If one ever requires evidence of what difference a year – or, to be precise, 14 months – makes in
Football here lies a case in point. For the second time in as many outings, Celtic saw off Ferencvaros to keep hopes of progression from Group G very much alive.
Such was the dominance again enjoyed by the Scots, it felt incredible to recall it was Ferencvaros who destroyed their
Champions League dreams at the onset of season 2020-21. There effectively began a rocky journey for Celtic which led to Ange Postecoglou being appointed as their manager. As Postecoglou referred to a new team “thrown together” before kick-off in Hungary, it was easy to infer the delivery of excuses. If that was indeed the intention, the
Australian need not have bothered. Celtic won this tie with far more to spare than the scoreline suggested. Their upcoming visit to Bayer Leverkusen has meaning.