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Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Yang, McGowan, Schlupp, Kenny, Murray, Ralston, Nawrocki
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Bayern (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Lahmer, Upamecano, Dier, Guerreiro; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Musiala, Sane; Kane
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Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Min-jae, Gnabry, Coman, Ito, Boey, Vidovic, Muller, Buchmann, Stanisic, Pavlovic
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Famously, some smarty pants at ITV once tweeted ‘Bye bye Celtic’ after they were drawn in the Champions League to face Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow in the group stage. Neil Lennon did not take it well and rubbed it into the face of the social media scamp by leading the Scottish side through to the knockouts, including a famous win over Barcelona.
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It was rumoured that Lennon stuck in the tweet in the dressing room to use it as inspiration, giving two fingers to the London-based broadcaster. “It was a cheap shot really,” Lennon said of the tweet. “It was born out of ignorance.”
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Once again, from the outside it looks like Celtic have a very difficult Champions League task in front of them. Bayern Munich are in town in this playoff novelty and there will be a second leg in Germany next week. The odds are against them but Celtic will, once again, be very eager to prove any doubters wrong.
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Kick-off: 8pm GMT
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Justin Cabana sends an email: “Amazing pictures of the rod! He certainly got tonight's Glad Rug, but does the bandage on his right fist suggest that he already has some handbags? Perhaps So that's probably not the last thing that should be a very tasty match at Celtic Park tonight. Don't spare the rod, Boys.”
The main plan for Celtic here is to keep it firm early against one of Europe's most exciting front fours. The Scotland premiership has not attracted many Mujara-style players.
Rod's “There were some drinks.”
TNT has a rod stewart pitch side. I can't wait to see where this goes…
whoscored kindly previewed this game for us.
A 1-0 beating the young boys in their penultimate group game guaranteed Celtic's spot in the Champions League playoff stage. However, they were unable to take the tougher tests in the knockout round. Bayern Munich has been undefeated in the past 13 matches against the Scottish side of Europe. The last Scottish team to beat them was Heart of the 1989 UEFA Cup.
In fact, Bayern had to automatically qualify in the last 16. They scored 20 goals in the group stage (only Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund scored more), and had more shots (185) and shots (69) on target (69) than any other team. Ta. Bayern was disappointed with their away form in the group stage, winning only one of four matches on the road.
Celtic Park rocks well before kickoff on Wednesday night, and the team will need fans. The Daizen Maeda is back after the suspension, and Jota's return will boost Celtic in the wake of Kyogo Furuhashi's move to Rennes.
If Everton v Liverpool is yours, Neil McVay has you covered.
The atmosphere at Celtic Park will be key tonight.
Starting lineup
Celtic (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter Bickers, Trust, Taylor. McGregor, Engels, hatred. Kuhn Meda, Aida
submarine: Sinisalo, Bain, Scale, Yang, McGowan, Schulp, Kenny, Murray, Ralston, Nowrocky
Bayern (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Rama, Upamecano, Dia, Guerreiro. Kimichi, Goretska. Oris, Musiara, Sane. Kane
Submarines: Ulreich, Urbig, Min-Jae, Gnabry, Coman, Ito, Boey, Vidovic, Muller, Buchmann, Stanisic, Pavlovic
Ewan Murray looks back at Bavaria's Scotland clash.
preamble
Famously, some of ITV's clever pants tweeted “Bye Bye Celtic” after being portrayed in the Champions League to face Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow in the group stage. Neil Lennon didn't take it well and rubbed it against the face of the social media scamp by leading the Scotland side to a knockout, including a famous victory at Barcelona.
It was rumored that Lennon thrusts into a tweet in the dressing room as inspiration and gave two fingers to a London-based broadcaster. “It was a really cheap shot,” Lennon said of the tweet. “It was born out of ignorance.”
Again, from the outside it appears that Celtic is doing a very difficult Champions League job in front of them. Bayern Munich is in town with this playoff novelty. Germany has a second leg next week. The odds oppose them, but the Celts are once again very keen to prove that the suspect is wrong.
Kick-off: 8pm GMT
