Celtic have been put to the sword within the Girls’s Champions League as they misplaced 4-0 to Actual Madrid within the Spanish capital.
An early stunner from Caroline Weir set Actual on their approach earlier than late objectives from Signe Bruun, Caroline Moller and Linda Caicedo made it a chastening night for Celtic.
Elena Sadiku’s aspect should take a look at it as a good outcome as their hosts peppered the purpose with 29 photographs all through a dominant night.
Weir curled in an excellent purpose on the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium
Victory will get the Spanish aspect on the board in Group B after they misplaced within the opening spherical of fixtures, whereas Celtic have misplaced each of their video games.
Scotland’s Weir set the tone with a seventh-minute screamer for the hosts, rocketing a 20-yard effort into the again of the online.
It was an onslaught and Celtic did effectively to outlive to half-time with out struggling additional harm, with Las Blancas hitting the woodwork with a shot which deflected off Amy Gallacher.
They in some way held out till the 72nd minute when Bruun made it 2-0, heading house Eva Navarro’s cross to complete off a advantageous workforce transfer.
Moller made it three 10 minutes from time when she noticed Celtic goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty off her line and chipped her.
The rout was accomplished three minutes later when Caicedo transformed from the spot after she received the penalty being fouled by Shannon McGregor.
Celtic boss Sadiku ‘very proud’ regardless of defeat
Celtic boss Elena Sadiku advised Celtic TV:
“I am very proud of the girls; we competed against one of the biggest clubs in the world for 70 minutes.
“We labored actually onerous within the defence, tried to not concede any objectives – the primary purpose they rating is top quality from high-quality gamers.
“Overall, how we tried to play shows that we learned a lot and to be able to play against Real Madrid the way we did is something I am very proud of.
“The hassle is great and all of us want to recollect that is simply the beginning of the journey, no one believed we’d be right here.
“To be here now with this experience, the girls living the dream is something we need to learn from and take with because the effort and the confidence they showed shows we are here to compete.
“Dropping 4-0 is one thing I do not assume we deserve. I’ve mentioned it from the beginning, this expertise we need to study quite a bit from, but in addition develop as a result of this efficiency wants to provide the ladies confidence.”
What subsequent within the Champions League group stage?
Listed here are Celtic’s remaining fixtures:
- Chelsea (h) – November 13
- Chelsea (a) – November 20
- Actual Madrid (h) – December 11
- FC Twente (a) – December 17
