Celtic were beaten by Braga as their wait for a first win in Europe this season goes on.
Brendan Rodgers included Paulo Bernardo in the starting XI against the Portuguese side in his first big chance of the season.
Despite the bright start it was the visitors who took the lead as Ricardo Horta’s long-range effort caught out Kasper Schmeichel, who made a major error by letting the ball slip through.
Kelechi Iheanacho then thought he had equalised, only for it to be controversially ruled out due to handball before the damage was done as the Bhoys failed to clear their lines and allow Braga to double their lead.
With that, here are five things that 67 Hail Hail learned from Celtic vs Braga.
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Kelechi Iheanacho has baffling goal ruled out
Iheanacho has been brilliant so far this season and looked to have put the Hoops level with a brilliant finish into the bottom corner.
All seemed to be good with the goal and the hosts thought that they were back into the tie, only for VAR to rule it out for handball.
Replays seemed to show no signs of the 28-year-old touching the ball with his hand, and everyone around the world has been left scratching their heads.
Time for Viljami Sinisalo?
Schmeichel has been as solid as a rock for pretty much the entirety of his time at Celtic, however, this was a bad mistake.
In real time, it looked like the ball had spun away from the 38-year-old, but replays showed that he should’ve been saving it.
It was Schmeichel’s first high-profile mistake since the Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen and a bad one too. He won’t be happy with how the second goal was also defended too.
Some sections of the crowd have called for Viljami Sinisalo to become the Bhoys’ new number one. Is it finally time?
Paulo Bernardo fails to take chance
It was a big night for Bernardo after supporters cried out for him to finally be given a chance.
In a show of faith, Rodgers included him in from the off but the midfielder couldn’t get into the game against his fellow countrymen and was withdrawn in the second half in place of Arne Engels.
That wasn’t the night he was hoping for, and another start may not come for a while yet.
Early kick-off time doesn’t help with attendances
Fan resentment towards the board may be high, but that normally doesn’t stop them turning up in their droves.
Plenty of tickets were available for the Braga game and it seems that there were roughly 46,000 inside the ground.
UEFA scheduling the kick-off time for the inconvenient time of 5:45PM didn’t help those who needed to commute from work and afar.
Nonetheless, there were still plenty of Hoops fans packed into the ground and that is a sight that will never get old.
Celtic fans stick to atmosphere promise
There were initially plans for those going to the game to stage a 29-minute protest amid the ongoing silence from the board.
A meeting between Celtic fans and senior club figures has now been agreed for Monday 6 October.
In response to that, fans agreed to hold off the protests to allow the meeting to run smoothly and from minute one, the Green Brigade section, as well as the rest of the crowd, could be heard joining in with chants.
That mood turned sour at half time as the players were booed off for going in behind at the break but the supporters were the only ones who showed any signs of passion.
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