I was chastised by a pal last week when I suggested the Europa League was an irrelevance right now. “We are Celtic,” he said, “We have to be competing in every competition.” Indeed.
Earlier in the season Bologna were riding high in Serie A and the Europa League. A run of 12 games unbeaten put them in contention for a Champions League spot and qualification for the next round of the Europa. The latter is still a nailed-on certainty, but only one Serie A win since November has seen them slip to 8th. Form has pivoted south so abruptly you might be tempted to check if they recruited a management team from the MLS.
A win at bottom side Verona last Thursday provided respite, but (then) third from last Fiorentina took all three points when the teams met on Sunday. This is not a happy time for football fans from the ancient city.
While form may be poor, Bologna are significantly stronger than any side Celtic will face domestically. To leave with as much as a point will take our best performance since our last Europa League away game, in Rotterdam. Some of the players’ confidence will be fortified by recent performances at Atalanta and Lazio – both better sides that the one we face tonight. An interesting test lies ahead.
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draw would be amazing given the red card
Bernardo on for Engels
Scales and Trusty have been outstanding tonight.
Give it everything Celtic.
Last few minutes
Nygrem caught flat footed. He cannot defend.
Wish Kenny had kept going with the ball there….
Celtic break, Bernardo has to keep the ball
Brilliant from Scales
Going to be a long added 5 mins
+5 minutes added
Hope they are using up their time with the acting
Shower of cheatin b….s
Thats a red card all day long,,,
Come on you bhoys in lime green.
KT assaulted
I minute to go.
Play smart Celtic
WELL DONE CELTS PROUD OF YOU
FT
That’s a huge result
Right up there with Atalanta
Great result in the circumstances
FT
We’ll take that
Yess good result!
f wow
Trusty best game in white & lime green top
That was a brave performance guys. Well done.
2-2. I would have settled for that before the game.
Delighted and proud.
Brilliant point.
Incredible
Quite incredible
Trusty outstanding.
Great effort, well done Celtic.
Reo stays on, that’s three points.
Nygren sub a puzzle
So fcking pissed off at Hatate for that sending off. This could have been a win tonight.
Well done Celtic.
Maeda a feckin legend …Superman
It was some effort that second half.
Well done, Celtic.
Brilliant bhoys, brilliant 👏👏👏
*should have
Very proud of our lads tonight. Such a hard shift.
A brilliant result even if we had kept 11 men on the pitch .
Well done MON and the players
Phenomenal performance. Well done Celtic.