O'neill May Worry but Milan Have at Least One Unhappy Fan; Celtic Getting Ready for Tough European Night in the San Siro

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If Martin O'Neill possesses such a thing, he might be getting down on his prayer-mat sometime today. From the routine slaughter of Dunfermline at Parkhead on Saturday, Celtic must now endure a tense 48 hour countdown to AC Milan and the great theatre of the San Siro on Wednesday night, and there could hardly be a greater contrast in the two experiences.

O'Neill knows that, unlikely as it may seem, Celtic must salvage something from the northern Italian city this week if genuine hope is to remain for them in the Champions League's murderous Group F. The news yesterday that Chris Sutton, omitted on Saturday with a recurring hamstring problem, is almost certain to play on Wednesday provided O'Neill with a ray of light.

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O'neill May Worry but Milan Have at Least One Unhappy Fan; Celtic Getting Ready for Tough European Night in the San Siro

On Saturday, Celtic dismissed Billy Mehmet, Gary Dempsey and co with a few deft flourishes. In two days' time, confronted with Andriy Shevchenko and the rest of Carlo Ancelotti's troupe, the factors of sweat an...

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