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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Celtic fired kickstart warning by boss of Europa League rivals

Braga boss Carlos Vicens has warned Celtic they have kickstarted their season ahead of next week's Europa League visit to Parkhead.

Celtic welcome the Portuguese side to Glasgow in their second Europa League game after their draw in Serbia this week.

Braga got off to a good start after a victory against Dutch cracks Feyenoord, but that has masked their poor form in the Portuguese League.

They have gone four games without a win and collected just two points from a possible 12 and manager Vicens admitted the win against the Rotterdam side was much needed.

He said: "Our fans deserved to smile after the past few weeks.

"I was delighted to start the competition with a home win against very good opposition who were high level.


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"We hope it's a result that will change our season. Now we have a very difficult trip to Scotland to play Celtic and that will be a big test for the squad at a very testing venue.

"But I think you can see the spirit the players have and the unity the team has shown."

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