Brendan Rodgers believes that his Celtic side have already created a new identity.
Tomorrow night, with largely the squad that he inherited from Ronny Deila, the Irishman will attempt to steer the hoops past Hapoel Beer Sheva into the group stage of the Champions League.
Deila reign was largely defined by the defeats to Maribor and Malmo at this stage of the competition that managed to overshadow successive title successes.
Rodgers has brought a new mentality to Celtic with the hoops boss confident that the players are in the right mindset to get past the Israeli champions.
“The last couple of seasons have gone by and the players learn from those experiences,” Rodgers explained. “But it’s also a new team with new ideas – a new identity – and we’ve shown over this early part of the season an ability to deal with pressure.
“We’ve talked about that. This is a team that went to Hearts on the back of a really difficult qualifier in midweek but came through it.
“There are various checkpoints in games where you are asked questions under pressure and so far I’ve been really pleased with how the players have coped.
“This will be the same. We’re very calm but we understand that over the course of the two games there will be moments where we have to cope with it but looking at how the boys have been working, I see no reason why we can’t.
“We’re playing the champions of another country but we’re ready to accept the challenge. Hopefully the players have positive experiences they can take in having learned from the past.”