2012 is a recent high watermark for Celtic and AIK in European football. Celtic collected 10 points in the Champions League group stage that season, while that was the first and last time AIK reach the group stage of the Europa League; they finished bottom with four points. Today will see the Swedes compete in a playoff round for the first time since then, so this is nosebleed territory for tonight’s visitors.
Their most impressive result this season was a 1-2 win in Moldova against Sheriff. An early own-goal was enough to give them the edge for an aggregate win. They travel without suspended top scorer Tarik Elyounoussi, who handed Neil Lennon his pre-match team talk by telling the media “When you hear the name Celtic, you think they are a big team. But they lost four goals at home to Cluj and the Scottish league is not so good.”
It is helpful to hear a bit of disrespect from opponents before a game. I trust we will reserve comment on the standard of the Swedish league until after this tie.
There will be plenty of hurt in the Celtic dressing room before kick-off tonight. Hurt that three times they let Cluj back into the last tie and the manner of some of the defending. Hurt too, at what has been said and written since. Defeat is not a pleasant business at Celtic.
What matters is whether the manager and players can use this pain as fuel to destroy AIK at Celtic Park tonight. We will know soon enough.
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That team would have won last week 😡
CELTIC: Gordon; Ajer, Jullien, Simunovic, Bolingoli; Brown, McGregor, Forrest, Christie, Johnston; Edouard.
Subs: Hazard, Hayes, Bitton, Nthcam, Morgan, Griffiths, Bayo
DAVID66
Legia have played 4 and have a game in hand to the seven teams above them.
If they win that game they go third, so mibbe not as easy as it looks.
Turkeybhoy
All these excuses you keep making about the club not signing players, pray tell me how out direct opposition manage it, why do they not have the problems you keep bleating about ? The Basels, the Belgian clubs, Saltzburg, the Balkan clubs,take your time.
Anyone any idea why Scott Sinclair is so far out of the equation?
there’s no way lennie hit broonie anyways – couldn’t hit a barndoor – last goal against motherwell? in the 8 nil game ?
Mon the lennie – play them off the park
Never seen as many cops at CP since Sevco game
Most likely in anticipation of clashes with those AIK ultras that were running around, filming themselves “Looking for Celtic” ( God knows what they expected to find in those hours of a Thursday morning) in the early hours of this morning.
Maybe after tonight’s experience they will be high tailing out, back over the water with a bout of Stockholm Syndrome
TURKEYBHOY on 22ND AUGUST 2019 5:57 PM
I have mentioned Lucky Cody in the past.Makes Maradominic sound like PL.
Thank You Turkeybhoy. Hail Hail. Sincerely hope hope we get a decent result tonight.
Paul67
I have not read your blog or any postings but may I suggest you enclose all pages in Black borders as a sign of mourning.
2 weeks ago we were happy that we had the best start to the league in years. Since then we went out of ECl but continued our unbeaten record in domestic cup competitions and all hell has broken loose!
Sack the board
Sack the manager
Burn the witch.
We don’t have a plan? (3 years for brexiteers and they DON’T have a plan) so we have time.
Give us a break
We should do better in Europe! Maybe , but how far did the Lions get in defence of the cup? they had no divine right not do we to be masters in Europe but I would not mind continuing as a bit part player.
The CEO has a heated driveway! Woah! What a line of attack that is wonder what the “wee Irish woman” had when she was our biggest shareholder the 50s/60s. I was more worried about Dick Beattie or Frank Haffey in goal than what she was doing.
2 of our “50 quid Poms” seem to have an OCD obsession with our CEO maybe if they talk nice Canamalar will go back to his original short name and let them see can knock out CEO the most. The loser could just go back to supporting the Glasgow Celtic football team
Good luck to Lenny and the Bhoys tonight and let’s get behind them. 01:45 and I’ll be up watching Celtic TV
C’MON the Hoops
Big FF in?………..I’m delighted, quality player who’ll bolster the team and ensure a competitive edge for places between the sticks while Scott Bain gets his injury sorted………
Happy bunny.
HH
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