BERGAMO, ITALY - OCTOBER 23: Brendan Rodgers Head Coach of Celtic FC during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Atalanta BC and Celtic FC at Stadio di Bergamo on October 23, 2024 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)
Ahead of facing Celtic on Tuesday, Dinamo Zagreb have held to a 1-1 draw at home by Slaven Koprivnica.
New boss Nenad Bjelica goes into the Champions League match without a win in five games with the current Croatian champions in third spot this season, trailing leaders Hadjuk Split by six points having played a game more.
Despite that worrying form Dinamo do have seven points from their five Champions League matches and face Celtic knowing that a win would give them a very good chance of being involved in the February Play Offs for a place in the last 16.
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Midway through the first half of today’s game Dinamo opened the scoring through Lukas Kacavenda but the visitors equalised 11 minutes into the second half through Alen Grgic.
Despite their recent form, wins over Salzburg and Slovan Bratislava and a draw at home to Monaco have Dinamo in a strong position going into the match against Celtic.
While their recent form is poor Brendan Rodgers won’t be fooled, knowing that Celtic will have to be in top form to add to the eight Champions League points that have been collected so far.
These are different games. Don’t kid yourselves!
Just play it like atalanta don’t give away a silly goal and hit on the break this team has the players to be fast on the break we have seen it in the spl Cektic score some spectacular goals when defending cornered or free kicks when opposition are up the park the are lighting fast just need to get the final ball right
Should be a cracking game in which anything can happen but if we’re on our game we can definitely get the result we need. We just have to press at the right times and be clinical.