Facing Paris Saint Germain a month ago was daunting with Wednesday’s date in Munich carrying the same potential for a hiding. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
Against Bayern we’ll be able to judge how far Celtic have progressed since that reality check with the Champions League unforgiving.
In-between times Celtic have enjoyed a great win away to Anderlecht which seemed to trigger a high level of expectation for the back-to-back matches against Bayern.
These two matches will tell a lot about how Celtic have progressed, taking a point from either game will be a sign of real progress although the 180 minutes will be priceless as Brendan Rodgers pushes his plans forward.
Away to Anderlecht Rodgers sent out a fairly attack minded side but Bayern are a totally different proposition with a few concessions expected in his starting line up.
A year ago away to Monchengladbach we saw a new side to Celtic with a team prepared to pass the ball around, not afraid of possession and certainly not parking the bus.
For long enough we’ve had to listen to horror stats about Celtic’s away record in the Champions League, who wouldn’t take a draw away to Bayern to increase the year long unbeaten away record?