Callum McGregor deserves to spearhead a resounding Celtic performance in Europe rather than another heavy loss, writes Tom English.
The brutal truth of Celtic's misery years in Europe is that the player who has been the totem of this team for so long is also the one who has suffered the most when things have gone wrong on the testing grounds of Spain, France, Germany and beyond.
In the betting for first scorer, the first nine options are Atalanta players, then it's Adam Idah, then a bunch of other home players.McGregor's the on-field leader, the one who must try to shed the memory of so many bruising nights while at the same time exuding total belief. That's a hard trick to pull off. There is serious Celtic trepidation going into this one.
Nobody gives them a prayer, which is fair enough. Atalanta are sharp, pacy and full of goals. They have recovered from an early season dip to take recent opposition to the cleaners. What he sees, few others see, but if he's to be proven right then he needs some encouragement on nights like this. He needs some ammunition to fire at all the sceptics. A combative performance is required.
It was also a feature of Rodgers' first spell. Barcelona scored three times in 10 minutes. PSG scored in the 34th and 40th minute and in the 83rd and 85th minute in one game and in the 22nd and 28th minute and in the 75th and 79th minute in the other.
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