Ange Postecoglouhas shown himself to be a something of a realist so far and he certainly won't be looking past Czech upstarts Jablonec.
And how can he? The Australian has watched on through open fingers, at times, as his patchwork side have lost in consecutive games to Midtjyllandand Hearts to get their season off to the worst possible start.
Celtic's deficiencies are multiple with key players needed in a variety of positions – any sort of first leg win on Thursday would be welcomed after their Champions Leaguemishap.
But Alkmaar will undoubtedly offer the winners of that tie plenty of problems to ponder as they look to continue their upwards surge that has them among the big boys of Dutch football on a regular basis. Record Sport looks at.
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