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  "id": 3450540,
  "title": "'Celtic deficiencies laid bare on another night of Champions League pain'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/celtic-deficiencies-laid-bare-on-another-night-of-champions-league-3450540",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T06:53:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/celtic-deficiencies-laid-bare-another-065301211.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Celtic's Champions League night ended in a 4-0 defeat against LASK, revealing deep-rooted deficiencies in the team. Callum McGregor, the captain, expressed his frustration by labeling his teammates as \"passive\" and \"scared,\" a sentiment that echoed throughout the night. This was not the first time Celtic had experienced such a humiliating loss; in recent years, they had endured multiple poor performances against European opposition. McGregor, a veteran player with numerous trophies to his name, was particularly incensed by the collapse, noting that his fellow players panicked and allowed themselves to be overwhelmed. The loss came after a 4-0 lead, which the team had built to a comfortable 4-1 aggregate score. Despite McGregor's efforts to rally his team, his substitutions had little effect, and Celtic's second-half performance was dire, with only one shot on target in the entire period. The defeat signaled a clear need for improvement, as Celtic's ambition and professionalism were called into question.",
  "summary": "When Callum McGregor eviscerated his own teammates in the wake of Celtic's stupefying Champions League collapse against LASK, he delivered their one coherent moment of a spineless night, writes Tom English.",
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        "title": "Celtic deficiencies laid bare on another night of Champions League pain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/celtic-deficiencies-laid-bare-on-another-night-of-champions-league",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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