‘Disappointing’ Celtic fluff Champions League chance in Kazakh shoot-out

AFP | Paris

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Scottish champions Celtic crashed out of the Champions League play-offs on Tuesday after missing three spotkicks in a humiliating penalty shoot-out against Kazakh side FC Kairat.

The Kazakh Premier League champions had already come through three qualifying rounds and go into the hat for Thursday’s draw for the Champions League proper for the first time.

There they can hope to rub shoulders with the likes of superpowers Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid.

Celtic meanwhile must console themselves with a place in the Europa League.

With neither side able to score in 210 minutes of football across the two legs, it came down to penalties which Kairat won 3-2.