Efe Finally Replies Celtic Fans After Barcelona Horror Show : I Did Not Intentionally Score OG

Efe Ambrose has broken his silence after he was booed by Celtic fans when the Scottish champions faced off against Barcelona in the International Champions Cup on July 30, 2016.

The Spanish champions won the pre-season fixture 3-1, with the Nigerian central defender scoring an own goal in the first half before he was replaced in the 63rd minute.

“That’s football. I am a defender. I tried to stop it but I slipped and the ball bounced off my shin. It can happen to anyone in football, ” Ambrose told Edinburgh News.

“You can never predict what is going to happen in football. After that day I was sad about the reaction, but I was just trying to do my job – to defend. I wasn’t trying to kick the ball in the net. I was just trying to defend, that’s my job.

“Sometimes you get it right, sometimes you get it wrong. But when that happens, that’s when you need the people’s support. I didn’t get it that day.”

Ambrose has played his last game for Celtic following his loan move to Scottish Championship side Hibernian this week.

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