Callum McGregor believes Celtic’s uplifting marketing campaign in final season’s Champions League will “stand us in good stead” for the play-off spherical subsequent month.
After qualifying routinely for the Champions League in every of the earlier three seasons, Celtic – who reached the knockout part final time period – should come via a play-off spherical in August to succeed in the primary part of the event on account of a drop in Scotland’s place in UEFA’s affiliation rating for the five-year interval from the 2019-20 to 2023-24 campaigns.
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to their keep in final season’s event – for an additional half-hour no less than – however conceded a 94th-minute objective in Munich to lose on mixture to the German giants.
“After all, if we had our manner then we might need to be straight in however now we have to know that that’s simply half and parcel of it,” McGregor mentioned.
“We have been right here numerous occasions all through the years. We consider that after we’ve been within the competitors, particularly final season, we have completed properly however no-one has the God-given proper to be put in there instantly.
“It’s a must to earn your home. For the play-off video games, there will be 5 or 6, seven or eight groups who all assume they’re ok to be there however you must earn the best.
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“It is an incredible competitors and I believe we noticed nice progress within the workforce final season all through the ten video games to the purpose there the place we went away to Bayern Munich and have been so near getting a outcome.
“That ought to stand us in good stead however I do not need to take something as a right so let’s get in there first and hopefully we are able to have the same marketing campaign and even enhance on that as properly.”
[BBC]