“Callum McGregor opens the scoring with a header from a Yang Hyun-Jun corner, giving Celtic the lead they needed to protect their aggregate advantage and settle nerves early.”
Pivotal“Robert Ljubicic fires LASK ahead on the night just three minutes into the second half with a left-footed finish assisted by Usor, swinging the aggregate in LASK's favour for the first time in the tie.”
Pivotal“Samuel Adeniran doubles LASK's second-leg lead minutes after a yellow card for LASK manager Dietmar Kuhbauer, finishing from Sascha Horvath's assist to make it 3-1 and put Celtic firmly on the back foot in the tie.”
Pivotal“Florian Flecker, introduced as a substitute four minutes earlier, takes advantage of a corner routine to make it 4-1 on the night and force extra time, extinguishing Celtic's last hope of survival on aggregate.”
Pivotal“With the tie already beyond Celtic's reach, Adeniran steps up for a penalty but sees his effort saved — denied a hat-trick in what proved a footnote to an already emphatic LASK performance.”
LASK Linz
Celtic
Outstanding performance
LASK Linz•MidfielderCeltic arrived in Linz holding a first-leg advantage but left with their Champions League dream shattered, as LASK produced a ferocious second-half display that overwhelmed Brendan Rodgers' side across 120 minutes. The Scottish champions made the perfect start through Callum McGregor's 21st-minute header from a Yang Hyun-Jun corner, but LASK's response was immediate and persistent — Moses Usor levelled before half-time, and Robert Ljubicic's clinical finish three minutes into the second half flipped the aggregate picture entirely. From that moment, Celtic barely got out of their own half, with LASK registering 40 shots to Celtic's eight and creating six big chances compared to the visitors' solitary opportunity, a statistical portrait of total dominance. Florian Flecker's 90th-minute goal dragged the tie into extra time, and Samuel Adeniran's second of the night in the 109th minute ended all hope of a Celtic rescue — with even a saved penalty denying Adeniran a hat-trick as LASK's place in the next round was already secured. The Austrian side's 5-1 win on the night, and 5-4 on aggregate, represents one of the more stunning European reversals of recent memory.
How entertaining was this match?
Corner awarded.
Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Samuel AdeniranPenalty saved! Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran's attempt is unsuccessful.
Camilo Duran takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Samuel AdeniranGoal! Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Krystof Danek
Goal! Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran scores, making it 5-1 with an assist from Krystof Danek.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Xavier Mbuyamba takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Xavier Mbuyamba takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Luke McCowan receives a yellow card.
Camilo Duran takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Camilo Duran takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Junior Yvan Nyabeye Dibango replaces Florian Flecker.
Christoph Lang is coming on for Moses Usor.
Corner awarded.
Substitution: Krystof Danek comes on for Alemao.
Miguel Freckleton comes on for Sascha Horvath.
Offside.
Moses Usor takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Andres Andrade takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Anthony Ralston replaces Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Offside.
Shot - Liam Scales Head Shot Missed
Corner awarded.
Yellow card shown to Alemao.
Florian FleckerShot - Florian Flecker Head Shot Goal
Alemao takes a shot with his head, but it's saved.
Xavier Mbuyamba attempts a header but misses the shot.
Alemao takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
assist: Alemão
Goal! Florian Flecker scores, making it 4-1.
Corner awarded.
Andres Andrade takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Xavier Mbuyamba takes a shot with his head, but it's blocked.
George Bello takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Florian Flecker is on, and Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen is off.
Moses Usor takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot - Alemao Head Shot Missed
Alessandro Schopf comes on for Robert Ljubicic.
Dane Murray replaces Colby Donovan.
Moses UsorYellow CardYellow card shown to Moses Usor.
On comes Luke McCowan, off goes Mika Baur.
Liam Scales replaces Kieran Tierney.
Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran takes a left-footed shot, but it hits the post.
Shot - Alemao Head Shot Missed
Corner awarded.
Sascha Horvath takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Andres Andrade takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Andres Andrade takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Substitution: Sebastian Tounekti comes on for Yang Hyun-Jun.
Reo Hatate is substituted for Benjamin Nygren.
Sascha Horvath takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Samuel AdeniranShot by Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran with his left foot results in a goal.
assist: Sascha Horvath
Goal! Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran scores to make it 3-1, assisted by Sascha Horvath.
Yellow card issued.
Corner awarded.
Robert LjubicicShot! Robert Ljubicic scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Moses Usor
Goal! Robert Ljubicic scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Moses Usor.
Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
First half ends with the score at 1-1.
Offside.
Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot by Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran with his left foot is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Robert Ljubicic attempts a header but misses the shot.
Kasper Poul Molgaard Jorgensen takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Sascha Horvath takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Moses UsorMoses Usor scores with a left-footed shot.
Goal! Moses Usor scores, bringing the match to 1-1.
Shot by Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran with his left foot, but it missed the target.
Shot by Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran with a header, but it misses the target.
Kasper Waarst Hogh takes a shot with his right foot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Callum McGregorCallum McGregor scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Hyun-jun Yang
Goal! Callum McGregor scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Yang Hyun-Jun.
Corner awarded.
Andres Andrade takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Shot - Alemao Head Shot Missed
Corner awarded.
Kieran Tierney's left-footed shot is blocked.
Kieran Tierney takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Kasper Waarst Hogh takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Robert Ljubicic takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran attempts a header, but it's blocked.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Mika Baur takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot by Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran with his left foot is blocked.
Kick-off! The referee is Szymon Marciniak.
Celtic travel to the Raiffeisen Arena holding a commanding 3-0 aggregate advantage from the first leg in Glasgow, putting them on the brink of the Champions League group stage. LASK must produce one of the great European comebacks to overturn the deficit, but Celtic's firepower makes that an enormous ask.
