Paul Lambert is convinced Celtic Park can help the Hoops put on a performance against Europe’s best but Champions League success will rest on Ange Postecoglou taking the show on the road.
The former Hoops captain knows what’s required to conquer the continent after lifting the Big Cup in 1997 with Borussia Dortmund. Lambert was also part of the Celtic side who reached the UEFA Cup Final in Seville in 2003. Both runs had similar traits – with a canny knack of picking up results away from home.
Celtic’s European form outside Glasgow has been notoriously ropy but they could do with picking up points in Poland when they face Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday on the back of last week’s defeat to Real Madrid. With a trip to Germany to take on RB Leipzig to follow, it’s time to prove Angeball can travel. Lambert said: “When we got to the final of the UEFA Cup in 2003 we played well away from home against Celta Vigo, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Boavista.
