Celtic’s luck of the draw continued into the Second Round of the Champions League qualifier against Ferencvaros or Swedish champions Djurgardens.
All matches at this stage are subject to travel and quarantine restrictions with the match either being played at Celtic Park or a neutral venue provided Celtic get past KR Reykjavic in the first qualifying round.
Getting what looks like a home draw is critical with the rounds decided by one match, as a bonus Celtic avoided another meeting with Romanian champions Cluj. Regardless of who Celtic were paired against the 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock saw a wave of fans looking for investment in the team, specifically in central defence.
The Second Round ties are scheduled for August 25 or 26 which follows Celtic’s visit to face Dundee United at Tannadice.
Even allowing for the matches being played at a neutral venue the two fixtures drawn so far give Celtic a great opportunity to get through to the third qualifying round which won’t be played until September 15 which follows a trip to Ross County the previous weekend.
I’d imagine Ferencvaros are strong favourites. Seem to have had a few decent EL results, albeit draws, after getting spanked by Dinamo Zagbreg in 3rd qualifier for CL last season
— Good Guy Barry (@Goodguybarry) August 10, 2020
2. Last season was Ferencvaros’ best in Europe in a long time – by far. They played 14 games, and lost only 2. They beat Ludogorets home and away in CL qualifying before losing to Dinamo Zagreb. A kind EL playoff draw saw them beat Suduva to reach the EL groups.
— Moravcik67 (@Moravcik67_) August 10, 2020
1. Difficult to judge what either Ferencvaros or Djurgarden would be like.
Djurgarden have next to no recent european record to speak of. An extra time loss to Mariupol in 18/19 is their only european game in over a decade. Not much to go on.
— Moravcik67 (@Moravcik67_) August 10, 2020
That’s prob the best we could have got
— Cammy (@fatpirlo) August 10, 2020
I’ll take it but hope we spend some of the tens of millions we’ve earned in recent seasons in making sure this team make the CL and 10 In A Row, it’s embarrassing that THIS season we can’t even beat Killie…
— Switchblade????????? (@SwitchbladeScot) August 10, 2020
We’re not going anywhere without a center back who can head a ball
— BlairRitchie67 (@toastedrice2) August 10, 2020
Hi Mr Celtic,
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy is a 28 years old 6’4 Centre Back who plays for Brighton and grew up supporting Celtic. If we could sign him that would be great.
Thanks,
Concerned fan— Adam? (@AJThoms214) August 10, 2020
Better get the cheque book out if we want a chance of qualifying this season!
…sometimes you have to spend money to make money— Marko Rollo (@TheWebsEdge) August 10, 2020
Because it will be Celtic or Reykjavik.
— Steven Henderson (@y2sh_84) August 10, 2020