Neil Lennon insists Celtic will be ready for the step up in class against Cluj next week after admitting there is plenty more to come from his troops.
The Hoops boss watched his side complete a 7-0 aggregate romp over Estonians Nomme Kalju following a 2-0 victory in the A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
An early own goal from Aleksandr Kulinits and injury time strike from substitute debut man Marian Shved earned the win to set up a a Champions League third qualifying round tie with Cluj.
The Romanians have reached the Champions League group stage three times in their history and are managed by former Chelsea star Dan Petrescu.
But Lennon declared himself happy with his side and says they’re ready to move up a gear as they prepare for the same stage they were eliminated by AEK Athens last season.
The Irishman said: “We’ve won 5-2 over Sarajevo and now 7-0. I don’t think the players can give me any more - they have been absolutely excellent - and there’s more to come from them.
“We have negotiated this qualifying round brilliantly so we are in a good place at the minute but as you go along in the qualifying campaign the quality does get stronger.
“Cluj are a very experienced side with an experienced manager but we’ll cross that bridge when it comes. We’ve had them watched in both ties so we will be well prepared for next week.
“We had a very tough tie against Sarajevo in the opening tie and we negotiated that very well and we are two or three weeks fitter down the line.
“We’re still not where we really want to be in terms of match fitness and match sharpness but we’re in a good place and we look at threat and that’s very pleasing.
"Winning tonight keeps the momentum going into the domestic campaign on Saturday.”
Lennon handed a competitive debut to £7million French defender Christopher Jullien with Shved coming off the bench and the Hoops boss was happy with the pair along with others.
He said: “I was very pleased for Christopher. It was important he got 90 minutes because he is not going to play at the weekend and I was delighted with him, I thought he was outstanding.
“I was pleased with Bolingoli. I thought he had a great game, he looked more assured, more powerful, stronger, like the player we thought we had.
“I was delighted with Ntcham who I thought he was outstanding. And then Marian comes on. He’s had a little bit of a frustrating time with the groin injury but he got a good 25 minutes under his belt and obviously took a lot of confidence from the first chance, which he probably should have scored, and then scoring a great goal to wrap up the tie.
“You could see what the goal meant to him you have to remember he’s still only 22 and coming into a new culture. I was very pleased and that will give him a huge shot in the arm confidence wise.
“I am very happy with the scoreline and the performance and with the scoreline over the two legs.”
