Legia Warsaw's statement
"We understand that acting under the pressure of time and circumstances, the Chairman of the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body literally applied Art. 21.02 of the Uefa Disciplinary Regulations. Meanwhile, we wish to express our faith that the Uefa Appeal Body will explore the following possibilities:
1) On the basis of Art. 17.01 and Art. 17.02 of the Uefa Disciplinary Regulations the disciplinary body determines the type and extent of the disciplinary measure in accordance with the objective and subjective aspects of the offence; in cases where all aspects of the offence have been revealed by the party charged and after taking into account both aggravating and mitigating circumstances, it may scale down the disciplinary measure or even nullify it altogether.
2) On the basis of Art. 20.01 of the Uefa Disciplinary Regulations the ruled disciplinary measure (match forfeited 0:3 in favour for Celtic FC) may be suspended.
Meanwhile, we wish to inform that the abovementioned argumentation will be used by the Club at every stage of the appeal process."
Seems like a pile of pish to me, if uefa were to reinstate them and then celtic decided to go to to the court of arbitration uefa wouldnt have a leg to stand on as they are then breaking their own rules for the competition - something Im sure uefa are well aware of. Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of this I will be amazed if they overturn their own ruling ...