The Hoops got their new league phase off to a flier with a five-star showing against Slovan Bratislava
The Hoops got the league phase off to a flier with Wednesday’s five star battering of Slovan Bratislava to spark a Parkhead party. Brendan Rodgers ’ men now face back-to-back away clashes with big guns Borussia Dortmund in Germany and Atalanta in Italy. Scales knows he home clashes could be vital in securing progress to the knockout stages with RB Leipzig, Club Brugge and Young Boys Bern on the way.
"Now can we build on it? We have to use it as a platform to continue to get good results. I think we’re in a really good place at the moment. We’re probably in the best place we can be to go and do well this year in the Champions League. That’s the hope. We need to take it game by game and focus on picking up results.
Rodgers insisted going in his side would be going all out to make an impact – and Scales admitted confidence is soaring after a spectacular opening night. He said: “I wouldn’t have known what the manager was saying that publicly, but we’re getting it in the dressing room. We get that belief off him as well, first hand in the dressing room.
Scales is convinced Celts are in better shape for the Champions League than last season – and he also feels right at home. The defender said: “Yes, 100 per cent. For me personally, last year was my first experience of it. I was blown away in the first few minutes of the first game with the atmosphere. Now I can go in and I know what it’s going to be like.
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