{"id":2482,"date":"2026-08-26T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:44:29","slug":"lask-thrash-celtic-5-1-to-seal-historic-champions-league-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/lask-thrash-celtic-5-1-to-seal-historic-champions-league-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"LASK thrash Celtic 5-1 to seal historic Champions League spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-35.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-35-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-35-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 3-0 first-leg defeat, the Austrian side pulled off an epic comeback against the Scottish giants to book their place in the Champions League main stage after 61 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026-27 Champions League league phase welcomed three more qualifiers on Tuesday: Azerbaijan&#8217;s Sabah, Bodo\/Glimt, and LASK Linz. Defying all the odds, the Austrian outfit completed a monumental comeback to secure their return to the continental elite, a stage they had not graced since 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evoking memories of Barca&#8217;s unforgettable 6-1 miracle against PSG or Deportivo La Coruna&#8217;s 4-0 turnaround against Milan, Dietmar Kuhbauer&#8217;s side overturned their daunting 3-0 first-leg deficit from Celtic Park to cruise to an emphatic 5-1 triumph in Linz. The result condemned the Scottish champions to one of their heaviest continental humiliations, marking just the tenth time in their 128-year history that Celtic have conceded five or more goals in a European match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American forward Samuel Adeniran was the hero of the hour with two spectacular strikes. After unleashing a long-range thunderbolt to make it 3-1, Flecker forced extra time by finding the net in the 90th minute. In the additional period, on the 109-minute mark, the striker conjured another precise finish from the edge of the area to book their place. His virtuoso display was only denied a hat-trick when Sinisalo saved a penalty from him in the 115th minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 3-0 first-leg defeat, the Austrian side pulled  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}