If Celtic overcome Linfield, they will return to the north of Ireland or head to Norway in the next round.
Dundalk drew 1-1 with Rosenborg in the first leg in Ireland this week, so the Norwegians have a slender advantage, but the tie is by no means beyond the Irish. A return to Ireland in the next round would be a great reward for the many Celtic fans from that area who travel over to Scotland to see their team, but will be unable to attend tonight’s qualifier in Belfast.
Dundalk had a spectacular season in Europe last term, overcoming Champions League perennials BATE Borisov, before Legia Warsaw eliminated them from the premier tournament, opening up the opportunity for what proved to be a special season in the Europa League group stage.
Last season Rosenborg were eliminated from the Champions League third qualifying round by APOEL Nicosia.
From a travel perspective either destination is a good one for Celtic, although Brendan Rodgers would prefer to have the second tie at home.
Of course, fans of Linfield and Dundalk will be salivating at the prospect of an All-Ireland Champions League encounter.
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I love that team and am glad to see Griffiths get the start, Olivier to make his debut against Lyon.
Will not be getting the game live. Are some of you good Tims going to update us during the match?
Barney 67
Maith thú
Off to a North London pub to watch the game.
Already seen a Celtic top in the office, expect it to be an omen for a thumping win.
4-0 but only because Celtic ease up
Hot off the official site
LEIGH Griffiths will lead the line for Celtic tonight as the Invincibles get their UEFA Champions League campaign underway tonight against Linfield in Belfast.
And the inclusion of the Scotland internationalist is the only change to the team that put Shamrock Rovers to the sword 9-0 in the Hoops’ last pre-season friendly last weekend.
The striker replaces Moussa Dembele in the starting XI, with the French Under-21 internationalist named among the substitutes.
Brendan Rodgers’ side will be aiming to harvest a positive result in the first-leg of the second qualifying round tie ahead of next week’s return leg in Paradise.
Kick-off at Windsor Park is 5pm, and head to @celticfc for all the pre-game build-up and live match updates as Celtic aim to start their 2017/18 season in style.
CELTIC (4-2-3-1) Gordon; Lustig, Simunovic, Sviatchenko, Tierney; Brown, Armstrong; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Griffiths
Subs: De Vries, Izaguirre, Bitton, Dembele, Hayes, McGregor, Kouassi
Houl yer Wheest, The plot thickens, I was at the bar drinking a few Jemmy’s myself, so we were pretty close to each other.
I could tell you I was wearing a Cork jersey but I doubt if that would be any help.
Cilic wins in 4 sets.
That’s one distraction out of the way
Get yer £4/ £10’s worth! Shamrock Rovers friendly on Premiersports now before match coverage starts.
This game should be on the BBC.
What are we paying our licence money for?
BARNEY67 on 14TH JULY 2017 4:18 PM
This game should be on the BBC.
What are we paying our licence money for?
Somebody must have offered more.
BARNEY67
The BBC are trying to ignore the fact that we will be the only club representing Scotland in Europe:))
Pity we didn’t get a team from Luxembourg:))
Just let’s get the thing over with trouble free.
Would settle for a non controversial scoring draw.
Come on Celtic give us six or seven against this mob..
The man from the BBC is there, Chris McLaughlin, waiting on crowd trouble so he can pull his strange faces , tell the world how bad the Celtic support are and the sanctions from UEFA that await us. Joke of a journalist .
Bet it would be on if it was Chelsea, or Man U.
WHOSNOTPARANOIDCSC?
The same guy who went and interviewed Budge to talk about a new stand while the same day Celtic signed Olivier for 4.5 million which he never thought warranted a mention in his version of the news.
Going to pub shortly. Come on Celtic. I hope Brendan has told them to show no mercy. Kill the tie now, not least because I have the Bhoys at 7/4, minus three!
HH
Yogi
The Bhoys are there, with banners. HH
http://www.talkingbaws.com/2017/07/video-celtic-fans-already-inside-windsor-park-banners/
Thanks Bhoys for advising me about Rowan At ki son hoax.
I just caught a glimpse of the so called story on fe kin facebook.
Rowan is the best Brit comedy actor since the late great Peter Sellars IMO.
Right, pub time for the Celts.
Just dae it Celts….UNLEASH HELL !
Good to see that the troll’s being ignored.
Come On You Bhoys In Green!
5-0 for the Celts.
Score on -4 and ten on 6-0, no like me, normally very reserved, but wth, go for it, just pump the hun scum Celtic, pump them till they can’t take any more, and then pump them some more.
4-0….
Like to see Hayes on..I think he breaks the line better than Forrest…