Camilo Duran says a memorable Europa League campaign is now a priority for Celtic after their Champions League exit.
With one foot in the league phase after a 3-0 first leg win over LASK, they somehow contrived to throw it all away and be dumped out into the Europa League.
There was a backlash from fans but they then showed unity with the players and management at Saturday's win over Falkirk.
And Duran and his teammates want to repay the support with a strong showing in Europe this season.
He said: “It was a difficult few days for everyone after going out of the Champions League.
“But we now have the Europa League with some good games to look forward to.
“It’s one of our big objectives now.
“Our aim is to have a good campaign in that competition now and that’s what we will prepare for.
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“Losing in Austria last week was obviously disappointing.
“But we knew we had to lift our heads and kick on, especially at home in front of our fans.
“It was pleasing that we did that. We now have to rest up before our next game this week.”
Martin O'Neil expressed surprise at the warm recpetion supporters afforded them when they stepped off the team bus on Saturday.
Duran aired a similar sentiment, insisting he is used to far worse in his homeland of Colombia.
He added: “It could have been a much worse reaction from the fans given the way we lost our last match. But they were impeccable and really got behind us. That was so great for us as players.
“It shows that they are great supporters of the team – that they’re different from a lot of other supporters.
“I have been at clubs before where you get whistled off the pitch. In Colombia, if you lose just one game you get abuse when you go into the next game. I can see it’s different here and it’s great to have that.
“The Celtic fans supported us from the start and stayed with us right until the very end.”
