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‘Scandalous’: Feyenoord midfielder left very annoyed after facing Celtic last night

Patrick Sinat

Thu 14 December 2023 19:15, UK

Celtic’s win over Feyenoord left the players, the fans and the manager feeling overjoyed at finally recording a win in the Champions League.

Not since beating Anderlecht in 2017 has Brendan Rodgers tasted victory in Europe’s top competition. So when the final whistle went last night, the Hoops gaffer would have been elated at his team’s ability to make a late dash for a winner.

However, one player who wasn’t impressed was Feyenoord midfielder, Mats Wieffer. Just like Arne Slot, he was absolutely raging at his team and said it was ‘scandalous’ that they allowed Celtic to nick all three points at the end.

Wieffer said [], “Everyone is very frustrated. Celtic were better in the first 20 minutes and then we had it pretty much under control. We created a lot of chances, especially in the second half.

“I don’t know how many goals we have conceded like the one Celtic scored late on in the Champions League, but that’s not possible. It’s actually scandalous.

“These are the moments you train to prevent when everyone has a man. This should not happen.

“It’s all very well saying we played nice football and should have won, but if that happens time and time again, you will never win anything.

“We can only blame ourselves.”

I have the world’s smallest violin playing here just for Wiefferr! But in all seriousness, Celtic were due a bit of luck in the competition.

Against all three teams, Rodgers’ team suffered either from a late goal conceded or a dodgy refereeing decision so it’s good to see Celtic getting a bit of a rub of the green.

Unfortunately, it was too little, too late for Celtic but at least now the pressure is off to get that win and hopefully Rodgers can build on this for Europe next season.

In other news, ‘What a feeling’… 23-year-old player can’t believe what the Celtic fans did last night at Parkhead