Even though the Hoops are in cold storage, talk about the Premiership winners is never far away.
At Celtic Park, Scott McDonald experienced many significant Euro evenings. He believes that his former team is underperforming on the continent because they lack physicality.
This season’s Champions League groups saw Feyenoord defeat the Hoops on the first day before Lazio struck a dramatic winner on the final play. It doesn’t get any easier for Brendan Rodgers’ Bhoys with a doubleheader against Atletico Madrid coming up.
After the knockout blow against Lazio, former striker Skippy acknowledged: “There is no doubt it is going to be very difficult to even get to the next stages of European competition. Maximum points are required for those home games, and Celtic hasn’t achieved that in ten years. When I was playing, the supporters were always the 12th man, but that belief is slowly eroding because the Champions League results haven’t been there. They must find a means to triumph, but I believe Brendan’s plans are in transition at the moment.
They lack the physical component because their team is fairly modest in stature. Celtic’s success in Europe has largely been attributed to their dominance in set-pieces, which hasn’t been the case recently.
Samaras, Sutton, and Larsson were a few examples of Celtic’s past No. 9 players that were quite physical. Due to his tiny size, Kyogo Furuhashi won’t attempt to hold it up or pin anyone. He needs assistance, and they might add another striker in January.
In the meantime, Luis Palma’s father has revealed the absurd response to his son’s never-occurring Champions League goal. The Honduran believed he had put the Hoops ahead of Lazio.
But as he and Parkhead went wild in celebration before late heartbreak, VAR disallowed his calm effort. Diez further allege that as goal celebrations began, the forward’s father, Enrique, “at that moment, he was about to break a table in a restaurant.”
We all know he’s bringing fruit to the family and to Honduras, the man remarked. As parents, we are aware that more will come because that objective was long-lived.
Paulo Bernardo is also serving this week in a foreign country. The midfielder hasn’t played much since joining on loan from Benfica, but he’s already proven to Rodgers that he knows where the goal is.
He contributed to Portugal U21s’ 6-1 victory over Belarus by scoring the team’s fourth goal. It helped propel the young players from his country to the top of the Euro U21 qualification group.
After recovering from an injury, Cameron Carter-Vickers has increased his playing time by substituting for the USA against Germany. The Hoops players also squared off on Friday as Japan played home to Canada. Reo Hatate and Kyogo Furuhashi triumphed as Alistair Johnston’s guests fell 4-1.
