Champions League 2014/15

[GoGo Yubari]

With Sheriff gone, The Team GoGo Yubari Is Ostensibly Supporting in the Champions League has now shifted to Malmo FF, because I guess if Norway's too shit to make it this far then I have to go with Sweden. Enjoy losing in the next round with/due to my support, Malmo FF!

[Kaney]

Majorly disappointing, Celtic go out 6-1 on aggregate. Not unexpected but still disappointing.

[TCO]

That's the same score they beat St. Pats by and they even managed to draw with them!

[Lineker]

Legia Warsaw have admitted they are under investigation for fielding an ineligible player during their Champions League win over Celtic.

Bartosz Bereszynski played in the final two minutes of the Polish champions' 2-0 victory at Murrayfield on Wednesday, a result which earned them a 6-1 win.

But Uefa are investigating whether the full-back should have been suspended.

"Uefa has opened an investigation on the participation by Bartosz Bereszynski," read a Legia statement.

"The club is preparing relevant information and explanations, which will be sent to Uefa today.

"The outcome of this case will be informed immediately after its completion."

Bereszynski was sent off in Legia's final Europa League tie last season against Apollon Limassol and received a three-match ban.

Celtic have previously been given a reprieve in continental competition in similar circumstances.

Neil Lennon's side were beaten 3-1 on aggregate by Sion in the Europa League three years ago but the Swiss side were subsequently ejected from the competition after they were found to have fielded ineligible players.

Sion had signed five players while still under a Fifa transfer ban for breaching rules over the signing of Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary three years earlier.

However, in 2010, Uefa fined Debrecen £15,000 but rejected a protest from opponents Litex Lovech, who wanted the Hungarian side kicked out of the tournament for fielding an ineligible player.

Debrecen argued that they fielded Peter Mate in good faith as a substitute in Bulgaria when they were leading 4-1 on aggregate.

Uefa ruled that Debrecen had "no interest in fielding this player for the three last minutes of additional time, when the score was so clearly in its favour".

[Lineker]

Just a reminder that the draw starts at 11am on Eurosport later this morning.

[Berober]

Celtic are such jammy bastards if they go through now.

[Colly]

De-fault!

[Berober]

Thy got back in

[Baddar]

Lol.

[MDK]

Wow and Damn.

[Colly]

The last two minutes of a game where they were up 6-1, and completely by accident because he hadn't been registered as 'suspended' in one of the St Pats games and had actually served his three match ban.

Rules are rules, but that is stupidly harsh, and putting through a team as shit as Celtic across those two legs really doesn't do a lot for the integrity of the competition.

[DavidMarrio]

They'll probably get knocked out next round anyway and order will be restored.

[TCO]

What a bollocks decision. Rules and regulations are there for a reason but the fact the suspended player had already sat out a game and only came on with 2 minutes to go should've been taken into account. It was a bureaucracy error and they should've been fined and warned.

Gah I fucking hate Celtic and really hope they get smashed by Maribor because no way do they deserve to be anywhere near the group stages.

[EddieG]

What a bollocks decision. Rules and regulations are there for a reason but the fact the suspended player had already sat out a game and only came on with 2 minutes to go should've been taken into account. It was a bureaucracy error and they should've been fined and warned.

Gah I fucking hate Celtic and really hope they get smashed by Maribor because no way do they deserve to be anywhere near the group stages.

He sat out one game from a three game suspension.

[Kaney]

As much as it's funny to see certain people rage about this, it's really embarrassing. Celtic were pish, they were soundly beaten and rightly don't deserve to be in the competition.

[Baddar]

Arsenal v Besiktas, then.

[Colly]

What a bollocks decision. Rules and regulations are there for a reason but the fact the suspended player had already sat out a game and only came on with 2 minutes to go should've been taken into account. It was a bureaucracy error and they should've been fined and warned.

Gah I fucking hate Celtic and really hope they get smashed by Maribor because no way do they deserve to be anywhere near the group stages.

He sat out one game from a three game suspension.

He sat out three games from a three game suspension.

[EddieG]

Can't sit out a game you're not registered for.

A red card is not just for the player, it's for the team as well.

[Colly]

So it's a bureaucracy error as TCO said. There's no way it can be argued that the punishment is proportionate to the act in any way, even before you consider that he had absolutely zero impact on the tie.

[TCO]

What a bollocks decision. Rules and regulations are there for a reason but the fact the suspended player had already sat out a game and only came on with 2 minutes to go should've been taken into account. It was a bureaucracy error and they should've been fined and warned.

Gah I fucking hate Celtic and really hope they get smashed by Maribor because no way do they deserve to be anywhere near the group stages.

He sat out one game from a three game suspension.

No he didn't, he sat out 3 but was "registered" for only the first leg of the Celtic game. So he was banned for 3 games, missed 3 and now they're booted out of the competition