{"id":218047,"date":"2025-10-22T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218047\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:34:11","slug":"kairat-almatys-latest-champions-league-outing-just-embarrasses-celtic-and-brendan-rodgers-even-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218047\/","title":{"rendered":"Kairat Almaty&#8217;s latest Champions League outing just embarrasses Celtic and Brendan Rodgers even more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kairat Almaty will forever be a stain on Celtic. <\/p>\n<p>Those two performances from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers\u2019<\/a> side against the rising minnows will probably be the lasting memory of the soon-to-be departing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> boss in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/martin-oneill-reacts-to-celtic-hearts-title-race-after-derek-mcinnes-makes-annoyed-claim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the champions of Scotland<\/a> will be aiming to return to the elite next season, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/brendan-rodgers-not-close-to-new-celtic-contract-with-boss-fancying-his-hand-abroad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodgers might not be in Glasgow<\/a>, with his contract running out at the end of the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>But whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/sk-sturm-graz-show-celtic-how-its-done-days-before-europa-league-meeting-and-abject-dundee-showing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic compete in the Europa League<\/a> ahead of their home meeting against Sturm Graz on Thursday evening, Kairat Almaty are further proving what an embarrassing job the Hoops did during their qualifiers. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242056304-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kairat Almaty and Pafos in action in the UEFA Champions League.\" class=\"wp-image-329645\" \/>Photo by RUSLAN PRYANIKOV\/AFP via Getty ImagesKairat Almaty fail to beat fellow minnows Pafos in the Champions League<\/p>\n<p>Kairat\u2019s opening two Champions League matches have seen them lose 4-1 to Sporting Lisbon and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/what-real-madrid-boss-xabi-alonso-said-about-kairat-almaty-beating-celtic-in-the-champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concede five at home to Real Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s no bother, and understandable. But Kairat are minnows, and on Tuesday evening, they failed to beat a fellow minnow team, who were at a disadvantage for most of the match. <\/p>\n<p>Pafos are the Cyprus champions, and just like Kairat, this is their first time in Europe\u2019s elite competition. <\/p>\n<p>After four minutes in Kazakhstan, Pafos were down to ten men when Joao Correia was sent off, but despite Kairat having the man advantage for the majority of the game, they still couldn\u2019t capitalise.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Kairat fail to win, but they couldn\u2019t find the back of the net, with Pafos\u2019 Vlad Dragomir even having a goal ruled out towards the end for offside. <\/p>\n<p>Pafos\u2019 chances created compared to Celtic\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>This XG and modern way of looking at stats does wind up certain people, but it tells an interesting tale of Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers\u2019 men not only embarrassed themselves by not beating Kairat, but they couldn\u2019t even score, not even with extra time in Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s even worse is that Pafos, with ten men, created a bigger XG than Celtic against Kairat.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s shots in Almaty vs Kairat: 11On target: 5XG: 1.17Pafos\u2019 shots in Almaty vs Kairat: 9On target: 6XG: 1.84  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kairat Almaty will forever be a stain on Celtic. 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