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Kasper Schmeichel is coming in for a lot of criticism for his performances for Celtic this season but it seems that in the Europa League, the Hoops’ number one shines.
The big Dane has made a few high-profile mistakes for Celtic domestically, more notably how Schmeichel was at fault for two of Kilmarnock’s goals in the Hoops’ win at Rugby Park at the weekend.
But it appears that for Celtic in the Europa League, that is where Schmeichel appears to put in his best performances for Martin O’Neill’s side.
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And UEFA have ranked the Celtic goalkeeper against others in the competition, as well as former Parkhead stopper Vasilis Barkas.
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UEFA rank Celtic star Kasper Schmeichel 7th in best Europa League goalkeepers
Schmeichel has had some big nights in Europe for Celtic over the last two seasons, and it seems he is enjoying some good form in the Europa League.
The table below highlights how UEFA have ranked all goalkeepers in terms of saves made and Schmeichel is 7th in the top ten.
GoalkeeperSavesGoals concededClean sheetsMatches played1. De Busser [Go Ahead]3714182. Olafsson [FC Midtylland]358483. Tarnovanu [FCSB]3312274. Hits [Basel]3311175. Keller [Young Boys]3216286. Schlager [Salzburg]3115077. Schmeichel [Celtic]3015088. Atubolu [Frieburg]284489. Dyngeland [Brann]27113810. Barkas [Utrecht]251106
Barkas makes it to tenth in the list as the Greek goalkeeper continues to enjoy his football away from Celtic after his disastrous spell in Paradise during the COVID period.
The best and worst of Kasper Schmeichel in the Europa League
Schmeichel has made some important saves for Celtic in this season’s Europa League campaign, but the Danish keeper has also had some howlers.
In the 2-0 Celtic Park defeat to SC Braga, Schmeichel’s positioning and performance during the whole 90 minutes was rated as his worst by Fotmob at 4.4 out of 10.
However, in Celtic’s historic win over Feyenoord, the big goalkeeper was solid as Schmeichel made a number of saves and was rated at 7.2 to ensure the Bhoys left the Netherlands with all three Europa League points.
If Schmeichel can get some consistency, then he will have a huge say in Celtic’s domestic and European campaigns, but unfortunately, that has been lacking in his game this season.
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