Just about five minutes in, David Meyler had gone in hard on Joe Allen and over 51,000 sets of eyeballs zeroed in on the Italian dressed in black.

Three-time champions Inter Milan face a battle to get through Europa League Group K after a second successive defeat.

The Republic of Ireland might have been frustrated with the Group E draw in Paris, but Celtic defender Mikael Lustig maintained it was his Sweden side who wasted a golden chance to take all three points against Ireland in last night’s Euro 2016 Group E opener.

While Ireland were resting up yesterday, Sweden intensified their build-up to Monday’s Euro Group E opener by undergoing a 105-minute open training session at Saint-Nazaire.

Sweden 0 Slovenia 0: Sweden drew a blank last night in their penultimate pre-Euro friendly but Martin O’Neill shouldn’t get too excited as talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic was kept in reserve.

Republic of Ireland Euro 2016 opponents Sweden and Italy began their build-up to this summer’s tournament with disappointing results on a busy night of international friendlies.

Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique remained upbeat after his side threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Villarreal and said: “We’re one point closer to our objective.”

Danskjavlar is an affectionate Swedish expression that can best be translated as ‘Bloody Danes’. It was used quite a lot after last month’s qualifying draw pitted Sweden against Denmark in the Euro 2016 play-off, with the first leg tonight in Stockholm.

INVERNESS CT  3 CELTIC 2: Celtic boss Ronny Deila pointed the finger at official Alan Muir for missing a controversial penalty incident in his side’s 3-2 William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Inverness which ended hopes of a treble.

Inverness and Celtic warmed up for their William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final showdown next weekend with a 1-1 draw at a blustery Tulloch Caledonian stadium.

Celtic stretched their lead over Scottish Premiership title rivals Aberdeen to six points with a 4-0 trouncing of the Dons at Parkhead.

Celtic’s Europa League campaign came to a frustrating end with a 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan at the San Siro after Hoops defender Virgil van Dijk was dismissed in the first half.

Ronny Deila believes it will take Celtic’s best performance of his tenure to get past Inter Milan tonight.

Ronny Deila is preparing for probably the biggest week of his tenure as Celtic boss but is hopeful of even more excitement to follow.

Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3: Substitute John Guidetti gave Celtic a dramatic Europa League lifeline with an injury-time leveller to draw 3-3 draw with Inter Milan at Parkhead.

Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3

Celtic cruised through to the Scottish League Cup final with a 2-0 win over Rangers at Hampden Park on a day when the gulf between the two traditional rivals was laid bare.

Ronny Deila has made three changes to his starting line-up for Celtic's Scottish League Cup semi-final against Rangers at Hampden Park.

Leigh Griffiths hopes boss Ronny Deila keeps faith with him when Celtic travel to Partick Thistle New Year’s day.

Celtic finished off 2014 in unimpressive style with a goalless draw against struggling Ross County at Parkhead.

Dundee United boss Jackie McNamara masterminded his first victory over former club Celtic as a 2-1 Tannadice win fired the Tangerines back into the Scottish Premiership title race.

Celtic boss Ronny Deila felt his side could have hit 10 goals as they swept aside St Mirren with a 4-1 victory.

Celtic 4 St Mirren 1

Dinamo Zagreb 4 Celtic 3

Celtic eased into the last 16 of the William Hill Scottish Cup with a comfortable 4-0 win over 10-man Hearts at Tynecastle.

Celtic 1 Salzburg 3

A piece of Brazilian magic denied Celtic early qualification for the Europa League group stages as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Astra Giurgiu in a fog-bound stadium in Romania.

Celtic suffered a blow when sickly striker Anthony Stokes was sent home ahead of the club’s flight to Romania ahead of their Europa League clash with Astra Giurgiu.

Glasgow faces three months of hype over the first Old Firm derby since Rangers went into liquidation but Celtic striker Anthony Stokes knows they have to play the game and not the occasion when the Scottish League Cup semi-final comes around.

Glasgow faces three months of hype over the first Old Firm derby since Rangers went into liquidation but Celtic striker Anthony Stokes knows they have to play the game and not the occasion when the Scottish League Cup semi-final comes around.

Celtic 2 Kilmarnock 0

Celtic 2 Astra Giurgiu 1

French Under-21 defender Layvin Kurzawa got a reminder that karma’s a b***h last night - after a very arrogant goal celebration with three minutes left in his side’s match against Sweden.

Celtic 0 Hamilton 1

Celtic 1 Dinamo Zagreb 0

Ireland duo James McCarthy and Seamus Coleman will miss Everton’s Europa League trip to Russia to play FC Krasnodar tonight (5pm, live on Setanta Ireland, ITV4).

John Guidetti’s second-half strike gave Celtic a deserved 2-1 Premiership win over St Mirren in Paisley in a match of only sporadic inspiration and excitement.

Celtic 1 Motherwell 1

John Collins has no worries over race row Celtic player Aleksandar Tonev ahead of their opening Europa League clash with Salzburg in Austria tonight (6pm, live on Setanta Ireland).

Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1