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title: "Former Celtic chief reveals how Rodgers can beat Barcelona tonight"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/former-celtic-chief-reveals-how-rodgers-can-best-barcelona-tonight/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2016-09-13T10:51:01Z"
modified: "2016-09-13T10:51:11Z"
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# Former Celtic chief reveals how Rodgers can beat Barcelona tonight

**The good times are continuing to roll for the Celtic fans in the Transfer Tavern, as they gear up for a blockbuster tie away at Barcelona on their return to the Champions League proper.**

After wiping the floor with arch-rivals Rangers over the weekend, Brendan Rodgers takes his Hoops to the Camp Nou for their first game back in the big time for three years.

While the *Blaugrana* are undoubtedly favourites for the tie, the fixture brings up memories of Tony Watt’s winner at Parkhead in 2012.

Though the Bhoys have a long and proud history in the continent’s elite competition, the 2-1 win four years ago is perhaps their biggest in recent memory.

Things are different now of course, though the mastermind of that win has backed the Scottish champions to spring a surprise.

Neil Lennon, now in charge of Scottish Cup winners Hibernian, [bigged](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/09/13/neil-lennon-responds-when-asked-whether-celtic-could-upset-barce/) up his former charges for a shock this evening.

Telling the ‘Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast’ on talkSPORT (with quotes sourced from [HITC](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/09/13/neil-lennon-responds-when-asked-whether-celtic-could-upset-barce/)), the Northern Irishman believes there is a call of optimism.

“Yes, it can be done again,” [explained](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/09/13/neil-lennon-responds-when-asked-whether-celtic-could-upset-barce/) the Easter Road chief.

“Celtic are on the up again. They are buoyed by a big win in the Old Firm. The players will be in a good place, but this is a different animal. Going to the Nou Camp is as formidable as it gets. They’ll need a lot of luck and

”Going to the Nou Camp is as formidable as it gets. They’ll need a lot of luck and th goalkeeper to play well.

“What Celtic need to do is get the first goal and hold on to something for as long as they can.”

**Can Celtic win tonight? Let us know below…**\
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