Long before becoming the Celtic manager, Ange Postecoglou was in charge of the Australian national team. After the country managed to get into the knockout stages of the World Cup this week, the country is enjoying a football bounce.

Football in Australia is not at the top of the list regarding national sports. Cricket and Rugby are up there – football a distant third. It’s something Ange has strived to change over the years, both as the national team manager and on his travels.

The Celtic manager is leading the way for Australian coaches in Europe and is proudly flying the flag while in Glasgow.

Back home in Australia, the football community continue to push how well Ange is doing and what he tried to do while the Australia manager.

After the World Cup progression under Graham Arnold, the media have rolled out one of Ange’s most famous speeches as the Socceroo boss.

The scenes in Australia over the past 48 hours have been brilliant to see and heartening for any football fan in the country who craves the kind of passion they see in Europe.

Ange’s speech was to make Australian football front and centre. Have the Australian football team make the headlines instead of other sports getting top billing. Over the past few weeks, that has certainly been the case.

Optus sport shared the speech with their followers.

*language warning

https://twitter.com/OptusSport/status/1598135292522799106?s=20&t=TwPnqFS4XyANvZSDt0aZJw

Ange is as passionate as they come. That’s why he’s found a home at Celtic and identifies with the support. The Celtic fans match his passion for the game. The manager is desperate to bring more success to our support because of it.

With speeches like that up his sleeve, there will be more trophies in our future.