeats against Shakhtar and Real in Group 6, but the third was the… drugged as Marco Rose’s team beat Giorgos Giakoumakis’ Celtic 3-1 (the substitution took place in the 82nd minute) and celebrating their first hat-trick of the year in Europe’s most important inter-club competition.

Zota responded in the 47th minute to Encuncu’s goal for the Celtics in the 27th minute but the rest of the game the German team found control and when Andre Silva got active in the opposition area he found two goals that allowed them to in the 27th minute to overtake Angelos Postecoglou’s team’s standings a week before their meeting in Scotland.

The match

The spectators in the “Red Bull Arena” or on television saw a game in the first half that was satisfactory in terms of phases and rhythm, with Leipzig and Celtic both waiting for the first three points and playing quite aggressively.

In the first two minutes, the hosts already had two chances with Silva and Encuncu, but in the 13th minute they got a cold shower after goalkeeper Gulaci was badly injured (without contact with an opponent) and lying on a stretcher to take his place at the Substitute Blasvich.

In the 18th minute, Encuncu put the ball into the net with a great finish, but saw his goal disallowed for offside by a VAR call-out, allowing Celtic to take over the baton in the moments worth seeing. Furuhashi and O’Reilly had two very good chances to put the Celtics ahead but couldn’t put the ball in the net and the penalty came from Enkunku.

This happened in the 27th minute when Leipzig quickly counterattacked and Silva played a vertical pass behind the Celtic defence, Enkunku passed Hart and kicked the ball into the net with a side kick (1-0) with his first European goal .

This result ended the first half, with Celtic still entitled to a goal on form and finding it just after the start of the second half. Guardiol lost the ball in the 47th minute and was immediately punished by Furuhashi carrying the ball forward and supplying Zota who scored with a cool right-hander to make it 1-1.

After the received coolness, Leipzig took over the reins again and closed Celtic in their frame, whereby the goal was not long in coming. In the 58th minute, Somboslai sent the ball to the right post with a placed ball, in the 63rd minute he sent the ball into the net with a magnificent long-range shot, but saw his goal for offside by Silva (the phase was controlled by VAR ) , to come the … atonement in 67′.

Then Hart played a bad pass, the Hungarian gained possession and shoved a through ball to Andre Silva, the Portuguese got in front of the English keeper and beat him with a diagonal point to make it 2-1.

This goal gave the home team a boost and scored the best goal of the game in the 77th minute. A 30-yard diagonal ball from Encuncu, with Simakan once on Andre Silva, knocking it down superbly to defeat Hart with a free-kick to make it 3-1 for Leipzig.

LEIPZIG: Gulaci (13′ Blasvig) Simakan, Orban, Guardiol, Raum (81′ Halstenberg), Slager, Kumble (71′ Haidara), Werner (71′ Forsberg), Nkunku, Somboslai (82′ Poulsen), Silva

CELTIC: Hart, Juranovic, Wells, Jens, Taylor, O’Reilly (Haksabanovic 75′), McGregor (Abildgaard 37′), Hatate (McCarthy 82′), Maeda (Forrest 75′), Furuhashi (Giakoumakis 82′), Zota

The results of the 3rd round:

• Leipzig – Celtic 3-1 (27′ Encuncu, 64′ 77′ André Silva / 47′ Zota)
• Real – Shakhtar 22:00

The placings of the 6th group:

The game plan for the 4th matchday:

• 11/10 22:00 Celtic – Leipzig
• 11/10 22:00 Shakhtar – Real