Breaking News:Brendan Rodgers told Celtic Champions League non negotiable as big gun ‘scalp’ needed
Gordon Strachan has told Brendan Rodgers that Celtic will have to beat at least one big gun in the Champions League to stand a chance of knockout round football.
The Hoops were handed a rather favourable draw in the revamped League Phase of the competition but will still have to come up against the likes of RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund as well as Aston Villa away from home. Strachan knows all about facing the heavyweights in the tournament after he led the club to victories over Manchester United and AC Milan as he twice took them to the last-16.
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Strachan reckons Rodgers will have to do the same and give at least one of the giants a fat lip if the Scottish champions are to make it through. And he feels it’s doable.
In the previous format, I always believed you needed at least one big scalp to get through,” the ex-Celts boss said. “We managed to beat AC Milan and this was when Milan were at their absolute peak. That was a great Milan team we beat in 2007-08. We beat Manchester United the season before. When you’re playing the best teams with the best players, when you can give your fans a victory, those are the special nights that live long in the memory
That’s what you need to get through and I imagine it will be the same with the new format. The extra game at Celtic Park could give them an advantage. Brendan Rodgers has mentioned he wants to have a real go in the competition this season and that could help him.”
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