The Notts County players retreated for 10 minutes, and as the clock went on, they were shocked to find that the opponent's attack was not strong either.

Yes, on the one hand, I feel that the opponent is not resolute, and secondly, after calming down, I feel that the opponent's offensive routine is not a big threat to me.

In this case, is it possible to start a counterattack?

Iniesta, who was placed in the midfield position to control the rhythm of this game, quietly gestured to several teammates around him.

Celtic controlled the ball, and the midfielder slowly poured his feet slowly, as if he was drinking coffee to kill time.

Notts County struck as if they were clenched fists, and in an instant five players launched a high-intensity pressing.

Caught off guard, the Celtics were cut off the ball.

Notts County's counterattack has begun!

Mereles sent the ball directly to the feet of Ribery on the wing, and the French winger roared towards the opponent's half as if he had an engine under his feet.

And there are Villa and Sneijder in the middle, Kuyt in the back, and Meireles and Iniesta in the second echelon, in an instant, in and near the Celtic penalty area, there are more Notts County players than Celtic's defenders.

The Celtic fans in the stands, who have been as happy as the festival, exclaimed in unison, who would have thought that they were attacking just now, but in the blink of an eye, the ball had actually hit their own door, don't be so thrilling!

David had already jumped up from the couch at the moment when Mereles broke the ball, staring nervously at the ball, only to receive a slightly disdainful look from the Celtic chairman next to him.

Ribery drew in one of the opposition's centre-backs and immediately played the ball in front of goal.

Villa swept the ball into the Celtic goal before their opponents could interfere.

It's a simple goal, but it's all done in four or five seconds, and it's enough to make your blood boil.

After Villa's goal, instead of celebrating wildly, they got up and ran back from the goal to hold the ball and run back, and the belief in equalizing or even overtaking the score to win the game was fully revealed.

The Notts County players returned to their own half to start celebrating a goal, a goal that gave them hope to walk away with a win from Glasgow.

The Celtic players were a little confused, and what happened in the space of a few seconds caught them off guard.

Just conceding a goal?

It's a bit sloppy!

However, they also understand that Notts County's counterattack this time is really sharp, not to mention that they are mentally slack, even if they concentrate all their energy, I am afraid they will not be able to prevent it.

But it doesn't matter, now that they know the opponent's counter-attacking ability, with a two-goal lead, they can shift a large part of their energy to defense, attacking and defending at the same time, as long as they can maintain the advantage of these two goals, then they have achieved their strategic goal.

After the game restarted, the Celtics retreated a little bit and did not continue to pull away from the attack as before, but passed it in the backcourt.

Notts County quickly launched a high press with the momentum of the rainbow after the goal, and even two full-backs rushed through the half-time marking, only two central defenders were slightly behind, which was a more extreme tactic than the previous extreme defense.

Even though Celtic was mentally prepared, they still didn't expect that Notts County's explosive power would be so strong in an instant.

The ball soon changed hands, with Notts County playing against the visitors, showing their proudest attacking vigour for the first time on the road.

It turns out that the opponent is really not strong!

It was the first thought that came to Notts County after they pushed Celtic back into the half-time with a strong attack.

Notts County, who have regained their form of play, are out of control.

Villa grabs the point and misses;

Meireles shoots wide from distance;

Westerman's header from a corner kick is knocked out by the opposition goalkeeper;

Ribery's in-cut shot hits the post;

A short time later, Notts County bombarded the Celtic goal, and there was a lot of noise in front of the goal.

However, today's luck does not seem to be on Notts County's side, and a succession of threatening shots on goal could not break through the opponent's goal, as if there was a transparent wall in the dark blocking Notts County's goal.

The Celtic players were a little out of breath, and the Notts County attack made them feel as if they were a small fishing boat in the middle of a stormy sea, ready to be broken by waves tens of metres high at any moment.

This breath has been holding on, and Notts County has been unable to score for a long time, and this breath is in tatters, and it is still breathing.

Until the 79th minute of the second half, Notts County still failed to score again, and the players' fitness seemed to have been in doubt.

The Notts County players couldn't attack, and the Celtic players were struggling, and at this time, it was a complete battle of willpower.

The disadvantage of being behind by two goals is like a sword hanging over their heads, reminding the Notts County players all the time that if they want to win, they must continue to rush! Rush! Rush!

However, Celtic have done their defense to the extreme, the kind that completely abandoned the offense, abandoned face, abandoned everything, and they had only one goal, which was to hold the score until the end of the game.

At the last moment, Notts County's corner kick opportunity, even Diego Lopes rushed to the opponent's penalty area to scramble for a header, but unfortunately, Iniesta's corner kick was directly obtained by the opponent's goalkeeper.

When the Celtic goalkeeper drove the ball high into the air, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Celtic won the first leg of the meeting with a 3-1 home win over Notts County.

For Notts County, they were reluctant to accept the scoreline compared to the positive scene, but the result was such that no one could change it.

At least they got an away goal, as long as they can play the opponent 2:0 when they return to their home stadium, they can advance to the next round with the advantage of more away goals, so this score is really not the end of the world.

It was the first non-strategic abandonment game that Notts County have lost this season, and while the result felt a little hard to swallow, it didn't stop Notts County from going on.

Everyone could have seen that this game would not have been the result if it hadn't been for Notts County's first-half collapse, and it's fair to say that Notts County paid the price for their youth. (To be continued.) )