{"id":295440,"date":"2023-10-26T01:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T01:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295440"},"modified":"2023-10-26T01:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T01:24:36","slug":"john-mcgarry-green-brigade-score-own-goal-with-palestinian-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/john-mcgarry-green-brigade-score-own-goal-with-palestinian-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN MCGARRY: Green Brigade score own goal with Palestinian protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>JOHN MCGARRY: The Green Brigade score huge own goal with Palestinian protest that missed the mark<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fans defied another club order on flags during their game on Wednesday night\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Celtic are set to be hit with a further\u00a0UEFA disciplinary charge for the display\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As they alighted at Celtic Park 90 minutes prior to kick-off, the eyes of the Atletico Madrid players could not possibly have missed the single gold star which sits on top of the main stand.<\/p>\n<p>Symbolising the European Cup which Jock Stein\u2019s players won in 1967, the trophy has been a burden to those with a lifetime of devotion to Los Colchoneros.<\/p>\n<p>Three times a finalist but never a winner. Despite their untold wealth, close but no cigarro.<\/p>\n<p>As open goals go for a home support, they just don\u2019t get any more glaring. Sure, your bunch of hatchetmen beat us in 1974 but you still couldn\u2019t get your hands on the big-eared boy that we lifted in Lisbon seven years beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>A sentiment worthy of the tifo to beat them all, you might have thought.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007091-12673203-image-a-3_1698273662606.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Green Brigade\u00a0distributed\u00a0Palestinian flags\u00a0outside the ground\u00a0before kick-off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/76999181-12673203-As_well_as_a_choreographed_display_fans_raised_individual_flags_-a-2_1698273636924.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As well as a choreographed display, fans raised individual flags against the wishes of their club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007117-12673203-image-a-5_1698273789244.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid sported a changed home strip\u00a0in tribute to their \u2018heroes\u2019 of 49 years ago<\/p>\n<p>This, after all, was no ordinary Champions League night. Revelling in the \u2018no one likes us \u2014 we don\u2019t care\u2019 mentality that has served them so well down the years, Atletico could scarcely have been more provocative in the build-up.<\/p>\n<p>Their explanation of wearing an all-red jersey in tribute to their \u2018heroes\u2019 of 49 years ago was fooling no one. It was a naked act of antagonism. Including two of the veterans from that infamous episode in their travelling party was just doubling down on it.<\/p>\n<p>If ever an occasion called for the Green Brigade to respond with the kind of striking, inspiring display which they have produced down the years then this was surely it.<\/p>\n<p>But there was no bragging about \u201967. No reminder that Stein cradled the trophy that evaded his vilified Atletico counterpart, Juan Carlos Lorenzo. No image of Billy McNeill raising it to the heavens. No reminder that Atletico actually lost to Bayern Munich in the \u201974 final.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing bar the flying of hundreds of Palestinian flags that had been distributed outside the ground by the Green Brigade before kick-off and a montage in the corner which they occupy.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the fact that this was in direct contravention of UEFA competition rules and that the club had reminded supporters that \u2018Celtic Park is where we come to support our football club\u2019, the current team deserved \u2014 and needed \u2014 so much better than another political display at a football match. Goodness knows, against the form team in La Liga, they could have done with all the inspiration they could find.<\/p>\n<p>This hotly anticipated game also didn\u2019t require any sideshows. Brimming with history, intrigue, subplots and pantomime villains, this should have been a football match to savour purely on its own merits.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly did not disappoint \u2014 an exhilarating contest in which Celtic were truly outstanding and at least deserving of a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n<p>This was always going to be a different task to the one Celtic faced when Madrid\u2019s city rivals Real came to town a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>For all the world-class talents in their ranks, Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata chief among them, Atletico\u2019s real strength is their collective.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone ever feels compelled to write the definitive book on the dark arts of the game, their manager, Diego Simeone, might just merit his own chapter.<\/p>\n<p>A win-at-all-costs streetfighter, the side he\u2019s created in the Spanish capital is in his own image.<\/p>\n<p>Before his team could even come up for air, though, they were behind.<\/p>\n<p>In a carbon copy of the goal against Lazio, Kyogo Furuhashi and Matt O\u2019Riley combined to devastating effect, working a one-two that saw the Japanese penetrate Atletico\u2019s defence. With little target to aim at, his finish into the far corner was exquisite.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Brendan Rodgers had talked the previous day about how the stadium would be on fire and in those moments it certainly was.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007093-12673203-image-a-4_1698273689381.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers (right)\u00a0had talked the previous day about how the stadium would be on fire<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007169-12673203-image-a-6_1698273910038.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Celtic were truly outstanding against the LaLiga giants and were deserving of a draw\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007221-12673203-image-a-7_1698273944878.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joe\u00a0Hart did well to guide Griezmann\u2019s initial spot-kick onto the post but could do nothing to prevent the forward converting the rebound<\/p>\n<p>Even the early withdrawal of Reo Hatate didn\u2019t spook Celtic in the way it might. His replacement, Paulo Bernardo, got up with the pace of the game immediately and even left one on a visiting defender for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>Normally content to concede possession and counter at pace, the early goal forced Simeone to change strategy. With Griezmann gliding across the park and producing pirouettes when he\u2019d no right to, Atletico began knocking on the door.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Hart did well to deny the Frenchman with his legs after he ghosted in behind.<\/p>\n<p>Another night, another lapse in concentration. This time, it was Greg Taylor who clipped the ankles of Nahuel Molina. Despite his protests, he clearly caught his opponent\u2019s ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Hart did well to guide Griezmann\u2019s initial spot-kick onto the post but could do nothing to prevent the forward converting the rebound.<\/p>\n<p>What resilience Celtic showed thereafter. Just three minutes after that wounding psychological blow, Taylor instigated the move that saw Daizen Maeda\u2019s cross run all the way to Luis Palma.<\/p>\n<p>The Honduran\u2019s finish was breathtaking. Denied by VAR against Lazio, he milked the moment for all it was worth.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico had their moments but the sight of Simeone throwing his hands up in frustration was a welcome sight to the home fans.<\/p>\n<p>Only a fine stop by Jan Oblak prevented O\u2019Riley doubling Celtic\u2019s lead at the break. As they made their way up the tunnel, the crowd rose as one to acknowledge the fact that they could simply have given no more.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of Simeone\u2019s substitutes was telling. Marcos Llorente, in particular, was an immediate threat down the right. His advance caught Taylor in two minds. Morata executed a precise conversion of his cross to level.<\/p>\n<p>With Celtic now looking unsure of themselves, Rodgers brought on Nat Phillips and reshaped to a back-five.<\/p>\n<p>Facing perhaps the fittest team in world football, they inevitably tired. As the heavy touches began to punctuate their play and deprive them of chances, the stadium clock seemed to go slower and fans began watching the action through the cracks in their fingers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/23\/77007323-12673203-image-a-8_1698274319433.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo De Paul was dismissed late on\u00a0for a second booking which\u00a0helped to energise Celtic<\/p>\n<p>Hart\u2019s outstretched leg prevented Angel Correa netting shortly after being brought on, but the pressure was becoming relentless. Furuhashi could scarcely find the strength to walk to the sidelines to make way for James Forrest.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal of Rodrigo De Paul for a second booking helped to energise Rodgers\u2019 players but the one gilt-edged chance they craved to win it did not materialise.<\/p>\n<p>Having suffered at the hands of Feyenoord and Lazio, however, a richly deserved point against the group favourites was still welcome. The 10-year wait to win a game in the competition goes on, but this changed the narrative of what\u2019s been a luckless campaign to date.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic are on the board and will feel capable of gleaning points if they can replicate this level of display in their three remaining fixtures. 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