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Celtic twice lost a lead as they gained their first Champions League point in a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Atletico Madrid sports
Kyogo Furuhashi got Celtic off to a flying start with his second goal in two Champions League games and Luis Palma quickly restored Celtic’s lead after Antoine Griezmann scored following his own saved penalty sports
Celtic were deservedly on course for a first Champions League group-stage home win in 10 years following a first-half display full of pace and purpose but they started slowly after the break and Alvaro Morata levelled inside eight minutes of the restart sports
The Scottish champions never rediscovered their spark - even after Atletico went down to 10 men in the 82nd minute - and their run without a home win at this level is now at 12 games sports
Feyenoord’s win over Lazio left Celtic three points adrift of the Italians at the bottom of Group E, halfway through the campaign with trips to Spain and Rome to follow sports
The build-up to the game had been dominated by internal and external strife sports
Thousands of Celtic fans defied the club before kick-off by displaying Palestine flags, an act which will inevitably lead to UEFA sanctions sports
Atletico’s decision to dispense with their striped shirts and wear an all-red top based on the one worn by the team that beat Celtic in the 1974 European Cup semi-finals also opened old wounds sports
Two of the team that gained a goalless first-leg draw at Parkhead had travelled with the current side but the tribute did not go down well among the Celtic support given Atletico had three men sent off and seven others booked in that brutal encounter sports
Furuhashi ignited the highly-charged atmosphere inside four minutes following a one-touch move sports
The Japan international twice exchanged passes with Matt O’Riley before taking a touch and slotting home from six yards sports
There was a blow for Brendan Rodgers moments later when Reo Hatate went off injured sports
The Celtic manager brought on 21-year-old midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is yet to start a game since his loan move from Benfica sports
The home side remained positive, roared on by the crowd as they pressed Atletico high up the park, but the visitors levelled in the 25th minute after Greg Taylor was penalised for a trip on Nahuel Molina sports
Joe Hart saved Griezmann’s penalty at full stretch but the France international dispatched the rebound sports
Taylor atoned three minutes later when he played a searching ball beyond right-back Molina which sent Daizen Maeda in behind sports
The resulting cross found fellow winger Palma and the Honduran took a touch and rifled a shot in off the post sports
Luis Palma gave Celtic the lead for a second time (Getty Images)Palma had been denied a late goal against Lazio three weeks ago by a marginal VAR ruling and an offside decision soon went Celtic’s way after Axel Witsel headed home from a set-piece sports
O’Riley had earlier threatened with a first-time strike which was met with a diving save as Celtic continued to attack with verve sports
Diego Simeone made two half-time changes and substitute Marcos Llorente vindicated his introduction within eight minutes as he crossed for Morata to equalise with a diving header sports
Morata and Llorente both threatened and Rodgers responded by bringing on centre-back Nat Phillips for Palma and changing formation sports
Atletico continued to boss possession and Celtic were contributing to their difficulties with some slack passing sports
Hart saved well from Morata after the Spain international turned Cameron Carter-Vickers sports
Celtic got a lifeline when Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul received a second yellow card following a sliding tackle on Bernardo sports
Substitute James Forrest shot not far over but Celtic could not seriously trouble the 10 men sports
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Captain Siya Kolisi says the daily struggles endured by millions of South Africans is fuelling the Springboks’ quest to retain the Rugby World Cup ahead of a semi-final meeting with England sports
Jacques Nienaber’s side are red-hot favourites to progress from a rematch of the 2019 final to set up a winner-takes-all showdown with either New Zealand or Argentina sports
Flanker Kolisi, his country’s first black captain, overcame childhood poverty to lift the Webb Ellis Cup four years ago in Japan sports
The 32-year-old referenced homelessness and unemployment during an impassioned answer to a question about motivation and believes failing to give 100 per cent would be “cheating” his compatriots sports
“I don’t think that will ever change, who we play for, who we represent,” he said sports
“When you start playing for others and start doing things for other people it’s not easy to give up, it’s much harder sports
“When you think of how many people would give anything to be where we are and the majority of the people in our country are unemployed, some don’t have homes sports
“For me, giving up and not giving everything would be cheating not just myself and the team but the rest of the people at home sports
“The harder we play, the more we do well, the more we are able to open opportunities for others so that also drives us sports
“I believe we are a purpose-driven team, we’re not a trophy-driven team; of course the trophies help you to get more people with you sports
“Sometimes you can look at the struggles of what you’re going through and feel sorry for yourself sports
But we use that pain and those struggles and we carry them with us to drive us through the battles sports
It helps us to keep on going when it’s tough sports
”Three-time champions South Africa defeated hosts France 29-28 in a thrilling quarter-final to keep their title defence on track sports
Kolisi will lead out an unchanged team for Saturday’s match against Steve Borthwick’s side at Stade de France in Paris sports
“I wish you could see all the supporters back at home,” he continued sports
“This is all what people talk about, most of the time, with everything else happening sports
“Kids at schools are sending clips of them singing because they know some of us like singing sports
“People at work on Fridays wear their green jerseys and the beautiful thing to see is the people who can’t afford the jerseys, they wear anything that’s green, anything that represents the Springboks sports
“We see that and that will continuously be our motivation and we know what the team has meant in the past – not just in sport, for our country in general sports
“It’s more purposeful when you don’t do something for yourself, only when you are aiding other people that you don’t even know or never even met sports
”Underdogs England came into the tournament unfancied but are the competition’s only unbeaten team sports
Kolisi insists Borthwick’s men will not be underestimated, despite many pundits and rugby fans feeling a final sports between the Springboks and the All Blacks is a formality sports
“Obviously we don’t see it that way because we know how good England is in the previous World Cups that they’ve played,” he said sports
“It would be silly to be thinking like that and we’ve never been like that sports
“We’ve seen in the World Cup, teams not even in the top 10 beating teams in the top 10 so it would be silly to think like that sports
We’re not in that mind sports
“We know exactly what we’re going to bring and the motivation we have sports
”South Africa team: D Willemse; K-L Arendse, J Kriel, D De Allende, C Kolbe; M Libbok, C Reinach; S Kitshoff, B Mbonambi, F Malherbe, E Etzesports beth, F Mostert, S Kolisi (capt), P-S Du Toit, D Vermeulen sports
Replacements: D Fourie, O Nche, V Koch, RG Snyman, K Smith, F De Klerk, H Pollard, W Le Roux sports
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