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MapCeltic Come Back To Beat Besiktas 3-2 As Osmand And Duran Score
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Celtic overturned 1-0 deficit to beat Besiktas 3-2 at Parkhead, securing first Europa League win. Subs Callum Osmand and Camilo Duran sparked comeback with goals after entry.
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Subs flip the match
Celtic came from behind to beat Besiktas 3-2 at Parkhead, with Martin O'Neill turning to Callum Osmand and Camilo Duran after Celtic were 1-0 down and heading towards a fourth straight defeat in the Europa League. Osmand scored just 43 seconds after coming on, and O'Neill then withdrew Kasper Hogh on 77 minutes to move Duran through the middle. Duran scored twice, controlling Kieran Tierney's scuffed shot and beating Alexander Nubel from close range two minutes after Orkun Kokcu levelled for Besiktas.
Stiliyan Petrov said, "Everything changed with the subs; Osmand coming on and Duran going through the middle," as he described a positive 30 minutes. O'Neill said, "It was in design to do exactly what it did," when asked whether the substitutions were inspired or evidence he should have started his best players.
Hogh questioned, Osmand praised
Celtic's record signing Kasper Hogh was withdrawn after another underwhelming display, and the BBC said Hogh had failed to score in 16 of his 17 Celtic appearances. Craig Halkett said on TNT Sports, "It'll be tough for Hogh," adding, "He was the big-money singing but it's not coming off for him." Callum Osmand told TNT Sports, "This is a great team we're playing against," and he credited Camilo Duran as "such a poacher."
GlasgowWorld described Osmand as being introduced 43 seconds earlier, and it said the 20-year-old drilled a low finish into the bottom corner to transform the atmosphere. Rayo said Martin O'Neill believed Celtic could reach the Europa League knockouts after the comeback win over Besiktas, with Osmand and Duran sparking the turnaround.
Europa League stakes rise
Celtic's comeback kept their Europa League qualification hopes alive, and the Daily Record said the win was vital as Celtic faced a trip to Portuguese second-tier outfit Torreense in three weeks time. Sky Sports said Celtic remain in the bottom 12 of the Europa League table, but it added that with four games left they still have a chance of reaching the knockout stages. Martin O'Neill told Sky Sports, "We've given ourselves a chance because of the result," and he said the substitutes made a "big, big difference."
The Scotsman said Celtic were looking to avoid four consecutive losses in major European competition for the first time since December 2017, after three successive defeats in the league phase. The Scotsman also said Besiktas arrived in Glasgow sitting eighth in the 36-team standings after wins over Marseille and Hoffenheim and a draw with Crystal Palace.