Ange Postecoglou urges Celtic to grab Europa Conference League glory as star falls in line with 'not afraid' message

Ange Postecoglou has urged Celtic to grasp their chance to have a run at Europa Conference League glory.

And striker Giorgos Giakoumakis is adamant the team will fear no-one if they hit their top form.

Celtic face Bodo/Glimt on Thursday night with a place in the last 16 awaiting the winners of the two-legged crunch.

AS Roma, Marseille and Leicester are amongst the big-name clubs still involved in the competition.

But boss Postecoglou insists his troops must embrace the opportunity of going deep in the tournament and having a crack at winning it.

He explained: “What’s the point of rolling up on Thursday night if you don’t think you can win something?

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“You play in these things to try and have success.

“Why miss the opportunity if the opportunity is before you?

“If we don’t succeed, then we dust ourselves off and go again next year.

“But you don’t enter something to just participate and potentially miss an opportunity to create something.

“For me, it’s about constantly exposing our players to this level and playing our football.

“You saw it during our (Europa League) group stage. We ended up winning three games in a tough group.

“It’s not like we struggled, even though we didn’t get through.

“We