Sunday, May 20th, 2012
The Utrecht v Celtic Europa League tie sees Neil Lennon’s team take a 2-0 lead to Holland to defend.
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With the Scottish giants proud record in Europe a camapign on the continent, and the welcome revenue, seems essential to their standing.
Suddenly, things don’t seem quite so bad for Celtic. Their Champions League qualifying exit to Braga has a much healthier feel to it after the Portguese side knocked out Sevilla and they’ve won both their SPL matches. All that and a 2-0 lead to defend. It almost classes as happy days. Celtic have some defenders back , mainly Korean full back Cha Du-Ri and Glen Loovens, along with Jos Hooiveld. But Charlie Mulgrew, Mark Wilson, Thomas Rogne and Andreas Hinkel don’t feature.
Lennon is giving out mixed messages about how his side will play, saying they will not be gung-ho, but stressing how an early goal could kill the tie.
Utrecht didnt offer a lot in the first leg, but insist they are a different proposition at home. They have had good wins over NAC Breda and Willem II in their first two home Eredivise matches, with striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel scoring four times.
Celtic though, should just squeeze home.
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