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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Graeme McGarry

Why Ange Postecoglou’s idealism trumps Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s realism every day of the week

THE COLD, hard facts are that between them, the only material thing that Celtic and Rangers have managed to glean from their Champions League adventures to date has been a single point, achieved as Celtic managed a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw.

In all, the two Glasgow sides have conceded 16 goals across their six matches, and scored just two. Rangers have yet to score at all.

It reads like proof positive that the step up in class to the Champions League after so many years away has proven a bridge too far for both clubs. Hardly breaking news, of course, and it is true that there have been some harsh lessons dished out to both sides already at the half-way point of the group stages.

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