UEFA Champions League Borussia Dortmund Celtic Glasgow 01 10 2024 Daizen Maeda Celtic Glasgow, 38 , Yan Couto Borussia Dortmund, 2 UEFA Champions League Borussia Dortmund Celtic Glasgow Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund 01 10 2024. Photo BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Buriakov
Celtic were battered in Dortmund last night after their own ambition to take the game to last season’s Champions League finalists backfired in spectacular fashion as the German side thrashed the Scottish Champions 7-1…
That leaves Celtic on three points from two matches, yet the embarrassing scoreline coupled with the earlier 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava means that Brendan Rodgers’ side is exactly were they expected to be at this stage.
Atalanta away next
Atalanta away is next and the Europa League holders are arguably an even tougher opponent than Dortmund. Should Celtic play the same tactics that it could be yet more embarrassment for the Celtic support, who travelled in their tens of thousands last night.
Paul Lambert played with great distinction for both Dortmund and Celtic and earlier today on talkSPORT he gave an interesting assessment of the cause of Celtic’s woes in the Westfalenstadion.
“I never said it yesterday, but that’s exactly what can happen in that stadium. You’ve got to be a big, big player there to handle that atmosphere. If you don’t handle that, that’s exactly what can happen,” Lambert, who won the Champions League with Dortmund, said.
Criticism coming Celtic’s way
“And I think there’s going to be criticism coming Celtic’s way, but I think you’ve got to put it into perspective.”
Lambert believes that the lack of quality in Scottish football these days, coupled with the huge difference is finances between his two former clubs had a crucial bearing on the outcome. That though excludes debate on the tactical approach which looked like the major cause of Celtic’s problems.
Lambert added: “Celtic…
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