Celtic news bulletin as Champions League backhander fired, Kyogo and Hatate heralded plus B teamer eyes breakthrough

A leading journalist in the Netherlands is re-evaluating Feyenoord's Euro hopes...because Celtic are miles better than he was expecting.

Brendan Rodgers' side have earned praise for much of their opening two Champions League games in Rotterdam and at home to Lazio as a series of unfortunate events leave the Premiership champions bottom ahead of a double header with Atletico Madrid. Robert Maaskant believes Arne Slot's side are up against three teams of quality in their hunt to exit the groups.

He said: "Also because I think Celtic is less bad than I had estimated in advance. The coming matches are of course incredibly important. I see Feyenoord in their current form and if they are complete, they will get through in the Champions League."

Meanwhile, Liam Bonetig has set his sights on a first-team slot at Celtic after some reassuring words from boss Brendan Rodgers. The 18-year-old Australian penned a three-year deal with the Hoops last month after a successful trial spell.

He has been starring for Celtic B, but Bonetig said: “I always dreamed of coming to Europe and a club the size of Celtic. Brendan Rodgers said how he backs and supports young players. It will take time to adapt to the speed and physicality of the game, but the aim is to push towards breaking into the senior squad.”

Elsewhere, Hajime Moriyasu bigged up the strength of his squad after Reo Hatate and Kyogo Furuhashi made sub appearances as Japan hammered Canada. He said: "Is it one of our strengths to have so many players playing in Europe? Yes. They give us input during training and I think we have a smart group who naturally use their options even without instructions from us on the bench.

“I think we have to be prepared for more difficult