87 mins: Burke is penalised for…as far as I can tell blocking the ball with his stomach. Even if the referee thought there were hands involved, the ball was struck at him from roughly nine inches away.
85 mins: Celtic try to thread their way through the Valencia defence, but it ain’t happening lads.
82 mins: The first booking of the evening goes to Burke, for a high boot in the mush of an admittedly stooping Garay. Which of course is what Brummies call Mr Lineker. And then just like that, Kondogbia receives the second yellow card about 50 seconds later, for taking far too long about the free-kick. He’ll now be suspended for the second leg.
81 mins: Forrest takes the ball to the byline on the right and clips over a cross, but Wass just gets there before any of Celtic’s attackers and glances the header away.
80 mins: Valencia have a corner from the left. Gameiro finds an indecent amount of space at the near post but sends his header well over.
78 mins: Right-back Piccini seems to twang his groin, so in what can only be described as an act of tactical disdain, Marcelino brings forward Kevin Gameiro on his his stead. There’s a reshuffle, which includes Wass moving from left wing to right-back.
77 mins: Brown plays a nice pass out to Eduoard on the left, but he cuts infield, then cuts further infield, and tries an implausible shot when there were better options available.
74 mins: Brown is possibly a little lucky to get away with a couple of fouls on Kondogbia: as they’re waiting for a corner there’s some pushing, ending with Brown flicking a hand into the Frenchman’s face. They’re given a talking to, but no more, and when the corner is eventually delivered Brown does that thing where you lean into your opponent when they jump for the ball, meaning Kondogbia is sent crashing to the turf.
73 mins: Piccini wanders into the box from the left, skipping around Izaguirre like he’s a training cone, and it’s only a half-hearted cross which prevents the situation getting worse for Celtic.
71 mins: Edouard gets down the left and fires in a low cross which causes a brief bout of panic in the Valencia defence, but not for that long: Lato hooks it clear.
69 mins: Piccini tries to set Soler away down the right, but the flag goes up. Valencia seem happy enough with 2-0, but really they had Celtic in a corner and could really kill the tie off if they wanted.
67 mins: Kondogbia tries to shoulder-charge Edouard, bounces off the Celtic man and for some reason is awarded a free-kick.
65 mins: I’ve been trying to work out Celtic’s formation since those substitutions. The best I can do is a midfield diamond with Weah tucking behind Edouard and Burke, and Forrest as the right-sided midfielder but really playing as a winger. It’s…bold, but then again they have to be. And it has resulted in a more purposeful performance.
62 mins: Celtic continue to pass out from the back, badly. Again, they’re lucky to get away with it as Izaguirre tackle-passes the ball from danger, but they have to either realise that they’re not good enough to do this against Valencia, or to more carefully pick their opportunities.
61 mins: More positive intent: Forrest gets down the right, he curls over a cross which is half-headed away, only as far as Weah on the edge of the box. He tries a shot, but sends it way over. Still, mild progress.
60 mins: Edouard shows a little positive intent, picking the ball up on the left and running towards the box. He runs into Garay right on the edge: one of those where you’re not quite sure how the defender could get out of the way, but probably also a foul. However, the referee decides it is not.
58 mins: Here are those subs: Weah replaces Scott Sinclair, while Edouard takes the place of Ryan Christie.
57 mins: Subs ahoy for Celtic: at least two of them, with Tim Weah and Odsonne Edouard receiving instructions from Brendan Rodgers. Too late? Maybe, but at least they’re trying something.
56 mins: Celtic have a shot. After a fashion. McGregor takes aim from about 25 yards out but puts it into the stands, where an enterprising young lad quickly squirrels the ball underneath his seat. Good lad.
55 mins: Sobrino begins a chase down the right touchline for the ball and possibly a run on goal, but he’s tugged back by McGregor, who is probably lucky not to be booked.
53 mins: Going to be a long half an hour or so for Celtic, this. Chasing shadows will barely cover it.
51 mins: Close to goal three, as Piccini makes his way into the box from the right and shoots, but Bain saves at the near post.
48 mins: Simple really. Wass shoves the ball down the line to Cheryshev, he makes tracks then hits an absolutely perfect cross into the middle where Sobrino meets the ball on the full, and smacks it straight through Bain. Men against boys.
GOAL! Celtic 0-2 Valencia (Sobrino 48)
Game over. Probably tie over.
Ruben Sobrino puts Valencia two up. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
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46 mins: It takes Celtic roughly 20 seconds to give the ball away in their own half. Again, they’re lucky nothing much is made of it.
The teams are heading back out for the second-half, and one of them is going to be slightly different: Valencia are bringing on Francis Coquelin – remember that guy? – for Parejo. Since the Spaniards’ playmaker was the best player on the pitch in the first half, that either means he’s injured or they reckon the game is basically won so they don’t need him for the second 45.
That’s the first goal Celtic have conceded this year, and the first goal Bain has let in since displacing Craig Gordon in the team after the last Old Firm game. But, to repeat, Celtic will probably be happy it’s only 1-0.
At various points this has carried a strong ‘men against boys’ vibe. Valencia are at least two or three classes above Celtic, even with a few key men absent. To repeat: their only real concern might be that they’re not further ahead.
45 mins: Rodgers looks concerned on the touchline, and he’s right to. Bain plays a suicidal pass out to Toljan who has little choice but to blindly hoof the ball out of play. One minute of added time.
42 mins: Celtic give the ball away again, but this time a more prosaic incident deep in the Valencia half. Parejo brings it forward and plays a delicious pass through to Sobrino who is free behind the Celtic defence, and has the time to wait for Cheryshev, to whom he squares the ball for the tap-in. Celtic claim offside, but nothing doing there.
40 mins: More sloppy passing, as this time Simunovic has the choice between passing to McGregor or Boyata, but just puts the ball between the two. Again, they get away with it. As lax as this is from Celtic, Valencia might be pretty concerned that they haven’t yet taken advantage of it.
38 mins: Forrest cuts in from the right and runs through a couple of challenges, but his attack is halted by a brilliant sliding challenge from Parejo. The crowd wail for a foul, but that was perfectly-timed.
37 mins: A rare attack from Celtic: McGregor feeds Sinclair, who brings the ball forwards on the break, threads the needle with a delicately placed pass which sets Burke free behind the defence, but the pass was just, just, just too strong and Neto emerges from his box to beat Burke to the ball.