Celtic Park has been used as a set for a new crime drama in recent weeks but the Parkhead ticket office has been more like a battle scene from Braveheart with the stampede for Champions League tickets.
There’s no doubt Real Madrid coming to town on Tuesday is proper box office but it doesn’t take Taggart to figure out where Ange Postecoglou ’s focus will be this weekend. The Celtic boss is strictly sticking to his script and he’s adamant there’s no need to adjust his picture as he’s fully tuned in to the task in hand.
Real Madrid will be an epic when it arrives but Postecoglou reckons Hoops fans wouldn’t forgive him if he fluffed his lines by taking his eyes off the old foes this lunchtime. Can thoughts drift to the Galacticos? “You know the answer, mate,” Postecoglou said. “Look, that game will be great but I would hate to think what our supporters would think if I somehow was looking at one game 24 hours out from a derby. All our focus is on what happens this weekend. After that we’ll look to Tuesday.”
