Celtic were not keeping the ball

Manager Gordon Strachan gave full marks to Barcelona and explained why Celtic could not beat their Spanish visitors in the first leg of their Champions League tie:

"We're playing against one of the best teams in the world, and when we had the ball, we were not keeping it...At any level the team that passes the ball well usually wins, but we were up against the best squad in the world."

Strachan knows good football then. Barcelona use their technical abilities to enhance a tactic that often wins: keeping the ball.

Source > 20.02.2008