Celtic’s Champions League week starts at 11am Celtic Park Time when the third round draw is made.
Before then of course Rosenborg have to be navigate around but while managers and coaches preach about one game at a time the practicalities mean that plans have to be put in place for the third qualifier before the second is played.
Celtic will be seeded in the draw, or Rosenborg, with a number of dangerous looking opponents including the winners of match 7- Dinamo Zagreb or Hapoel Beer Sheva.
1. The CL 3rd round draw takes place tomorrow. Here’s some stuff about the teams we could face, assuming we get past Rosenborg in the 2nd round.
First, a reminder of the 2nd round pairings, and other general points. pic.twitter.com/Xxq9Gkjdpt
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22. AEK Athens [Rank #122, 10.0 Coeff Pts]
Won their 12th Greek title in 17/18, the first since 1994. 4 CL group stage appearances, the last in 06/07. 5 EL group appearances. Were out of Euro competition for 4 years after financial difficulties saw them start again in 3rd tier.
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There are certainly no easy ties at this stage with AEK Athens perhaps the team best avoided. The Greek side has seen their co-efficient collapse after being banned from UEFA competition. Greece is ranked at 14 in the co-efficient table.
Celtic can add two players to their squad to face Rosenborg as long as they are signed before 11pm on Tuesday but it’s not believed that any transfers are in the pipeline.
