Zvezda 'starts' for Seol, Yang 'comes off the bench' as Celtic suffer defeat at UCL
Zvezda 'starts' for Seol, Yang 'comes off the bench' as Celtic suffer defeat at UCL
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South Korean defender Seol Young-woo played the full match, but it wasn't enough to prevent Serbian professional soccer's Zvezda from suffering a crushing defeat.
Zvezda fell to a 0-4 defeat away to Inter Milan (Italy) in the second leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League (UCL) League Phase at the San Siro in Milan, Italy on Tuesday (June 2).
It was Zvezda's second consecutive defeat in the competition after a 1-2 loss to Portuguese giants Benfica in the first leg of the UCL League Phase.
Zvezda is in 32nd place out of 36 teams in the League Phase. Inter Milan (4 points) is fifth.
Beginning this season, the UCL ditched the traditional group stage format, with each team playing eight matches - four at home and four away - to determine the overall standings.
The first through eighth places go directly to the round of 16, while the ninth through twenty-fourth places will play a playoff for a spot in the last 16.
Seol Young-woo started at right fullback and played until the end of the match.
His 92% passing accuracy and two long passes helped the team, but it wasn't enough to prevent the loss.
Football stats site Footmob gave Seol a rating of 6.0, 메이저사이트 which is right in the middle of the pack.
Zvezda gave Inter Milan's Hakan Chalhanoglu a fantastic free kick in the 11th minute.
In the second half, he conceded another goal to Marko Arnautovic in the 14th minute and a wedge goal to Lautaro Martinez in the 26th minute.
Ten minutes later, Medhi Taremi's penalty conceded their fourth and finally put their heads down.
Scottish Celtic, where Yang came on as a substitute, also suffered a seven-goal defeat to Dortmund (Germany) in the second leg of the UCL League Phase.
Yang, who started the game from the bench, came on for Nicholas Quinn in the 18th minute with the team trailing 1-5 and played about 27 minutes until the end of the game, but failed to create any notable chances.
Celtic's 1-7 knee-jerk reaction to Dortmund leaves them in 19th place in the UCL League Phase with one win, one loss and three points.
Dortmund (6 points), riding a two-game unbeaten streak in the competition, sits atop the table ahead of Brest (France) and Leverkusen (Germany) on goal difference.
Celtic conceded a penalty to Dortmund's Emre Can in the seventh minute of the first half, but Maeda Daizen equalized two minutes later to level the match.
Dortmund then went on the offensive.
Karim Adeyemi regained the lead in the 11th minute with a left-footed shot from the left penalty area, and rattled the net again in the 29th minute with another left-footed strike from near the left penalty line.
In the 40th minute, Seru Girasi scored from the penalty spot, and in the 42nd minute, Adeyemi completed his hat trick with a low left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty arc that found the bottom corner of the net.
Leading 5-1 at halftime, Dortmund added goals from Girassi in the 21st minute and Felix N'Mecha in the 34th to seal the win.