Brendan Rodgers is relaxed about facing the greatest strike force in the world tomorrow night.
Three days after facing Kenny Miller and Joe Garner the Irishman will brief his team about how to deal with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Rodgers faces the biggest test of his Celtic career in the Nou Camp but is approaching the match in the same relaxed manner as he has faced every match since he took charge of the club.
BR: “We respect that this is arguably the best team in the world with a front three that is maybe one of the best of all time.” #UCL
— Celtic Football Club (@celticfc) September 12, 2016
BR: “I know working with Luis (Suarez) on his own that he’d occupy a back four on his own. Put Neymar and Messi in and it’s difficult.”
— Celtic Football Club (@celticfc) September 12, 2016
Rodgers will adjust his team to cope with the intensity of Barcelona’s passing game but will still put the onus on keeping possession and testing the Catalan giants.
Earlier today Rodgers’ assistant Chris Davies looked forward to tomorrow’s match saying: “We’ve had some difficult games, we travelled to Israel and Kazakhstan and we’ve earned the right to arrive here. The players deserve it and the fans deserve it so does the club.
“We have passed some difficult tests on the route here, especially early in pre-season. It’s not like we had the whole season to prepare for those games, they came really fast so we did excellently to get here but we have made it very clear that we’re not just here for the ride. We’re here to perform and compete and that’s what we’ll do.”
