Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel thought about the dramatic exit on Tuesday at the UEFA Champions League, saying that “Lady Luck was against” his team while Bayern Munich scored the goal in the last Moments of the second stage of their tie elimination phase.
Bayern entered the home of Tuesday at home with an advantage of 2-1 from last week’s first leg, in which Celtic was about to score for a large part of the match. The Scottish team put pressure for a goal for about an hour on Tuesday before Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn scored in the 63rd minute, leveling the overall score at 2-2. The match seemed intended for an additional time, but the goal of Alphonso Davies in the fourth minute of the downtime assured that Bayern would pass in the next round.
“There is not much to say,” said Schmeichel in an emotional interview with his father Peter, a retired legendary goalkeeper and a CBS sports broadcaster. “It is sometimes a cruel game. We did everything we could and that Lady Luck was against us in the last kick of the match. I think that we go back to Bayern and, obviously, you go out, but we are disappointed with a draw. “
After Peter congratulated Celtic for well -played equality, Kasper agreed with his father that the Scottish team deserved praise, in particular for having demonstrated a tactical range during a campaign of the hectic champions League.
“You should make compliments,” Kasper said. “The fact that we are sitting in the locker room of Bayern Munich and that we are extremely disappointed, I think that says a lot about the journey on which we have been … (we played) a little different style for what we probably play in our home league, but having this intelligence and a little more a ruthless sequence in us, it has brought us very, at the moment, it’s just garbage, but I think that when we return And let’s analyze the two games and we think, I think it will stay with us by having a good experience for many young players who have not played at this stage, at this level.
The UEFA Champions Diffusion Team also used the opportunity to thank Kasper for having always passed post-match interviews with his father, Jamie Carragher taking a particular penchant for the dynamic father- son.
“It was a nice little trip while watching the two. Hopefully that, in the future, I am in a similar situation with my own son,” said Carragher, whose son James plays for League One Side Wigan. “Peter, you should be really proud of Kasper, who was fantastic … It was really nice.”
