Joe Hart Gives Intriguing Insight On Key Difference Between Rodgers And Ange At Celtic
Joe Hart Gives Intriguing Insight On Key Difference Between Rodgers And Ange At Celtic
Celtic’s thrilling opening-night victory gave Irish players in the Champions League a night to remember thanks to goals from Adam Idah and Liam Scales.
face Wednesday night, the top players in European football took face Slovan Bratislava in Glasgow to get a feel for the new “Swiss” competition structure.
The hosts dominated the game from the start and were in vicious form against Slovan.
They would soon take the lead when Ireland’s Liam Scales scored his first Champions League goal after 17 minutes, heading home.
After the interval, Celtic continued to play brilliantly,
their offensive operating at full steam at Parkhead.
Despite Kevin Wimmer’s comeback, Kyogo, Arne Engels,
and Daizen Maeda were the ones who pulled the final laugh.
After Scales’ header, which was the first Irish goal in the Champions League since 2011,
Adam Idah, a replacement, scored his first goal for Celtic in the European Cup just over an hour later.
Following Brendan Rodgers’ return to management this summer, Celtic has not won their first game since the European Cup changed to the Champions League in 1992. This week’s thumping is just another encouraging development for the team.
This season’s new format should make it easier for teams like Celtic to get to the knockout stages.
In addition to the more qualification positions available, the Scottish champions will get an extra home game.
With just eight teams to go from the group stage,
Celtic has a very good chance of making it to the last 16 in the playoffs, especially in light of their decisive victory on Wednesday.
Joe Hart thinks Celtic’s situation is improving.
Celtic supporters may be excused for not taking Wednesday’s triumph too seriously,
especially with more difficult matches against teams like Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, and Aston Villa yet to come.
On BBC’s Champions League highlights show, Joe Hart did, however, clarify why, in his opinion,
Celtic has a bright future—chiefly because of the guy in charge.
Hart played for three seasons in Glasgow under both Brendan Rodgers and his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, before retiring at the end of the previous campaign.
Speaking on Match of the Day on Wednesday, Hart expressed his belief that Rodgers has given his players a sense of what it means to play for Celtic and that things could only “get better” for the Scottish team going forward.
There were a few whispers when Brendan entered the room; this was his second stint at the club.
Ange Postecoglou had made a lasting impression. We’ve now witnessed how he connects with the Tottenham supporters back home in England.
The Celtic supporters were aware of this; we had some amazing football play under his leadership.
When Brendan took over, it was a difficult role to fill.
I adore him because, well, he simply took his time. He realized that we had been trained thoroughly throughout the Ange Postecoglou administration, that we all had our own styles of play,
and that some people had indelible triggers.
He made his way slowly…For my part, I wasn’t quite sure if he would sign off on it.
With just three months remaining, Brendan took the lead and demonstrated to the world what it meant to be a Celtics player.
Suddenly, the small adjustments and alterations were praised for the wonderful work Ange had done, merely by adding his own unique touch.
As players, we felt it deeply.
Preseason goes tremendously well, and then the season starts off extremely well.
Add a favorable Champions League draw and a night like today, and I believe it can only go better.
Joe Hart’s opinion is likely to be accurate, at least for Celtics supporters.
Their next Champions League match is an away day against Borussia Dortmund, the runners-up from the previous season, in two weeks.
The Celtic supporters may be ecstatic about their chances of winning this year’s competition, depending on the outcome.
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