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My Celtic hunch that Ange Postecoglou will tweak strategy to make mark in Champions League – Chris Sutton

Ange Postecoglou wasn’t able to bloody noses during his first few swings in the Champions League.

Funnily enough, we quite fancied smashing a few Porto faces 20 years ago as they cheated and dived their way through the last stages of the UEFA Cup Final. But, looking to the next tilt at Europe, Postecoglou might just alter his strategy slightly. And I definitely feel the key to winning a few rounds next season is properly defending their own patch.

It’s hard to believe it’s the 20th anniversary of Seville tomorrow. I can still remember the night clearly. The sea of green and white on the bus to the stadium, the whole occasion, the joy of feeling we could get it done when Henrik Larsson scored his two goals Then the sheer despair when it was slipping away and the anger that built inside as Porto conned and connived their way through the end of the game to get over the line. It infuriated us. Don’t get me wrong, all teams do it. We’d have done it as well if we were 3-2 up in extra-time. Just not to the same levels of high-standard housery.

Ultimately, there was pride in what we achieved to get there. I am proud to have been part of the whole Martin O’Neill era, to be fair. We did some superb things in Europe. Aside from that run to Seville, our away form in Europe and in the Champions League left a lot to be desired. But it was a different story at home. We fancied ourselves against anyone and we got some great results against some high-class sides.

It’s not something that stopped either when Martin left. Gordon Strachan took care of Manchester United, Milan and Benfica on his way to a couple of last 16s. Neil Lennon did the same in beating a brilliant Barcelona side when taking his team into the knockout stages. Celtic

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