Just desserts

Some of the football results last night were corkers, the most startling being MK Dons demolition of Manchester United by four goals to nil and Sheffield United exacting a measure of (misguided) revenge at Upton Park against West Ham, as well as Burnley being toppled by lower-league opposition in Sheffield Wednesday at the former's home.  There was a tickling result in the first round of the Scottish League Cup as Queen's Park/Rangers match took place, finishing Queen's Park 1 Rangers 2 (the real QPR play in tonight's set of English League Cup games).  But the best result of all was the Slovenian Champions Maribor beating Celtic in Scotland to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the lucrative Champions League group stages.
This was full-on justice.  Celtic had been completely outplayed by Legia Warsaw in the previous qualifying round, losing 4-1 in Poland and 2-0 at 'home' (they had to play in Edinburgh as Celtic Park was still being converted back after the Commonwealth Games). By some oversight on the paperwork, Legia, however, had fielded an ineligible player for the last four minutes of the second tie, which even though it made no material impact on the tie as all the goals that would be scored had been, ensured they were effectively thrown out of the competition.  When administrative penalties are issued, UEFA hands the opposing team an immediate 3-0 victory (unless the original score was greater), hence, the tie was 4-4 on aggregate and Celtic went through on the away goals rule.  Legia were heartbroken and appealed to Celtic's sense of honour at the injustice of such a ludicrously over-the-top punishment with regards the 'crime'.  Legia proposed a one-off match to settle it all but Celtic snubbed them, showing that they had no honour for they knew full well that Legia would most likely beat them again.  Celtic will still be in Europe via the Europa League but really they should have been completely out of it before the end of August.  If there was no justice for Legia, at least some natural justice has been administered.