Brendan Rodgers referenced Celtic’s run to Seville in 2003 as his aspect look to make up for Champions League failure by having a “actual good go” within the Europa League this season.
Having dropped into the secondary competitors following the play-off loss on penalties to Kairat Almaty, Rodgers’ aspect get below means towards Crimson Star Belgrade within the Serbian capital on Wednesday evening.
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The membership’s run to the Uefa Cup remaining 22 years in the past got here after they crashed to Basel within the Champions League play-offs.
“We’ve to overlook in regards to the Champions League,” supervisor Rodgers mentioned. “That is gone. We will not look again.
“It is very a lot trying ahead to the longer term and the way we will enhance on and off the pitch.
“On the pitch there’s been some unimaginable recollections for folks, and 2003 got here off the again of disappointment in not qualifying.
“So it is going to be an incredible match, nice video games. I am actually trying ahead to the teaching problem inside that, seeing the blokes function at this degree. And we all know that we will have a very good chance this season to do rather well.
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“We need to have an actual good go at this competitors. Within the Champions League final season, we had been aggressive, which is what we needed to be.
“And likewise on this match we really feel that we will, with the enhancements that we’ll make because the season goes on, however clearly beginning [Wednesday] evening, we actually need to push to do nicely. And we really feel we will do.”
[BBC]