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Liam Bryce

How Celtic's rivals reacted to Europa League draw as fans deliver weird and wonderful Hoops verdicts

Friday's Europa League draw set virtual tongues wagging the length and breadth of the continent.

Celtic are no strangers to being paired with the big hitters on these occasions and they'll have another tough task on their hands when the competition begins on October 22.

OK, it's not quite Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich this time around but Group H sticks out like a sore thumb.

Neil Lennon 's side will square off against AC Milan, Lille and Sparta Prague for a place in the last 32.

But how has the draw been received on the other side of the fence?

We delved into the the best of the fan reaction from Milan, Lille and Prague.

MILAN

Popular Rossnoneri fans forum Milan Mania was awash with opinion following the Group H revelation.

Confidence levels ranged from dismissing Celtic altogether to praying Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return from quarantine to bail Milan out.

mazen111 wrote : "Champions league quality group.

"It’s up to Ibra now to decide things, otherwise, we are screwed big time."

Artan wrote: "If we play the way we played with Bodo and Rio Ave, we will have problems with Celtic, Prague and Lille too of course. You cant compare them with the likes of Bodo or Rio Ave, which beat the hell out of us until we managed to beat them".

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Sleeping Giant said : "Easy group I will say."

devoted_dm added : "That's a tough group for us, but whatever. If we want to go far we'll have to beat some good teams anyway, and I'm sure the rest of the group aren't that enthusiastic about having to play us either."

LILLE

Lille fans were decidedly measured in their verdicts on AllezLeLOSC , insisting Celtic should not be underestimated despite a perceived lack of quality in the Scottish Premiership.

However, they're still confident of prgression.

The Blood said: "I think it's okay, you have to scratch 4 to 6 points before going to Milan.

"Then try to scratch something against Milan if possible, 1 point or 3 over the 2 games.

"Then win the other 2 games, quite doable.

"I think we can believe it!"

Skywalker said: "Celtic is a good European team even if the Scottish league is less tough than the English league, it is similar in the style of play, no idea if there will be spectators but there should be an atmosphere even few they will make noise"

Arnaud added : "The group of Death we will say !!!"

SPARTA PRAGUE

There were yet more mixed reactions on E-Sparta - with Celtic notably referred to as nothing more than an "inflated bubble".

One punter, however, cursed the likely event Celtic Park will remain closed to fans for Sparta's visit.

Ferry declared: "Good for me. I expect 10 points. Celtic is just an inflated bubble and AC Milan is no longer the top. And you can definitely play with Lille, even if I admit that it's a bit unknown to me."

KanonMates88 said: "I don't like it very much either, it's nice to see Zlatan here, but there is a real risk that we won't do almost a point."

AlaMier wrote: "Celtic are a super playable opponent."

While Dollaruss lamented: "Celtic would be such a wonderful trip."

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