McManus stated to PLZ, “It’s enormous. Fiorentina was awarded to Plzen, which is, in our opinion, quite good. They are, in my opinion, the second-best team in the competition, therefore let’s hope Fiorentina defeats them both at home and away and Plzen fails to earn any bonus points.

Regretfully, throughout the past two seasons, only the Rangers have truly been racking up the points. The other teams, Celtic included, have not made any progress at all.

“Thus, from a Scottish perspective, I believe that many would have wanted Rangers to win that tie, but sadly they didn’t. Thus, let’s hope Fiorentina defeats Plzen and we can hold onto the tenth position.”

For both Celtic and Rangers, finishing in the top 10 will be crucial since the £35 million prize pool for making it through the group stage will double starting in the next season. Speaking on the Clyde 1 Superscoreboard, Hugh Keevins was forthright about Celtic as well.

“We make a song and dance out of our clubs traveling to Europe, but they are not very good once they get there,” he remarked. Celtic’s track record in Europe is not great. Rangers might claim to have fulfilled their responsibility. They advanced to a European final thanks to Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Clement led them to the final 16 despite a rough beginning.”

GET MORE MORE NEWS HERE