TQR - Celtic Park "Full House" expected

Champion's League 2011 - Third Qualifying Round

Sporting Clube Braga, 3 Celtic Football Club, 0 (

Goals: Alan (penalty), Echiejile and Matheus)

With such a result the Bhoys must play a wonderful match at Paradise (Celtic Park) to achieve Champion's League next stage.

It´s true it's Neil Lennon debut, the season just started and many new players came to the Hoops a few weeks ago, but the match was booked some months ago.

The squad neither reached a compact game,

nor a satisfactory pace, due to bad physical condition and many newcomers.

It will be a difficult match at Celtic Park, but Celtic won 3-0 at UEFA cups some other times!

Against portuguese teams

CL 2008 - against Benfica (1-0 / 0-1)

CL 2007 - against Benfica (3-0 / 0-3)

UE 2003 - against Boavista (1-1 / 1-0)

UC 1999 - against Guimarães (2-1 / 2-1)

UC 1984 - against Sporting CP (5-0 / 0-2)

CW 1976 - against Boavista (3-1 / 0-0)

CL 1970 - against Benfica (3-0 / 0-3)

UC 1965 - against Leixões (3-0 / 1-1)

Only for 3 times Celtic was in disadvantage with portuguese teams, FC Porto in UC final 2003 (2-3), FC Porto 2002 CL groups (1-0 / 0-3) and Sporting CP 1994 UC (1-0 / 0-2).

Celtic FC Line up at first leg

Lukasz Zaluska;

Cha Du-Ri, Jos Hooiveld, Glenn Loovens, Charlie Mulgrew;

Efrain Juárez (James Forrest), Scott Brown, Joe Ledley and Ki Sung Yueng;

Georgios Samaras and Shaun Maloney (Daryl Murphy);