Proud but also incredibly frustrated sums up how Elena Sadiku was feeling around 10pm last night when she looked back on Celtic FC Women’s first ever UEFA Women’s Champions League group stages match…

Proud with every right too. Celtic went in blind to this level of football and had no real idea how we would fare at the very top level of women’s club football. Her team weren’t out of their depth and even in defeat can take many positives from a campaign that is going to be about establishing a foothold at this level for the future rather than expecting too much in terms of getting results.

Defended really well, but we had two errors

“First of all, I’m proud because we put a good effort in, we created some chances to score goals, we defended really well, but we had two errors, and obviously we got hurt from that,” Elena Sadiku said to Celtic TV after her side’s 2-0 defeat to the Dutch champions FC Twente.

“We had a lot of corners, and we should probably have scored in one of them, but I’m proud because the effort was there. We fought hard. But I’m still disappointed because I feel like we should have done more.

“Like I said, the effort and the fight were there and I think now that we know what to expect I think the second game will be even better. We defended really well, they didn’t create too many chances. The first goal should never have been a goal, we should have defended much better.

“The second goal was an error because we were not in a position to cover that space. But we also need to learn that if we defend that well, we also need to be much better with the ball when we have it.

Something that we need to do better

“That’s something that we need to do better for the next game because we need to learn. Domestically we are dominating, we are a great team, but when we come out in Europe, we have teams to face like this, and it’s a different level,” Elena Sadiku said.

As The Celtic Star pointed out last night Celtic were missing the likes of top stars Amy Gallacher and Kit Loferski who could have made a huge difference and also had to do without Chloe Craig, Hannah Kerner, Lucy Ashworth-Clifford through injuries, a point that was noted by the Celtic boss.

“We missed out on some great players as well. We put that effort in and missed very important players, is shows again how strong our squad is.

“We have a game on Sunday against Hearts away, that’s going to be a tough test, so now it’s about recovery and getting ready for that game”.

Here are the highlights from the historic night when a Scottish team played in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stages as one of the top 16 teams in Europe for the first time ever.

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