Duran sends the Bhoys wild as Celtic deliver impressive Euro win | OneFootball

UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round, first legWednesday, August 19, 2026Celtic Park, Glasgow

CELTIC… 3(Nygren 26, Duran 37 & 66)

LASK… 0

Celtic produced an impressive European performance to defeat Austrian side, LASK in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off tie.

Benjamin Nygren opened the scoring, while Camilo Duran scored a double on an outstanding night for the Colombian.

The game had barely kicked off when LASK has the ball in the back of the Celtic net, with Moses Usor producing a stunning volley after latching on to a ball over the top of the defence.

But thankfully for the 60,000 Celtic supporters packed into the stadium, the goal was ruled out for offside.

However, the Austrians came close just a minute later, this time with Samuel Adeniran capitalising on another long ball, but his shot from just inside the box went wide of the target.

Celtic’s first chance came on seven minutes when Benjamin Nygren set up Camilo Curan, but his right-foot shot was saved. And two minutes later, the Colombian was fed a ball over the top by Colby Donovan, but he shot narrowly wide.

Both sides were looking dangerous going forward and LASK created another couple of opportunities that Viljami Sinisalo saved.

And on 26 minutes, Celtic got the breakthrough when Benjamin Nygren scored his fourth goal in his fourth consecutive game.

A ball into the LASK box was cleared to the edge of the area, and from inside the ‘D’, Nygren produced a stunning left-foot shot to send the ball rocketing into the roof of the net.

In the 34th minute, the offside flag again came to Celtic’s rescue after Adeniran had headed the ball into the net, and just three minutes later, it was 2-0 to Martin O’Neill’s side.

Again, it was a ball into the box that was cleared to the edge of the area, and this time it was Camilo Duran who provided the stunning finish to double Celtic’s lead.

Celtic started the second-half on the front foot and on 50 minutes the impressive Mika Baur had a right-foot volley from 23 yards out saved by the Lask keeper.

Six minutes later, Celtic came even closer to extending their lead when Callum McGregor’s shot from the edge of the area took a deflection off Kasper Hogh and hit the post before it was cleared.

Vil Sinisalo came to Celtic’s rescue just after the hour mark, saving from close range after Usor had made space inside the area.

Camilo Duran, who was a threat every time he got the ball, tested the keeper with two shots in quick succession, the second following some great wing play.

And on 66 minutes, the Colombian got his rewards with his second goal of the night, and an even more spectacular effort than his first goal.

The ball was fed to him on the right and he surged towards goal, playing a quick one-two with Benjamin Nygren before curling a left-foot shot into the top corner of the net to make it 3-0 to Celtic.

And on 71 minutes, he showed the other side of his game when he raced back to break up a LASK attack.

With 15 minutes remaining, Sinisalo again produced a great save, this time to deny Adeniran, while at the other end Liam Scales, on as a substitute, had a left-foot shot from the edge of the area go wide.

LASK pushed forward in the latter stages of the game, but Celtic, as they had down throughout the night, defended resolutely, and now take a 3-0 lead to Austria next week.