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UEFA CUP 2003/04
ROUND 4, MATCH 1

CELTIC PARK, GLASGOW

Celtic 1  Barcelona 0 - Celtic Park Scoreboard.

Thursday 11 March 2004
Kick-off:20.00 GMT | Attendance: 59,539 | Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER)

The players of both teams wore black armbands and a miniutes silence was observed (not very well by the Barca fans) before this match for the victims of the bomb blasts in Madrid today.

Both sides will have two players suspended for the match in the Nou Camp: Douglas and Balde for Celtic, Motta and Saviola for Barcelona.


OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

The match programme


MATCH TICKET

The ticket below is one of those sold before the opponents were known so no opponents are shown.

A match ticket


MATCH TICKET

The ticket below is one of those sold after the opponents were known. You can see "CELTIC V BARCELONA" in very small type, just above "UEFA CUP".

A match ticket with the opponents indicated


OFFICIAL TEAMSHEET

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Official Teamsheet. Click for a full size picture.


METAL PIN BADGE

Metal pin badge. Click for a bigger picture.


PARADISE WINDFALL TICKET

A Paradise Windfall ticket.


OFFICIAL CELTIC MATCH PENNENT

Sold at the Celtic stores for £10.
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An Official Celtic Match Pennent. Click for a bigger picture.


OFFICIAL CELTIC MATCH MUG

Sold at the Celtic stores for £5.

An Official Celtic Match Mug.


SQUAD No
Red Card Yellow CardCELTIC PLAYER POOL
TEAM
ON OFF
SCORERS
2          
3 Momo Sylla   83    
4 Jackie McNamara (Captain) X      
5 Joos Valgaeren        
6 Bobo Balde Yellow Card X      
7 Henrik Larsson X      
8 Alan Thompson X   83 59
9 Chris Sutton        
10 John Hartson        
11 Stephen Pearson X      
12 David Fernandez (on loan)        
14 Paul Lambert        
15 Bobby Petta (on loan)        
16 Ulrik Laursen        
17 Didier Agathe X      
18 Neil Lennon X      
19 Stan Petrov X      
20 Robert Douglas Red Card X   45  
21 Magnus Hedman (on loan)        
22 David Marshall   45    
23 Stanislav Varga Yellow Card X      
29 Shaun Maloney        
30          
33 Ross Wallace        
34          
35 Johan Mjällby        
37 Craig Beattie (European debut ) X      
39 Jamie Smith        
40          
41 John Kennedy        
43 Liam Miller        
Substitutes: 22 Marshall 3 Sylla 14 Lambert 33 Wallace 39 Smith 41 Kennedy
Coach: Martin O'Neil - Assistant Coach: John Robertson, Steve Walford

FC BARCELONA
FC BARCELONA Web Site
Best Barça player and a pleasure to watch - Ronaldinho
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COACH: Frank Rijkaard
Team: 25 Valdés 2 ReizigerYellow Card 5 Puyol 6 Xavi 7 SaviolaRed Card 8 Cocu 10 Ronaldinho 18 Gabri García 22 Luis García 23 MottaRed Card 32 Oleguer
Substitutes: 1 Rüstu Reçber 4 Márquez 11 Overmars 14 Gerard 20 Quaresma 24 Iniesta 27 Óscar López


UEFA CUP 2003/04
ROUND 4, MATCH 2

CAMP NOU, BARCELONA

Celtic 0 Barcelona 0 - Nou Camp Scoreboard.

Thursday 25 March 2004
Kick-off:21.00 CET | Attendance: 100,000 | Referee: Domenico Messina (ITA)


No official programme for this match

TAXI FOR BARCA

The day after his team's elimination from the UEFA Cup in this match, captain Luis Enrique faced reporters at the Nou Camp and insisted: "we did enough to win".

If he was at the first match in Glasgow, Senor Enrique would know that his team had to score two goals to win. They didn't even get one. The Celtic players were, as we have come to expect, brilliant - and some more. Young Stephen Marshall, making his first European start, was unbeatable in goal, Stan Varga and John Kennedy were immense and supergub Overmars did not get past Didier Agathe once after all his boasting before the match. The midfield was superb with Petrov, Lennon, Pearson and Thompson playing like lions (Lisbon that is). Up front, King Henrik and big Chris Sutton were a handful and kept the Spaniard busy all night. This was as good a performance as most Celtic fans will have seen, certainly since the great days of Jock Stein and the Lisbon Lions. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the superb Martin O'God, John Robertson, Steve Walford and the other backroom staff. I would like to thank all of them for one of the best games of my life.

Here's what the Barcelona Web site had to say in their defence.

"Barca bowed out of the UEFA Cup at the Nou Camp tonight, when an ultra defensive Glasgow Celtic managed to squeeze out a goalless draw that saw them win 1-0 on aggregate. Despite intense pressure from Rijkaard's men. Celtic held out for the draw and although Gerard, Luis Enrique, Ronaldinho, Gabri, Luis García and Sergio García all came close, the Glasgow team showed the kind of perseverance that saw them through to the UEFA Cup final last season.

Before the fans had even had time to settle into their seats, Barca created their first chance, when Ronaldinho brilliantly put through Gerard, who was only denied by Celtic's 19-year-old keeper Marshall. Seven minutes later, Gerard had another chance when he met a Ronaldinho cross, but was again unable to beat the visitors' goaly. Gerard was one of Rijkaard's changes and Luis Enrique the other taking Saviola's place upfront - and on 13 minutes, he nearly finished off a series of rebounds in the box, but again Marshall was equal to the task. Celtic were shut into their own half and renounced anything but the occasional counter attack. Barca were dominating and on 21 minutes, Italian referee Messina turned down a clear penalty claim after Ronaldinho was brought down in the box.

With Ronaldinho now coming into his own, Barca had another chance on 23 minutes when Oleguer linked up with the Brazilian down the left to try his luck. Celtic had their first chance five minutes later when Chris Sutton shot wide. Then on 33 minutes Puyol was forced off after a collision with a Celtic forward aggravated the injury he picked up against Real Sociedad on Sunday. Rafa Marquez came on for Puyol and Celtic nearly took quick advantage of the swap when Valdes did well to gather in a Larsson cross with Thompson, the goal scorer in Glasgow closing in fast.

Celtic were applying a lot of pressure in midfield which meant Xavi was finding it tough to make space and create chances for the team, and it fell to Cocu and Gerard to push the team forward. As the ideas began to run thin, Xavi pushed further forward and tested Marshall with a shot from the edge of the box, then in injury time Luis Garcia laid the ball back for Reiziger, whose shot was deflected out for a corner by a Celtic defender.

Frank Rijkaard made his attacking intentions clear in the second half, bringing on Overmars for Reiziger on 52 minutes and then youngster Sergio Garcia replacing Luis Enrique on the hour. Barca were patiently building and moving forward and Luis Garcia sent a swerving shot in from the right on 58 minutes, which went just inches wide. On 67, Ronaldinho weaved his way through the Celtic defence, but Marshal got down well to push the Brazilian's shot out for a corner. All 11 of Martin O'Neil's team were now defending, whilst Barca were beginning to depend more on long distance efforts, like Gabri's on 68 minutes, which Marshall again stopped well. A minute later, the young Scot pulled off the save of the night from a Luis Garcia volley from the penalty spot.

Sergio García came close on 73 minutes, when he headed a Gabri cross just wide, then a minute later he saw his shot from the edge of the box again stopped well by Marshall. Now the clock was ticking down though, and Barca began to lose their composure and pump high balls into the box, which the Celtic defenders dealt with easily. Finally, Celtic held out and Barca's dreams of UEFA Cup glory came to an end. "

What UEFA said

"Celtic FC registered one of the most significant results in their recent history to draw 0-0 in the Camp Nou and eliminate FC Barcelona from the UEFA Cup. Protecting a one-goal lead from Glasgow, Martin O'Neill's team made light work of defending for the full 90 minutes against a Barça side which played below par and created few clear-cut chances.

The visitors, despite having two players - David Marshall and John Kennedy - making their full European debuts, got off to an assured start. Inspired by at least 10,000 fans in the Camp Nou, Celtic settled to a decent rhythm of play, albeit in a 4-4-2 system which is not their norm.

Ronaldinho was surprised when his dart into the penalty box early in the first half did not bring the penalty he claimed after tumbling over Kennedy's well-timed tackle as Barça failed to make the most of their possession. Apart from very rare moves upfield, Martin O'Neill's side were content to close down the home team, often placing two markers on Ronaldinho, and they never looked out of their depth.

It took a splendid Agathe tackle on Ronaldinho, which brought both sets of fans to their feet, in order to prevent the Brazilian scoring in the 67th minute as the pressure mounted. But despite a flurry of chances late on, last season's beaten finalists held on to progress to the last eight, where they will meet Villarreal CF thanks to Alan Thompson's solitary first-leg goal at Celtic Park."


IRISH SUPPORTERS SOUVENIR PROGRAMME

The Dublin Souvineer programme


SPANISH PIRATE PROGRAMME

The Spanish pirate programme


SPORTS MATTER

This folded A3, weekly sports magazine has 16 A4 pages printed entirely in grayscale. It is published by Brits living in Spain and is a free issue. Sports of all kind in Barcelona is the subject area and the mag makes it's money from advertising. Celtic playing in Barcelona was obviousely regarded as a big event by the mags editor (Michael Roberts) as he has used the match as a theme for the front cover. of Issue 91. If you would lke to get a copy, a begging email to this address may work - info@sportsmatter.com.

SPORTS MATTER a Free Magazine in Barcelona. Click for a full-size picture.


MATCH TICKET

This ticket was one from the ballot at Celtic Park.

A match ticket


TEAMSHEETS

The teamsheet on the left is the official version available at the match. The one on the right is a pirate version that appeared after the match and is being sold on ebay..

Official Teamsheet. Click for a bigger picture.

Pirate Teamsheet. Click for a bigger picture.

TRAVELLING SUPPORTERS ITINERARY

Travel arrangements for the "6-2 CSC"

Travelling Supporters Itinerary.



BARCELONA MATCH PENNENT

This pennent was sold at all of the official Barcelona shops and by all of the scarf and badge stalls. It cost 10 euros everywhere except the official shop at the shopping centre in the city at 8 euro .

An Official Celtic Match Pennent.



SQUAD No
Red Card Yellow CardCELTIC PLAYER POOL
TEAM
ON OFF
SCORERS
2          
3 Momo Sylla        
4 Jackie McNamara (Captain) X      
5 Joos Valgaeren        
6 Bobo Balde (suspended)        
7 Henrik Larsson X      
8 Alan Thompson X      
9 Chris Sutton X      
10 John Hartson        
11 Stephen Pearson X      
12 David Fernandez (on loan)        
14 Paul Lambert        
15 Bobby Petta (on loan)        
16 Ulrik Laursen        
17 Didier Agathe X      
18 Neil Lennon X      
19 Stan Petrov Yellow Card X      
20 Robert Douglas        
21 Magnus Hedman (on loan)        
22 David Marshall X      
23 Stanislav Varga X      
29 Shaun Maloney        
30          
33 Ross Wallace        
34          
35 Johan Mjällby        
37 Craig Beattie        
39 Jamie Smith        
40          
41 John Kennedy X      
43 Liam Miller        
44 Stephen McManus        
Substitutes: 47 Mcgovern 39 Smith 35 Mjällby 43 Miller 3 Sylla 37 Beattie 14 Lambert
Coach: Martin O'Neil - Assistant Coach: John Robertson, Steve Walford

FC BARCELONA
FC BARCELONA Web Site
COACH: Frank Rijkaard
Team: 25 Valdés 32 Oleguer 5 Puyol 2 Reiziger 8 Cocu 6 Xavi 14 Gerard 18 Gabri García 21 Luis Enrique 22 Luis García 10 Ronaldinho Yellow Card
Substitutes: 1 Rüstu Reçber 4 Márquez 27 Óscar López 24 Iniesta 20 Quaresma 11 Overmars 36 Sergio García

FC BARÇELONA Official Web site.

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