LASK end Celtic's Champions League hopes with astonishing comeback

Where do Celtic go from here? Five burning issues that must be met head on after Champions League disaster

1:06 PM Aug 27, 2026: Sickened Hoops fans will have to make do with the Thursday-Sunday Europa League grind after an unforgivable five-goal implosion...

CELTIC’S DOSSIER OF DISASTER

CAPTAIN Callum McGregor is the only player to be involved in EVERY game during Celtic’s European Dossier of Disaster. The Hoops capitulated in Austria on Tuesday after the 33-year-old onfield leader had scored the opening goal to add to the 3-0 first leg victory to give Martin O’Neill’s side a 4-0 advantage with just an hour to play against LASK. Unbelievably, the Parkhead club folded to a 5-4… Source

LASK end Celtic's Champions League hopes with astonishing comeback

Celtic blew a four-goal aggregate lead and lost 5-4 to Austrian side LASK on Tuesday as their Champions ​League hopes were dashed for another season in ‌one of the worst European nights in the club’s history. The Scottish champions went into the playoff in Linz 3-0 up from the first leg and looked on their way after captain Callum McGregor scored a 21st-minute opener. The away fans were ⁠already singing ‘we’re having a party in the Champions Lea…

Resigning ourselves to the fact that Celtic are incapable of competing at Champions League level is exactly what the board want. It’s called conditioning…

Everywhere across Celtic social media yesterday and today, there is an air of resignation, an air of total defeat, and an air of apathy. Celtic fans have started to believe that the Champions League is beyond us. They’ve started to feel as if we don’t deserve to be there. And after last night, who could blame them? But to accept that, you then have to accept that clubs with half or less than our resources, stadiums less than a third the size of …