Have you read the Bleacher Report's summary of the Juventus v Celtic game?

in intriguing clash of uefa champions league knockout phases, celtic welcomed juventus celtic park, boasting home record unmatched clubs around world—they had won 21 out of last 23 home ucl matches.

electric atmosphere @ parkhead both sides lined before kick-off.

celtic came out guns blazing , accurate accounts looked though conte's men going run money @ celtic park. , celtic on ascendancy victor wanyama testing gianluigi buffon early. ascendancy short-lived, conte's men breaking effect resulting corner.

long ball federico peluso flew on head of efe ambrose find charging alessandro matri. italian international poked ball past fraser forster. efforts clear kelvin wilson proved unsuccessful claudio marchisio thundered home rebound. goal later re-awarded matri after shown initial touch did indeed cross line.
juve 1-0 after 3 minutes.
down 1-0 @ home, celtic began re-gather. yet again wanyama testing buffon outside box, no avail.

kris commons got in on act after, forcing buffon down right after emilio izaguirre's cross partly cleared—but italian shot-stopper having none of it. other end, juventus forward mirko vucinic rounded forster in goal. however, touch heavy allow him double old lady's lead.

despite being down goal early, hoops having go @ juventus defence. when common's audacious bicycle-kick beat buffon @ far post, juventus no. 1 began kick them gear.

andrea pirlo receiving fair share of attention in middle of park. neil lennon had made no secret home side target juventus playmaker, , although james forrest rattled italian international, received yellow efforts.

first half drew close stephan lichtsteiner , gary hooper comically both received yellow cards tussle in box had puzzled.

despite winning 5-2 corners in first half, celtic went in behind @ break, albeit more impressive of 2 sides.

second half began in same way first, celtic desperate chase game , preserve emphatic home record. despite this, fouls on gifted juventus possession on far many occasions.

both celtic's full-backs playing roles impressive effect. absence of georgios samaras front rendered mikael lustig's , izaguirre's crosses useless.

juventus 3 of leonardo bonucci, andrea barzagli , martin caceres in impressive form in air, nullifying air activity.

second half wore on, both sides began settle. in 60th minute celtic opened account. ambrose given brilliant chance redeem error led opener. following well-worked corner, charlie mulgrew played delightful ball unmarked ambrose.

however, header nigerian international collected buffon, despair of home supporters.

there no doubting juve's tactics in closing phases of tie. weren't dissimilar of jose mourinho's inter milan of 2010, perhaps little more forward pressing. conte keen hold on lead had established.

15 minutes left preserve home record, celtic bench turned tony watt try , bridge gap. 19-year-old's introduction yielded 2 corners, celtic unable make off either ball.

then, minutes later, bianconeri put game bed—and quite possibly tie—as matri linked quite brilliantly marchisio on counter. il principino made no mistake of one-two, slotting home close range double juventus' lead , bag defending italian champions' second away goal.

wasn't end there though, juventus added third measure. mirko vucinic continued on left off on weekend. marchisio time turned provider rampaging vucinic, , forward finished in similar fashion juventus' second.

record, juventus' 700th goal in europe.

celtic, matter of preserving embarrassment in second leg tie.

full time: cetlic 0-3 juventus

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in intriguing clash of uefa champions league knockout phases, celtic welcomed juventus celtic park, boasting home record unmatched clubs around world—they had won 21 out of last 23 home ucl matches. electric atmosphere @ parkhead both sides...

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