Celtic’s Champions League group stage rivals, Dinamo Zagreb, experienced an embarrassing start to their campaign with a 9-2 loss to Bayern Munich.
General view of champions league branded footballs on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Harry Kane led the onslaught for Bayern, scoring four goals, including two penalties. Michael Olise added two more, while contributions from Raphaël Guerreiro, Leroy Sané, and Leon Goretzka rounded off the scoring for the German giants. Despite the heavy defeat, Dinamo Zagreb did manage to find the back of the net twice, with goals from Bruno Petković and Takuya Ogiwara.
Bayern Munich are the first team to score nine (9) goals in one UCL game! pic.twitter.com/BOaYr4xlVI
— Bayern & Football (@MunichFanpage) September 17, 2024
Celtic are set to meet the Croatian side on matchday six at Stadion Maksimir on December 10th.
But first, they get their Champions League campaign underway against Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday night.
Celtic are looking to make it back-to-back wins in the Champions League, ending last season’s group stage with a win over Feyenoord. It would see Celtic win on the opening day of the competition for the first time in 13 attempts.
However much we see Celtic as the favourites, we need to treat the opposition with the utmost respect. They’ll be travelling to Glasgow confident that they can get a result.
It’s not long until the Champions League anthem rings out around Parkhead on Wednesday, and Celtic get another season in Europe’s elite competition underway.
