Strachan Praises Young Celtic

Celtic drew 0 - 0 with AC Milan at Parkhead last night and Celtic manager Gordon Strachan praised his young players performance but urged them to have more belief in themselves.

Strachan said, “I must congratulate them on their determination not to concede a goal, but we have to play better technically.

“But, if the spirit is the same and we take the technique up, I believe we can give them a scare in the second leg.

“They would then have to score two, but we have to believe in ourselves more.”

“They’re [AC Milan] a fantastic side and a good barometer of where you want to go as a football club,” continued Strachan.

“We’re miles away as a football club, but big hearts kept us in it.

“It was tough, it was a great experience.

“If you look at our back four compared to their back four - 20-year-old, 20-year-old, 24, 26 - that’s a group which has never played before in a Champions League game and they didn’t let in any goals.

“We had a few scares but I don’t know if the goalie had a real save to make.”

It will be tough back at the San Siro for the young Scottish Champions elect as Ancelotti should have some of his big name strikers back, but if Strachan can instil that extra belief in his players, Celtic are capable of causing a nuisance of themselves. Celtic didn’t concede the dreaded away goal, can they get one of their own?

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Rik