Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers admits the membership weren’t overly optimistic in interesting Daizen Maeda’s Champions League ban.
The Japan worldwide was despatched off for kicking out at an opponent within the win over Younger Boys and missed the next defeat at Aston Villa, however it was confirmed on Monday evening the second match of his suspension has been overturned.
Maeda is now free to face Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening and Rodgers stated: “Clearly the membership put within the attraction, which with the best respect to Uefa, we had been pondering this most likely would not bear fruit.
“After which after I bought the decision to say he was in a position to play, I believed, goodness me, he is performed the three full video games, he could not run anymore as a striker, as a winger, I performed him in every single place.
“However fortunately he is only a bundle of power, so he’ll be okay.
“I used to be a wee bit shocked when it got here by way of.”
Maeda has 22 targets in 38 appearances this season, with six in his previous three video games alone, and his availability for the play-off first leg is a lift for Rodgers’ aspect.
“He is a unprecedented participant, I believe how he is been this yr for us, not simply in targets, however what his worth offers to the group when it comes to his urgent and his honesty to the sport,” the Celtic supervisor added.
“So to have that mentality and that skill out there was a giant shock for us, however a pleasant shock.
“He is been an absolute pleasure to work with and simply seeing him develop and develop over the course of the season. I believe his skill, his ending, however add to that, like I say, the work charge and intensities.
“He is a very, actually pivotal participant for us.”