I bought Celtic view and It has 2 pages of Celtic's 7 best games in Europe I decided to share them with you. 1. Inter Milan 1967 A Glasgow district XI winning the European Cup? It sounds far fetched but thats what exactly happened when Jock Stein's Lisbon Lions beat Inter Milan 2-1 to become the first ever british side to win the tournament. An early penalty gave Inter the lead, but Celtic responded to dominate the game and deservedly levelled through Tommy Gemell. Inter were gone by this point and Stevie Chalmers close-ranged strike sealed the famous win. At the final whistle the Estadio Nacional pitch was a sea of green and white, as thousands of Celtic fans mobbed thier heroes. Somehow, captain Billy McNeil managed to reach the podium to lift the European Cup. It remains an iconic image. 2. Leeds United 1970 Leeds United - the best team in the Europe? thats what the English newspapers were saying prior to the first leg of Celtic's European Cup semi-final with Don Revie's side. They weren't so sure about themselves when the prodigious George Connelly put Celtic ahead with only a minute on the clock. That game would finish 1-0 and Celtic continued their dominance in the second leg - recovering from Billy Bremner's goal to win 2-1 through Bobby Murdoch and John Hughes. That match was played at Hampden in front of 136,505 - A record for a European match. Unfortunately Celtic lost the final to Feyenoord at the San Siro. 3. Red Star Belgrade 1968 Jimmy Johnstone played 67 European Games for Celtic and this was undoubtedly his best performance. It was inspired by Jock Stein's half-time promise that he wouldnt have to conquer his fear of flying for the second leg in Yugoslavia - provided Celtic won by a clear 4 goals. With the score sitting at 1-1, Jinky was a man possessed in the second half. He scored 2 and inspired Celtic to a 5-1 win. In the dying minutes, he even popped up with a headed goal line clearance. Jinky had kept his end of the bargain and Jock did the same - even though the Red Star manager pleaded with his counterpart to let the people of Belgrade see the Celtic player's talents. 4. Parizan Belgrade 1989 Calculators were being passed about the Jungle as Celtic fans tried to comprehend whether the Hoops were actually through or not at the end of an epic 5-4 victory at Paradise. Sadly, the Yugoslavians had managed to edge into the next round on away goals, but few present inside the stadium that night will never forget an astonishing game of football. It was a night when Jacki Dziekanowski almost single handedly pulled Celtic out of the mire with four goals. Yet, one of the abiding memories of the night is seeing a Partizan striker, dressed in tights, race away from Celtic's defence to score one of the goals that condemned the Hoops. It was a bizarre match, but people still talk about it. 5 Boavista 2003 There would be a good case for John Hartson's clincher against Liverpool as being the highlight of Celtic's Road to Seville, but even that was overshadowed by Henrik Larsson's semi final winner against Boavista in Oporto. With the score poised at 0-0 and 1-1 on aggregate, the Portugese side were heading for the final by virtue of their away goal at Celtic Park. Yet as he did so many times in his Celtic career, Larsson's timing was impeccable. The Swede attempted to play a one-two with John Hartson, and when the ball landed back at his feet Larsson lifted an instinctive shot beyond Ricardo to put Celtic into thier first European final in 33 years. 6. FC Porto 2003 Celtic fans used planes, trains and automobiles to get to the picturesque Spanish city of Seville for the UEFA Cup final in 2003. A rough estimate places around 80,000 Hoops supporters there, but it could have been more. Following a heroic, often dramatic run to the final for Martin O'Neill's men, Jose Mourinho's FC Porto provided the opposition. Henrik Larsson had the game of his life when he twice hauled Celtic back from behind but Derlei's extra time goal handed Porto a 3-2 win. It was a Cruel way to end a fantastic campaign, but Celtic had gained their European pride back again. 7. Manchester United 2006 'Its probably too far out.' was the intial thought when Shunsuke Nakamura stepped up to take a 35 yard freekick at a crutial stage of Celtic's penultimate Champions League game with Manchester United. We should have all known better. Seconds later, the ball had curled over the wall and was nestling in Edwin Van Der Sar's top corne. It seemed Celtic were heading for the last 16 for the first time, but disaster struck, as United were awarded a controversial late penatly. Louis Saha, however, never looked confidentr and Artur Boruc flew to the right to bat the ball away and put Celtic through. History had been made.
