Astra Giurgiu 1 Celtic 1
A piece of Brazilian magic denied Celtic early qualification from the Europa League group stages as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Astra Giurgiu in Romania.
The game looked set to be postponed amid extremely poor visibility at the fog-bound Marin Anastasovici stadium.
As it was, officials gave the go-ahead and Celtic were heading for the last 32 following Stefan Johansen’s brilliant strike after 32 minutes.
Stefan Scepovic missed a good chance to double Celtic's lead and Charlie Mulgrew saw a shot pushed on to the post two minutes before William Amorim equalised in the 79th minute.
The Brazilian curled home from a difficult position, finding the brilliance that was needed to beat goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Leigh Griffith had a goal disallowed in the 83rd minute, which, with Salzburg beating Dinamo Zagreb, would have sent Celtic through, but they remain in a strong position, five points ahead of the Croatians with two games left.
There was more drama in injury time when Vincent Laban was sent off for a late challenge on Mulgrew.
