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Fiorentina handed Celtic Champions League rescue mission as Scotland’s Czech coefficient battle now rests on on Italians

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Scotland's hopes of a top 10 UEFA coefficient place now lie with Fiorentina after Viktoria Plzen drew them in the Europa Conference League quarter-finals.

It's the Scots vs the Czech Republic for the final spot in the top 10 which guarantees a Champions League spot for the top flight winners up to 2025/26, a luxury Celtic have enjoyed over the last two seasons.

Rangers' defeat to Benfica on Thursday means our sides can add no more points to the board. But Plzen are still active for the Czech Republic, and they will leapfrog us in the country coefficient standings if they add any more to their total.

Even a draw in either leg will nudge them up a place and move Scotland out of the top 10. That would mean no guaranteed automatic qualifier for the Champions League, though if it's Rangers who win the league, they are likely to qualify anyway through their club coefficient standing.

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