Celtic and AC Milan are getting ready for a heated Champions League battle on Tuesday and the match will be at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland and the match has two tough teams from Group H and things can still be had on both sides, as Milan have five points and Celtic has three and it will be big for the team to try and win at home, while Milan has been disappointing around other competition and the match starts at 2:45 ET.
The match is streaming live from Fox Soccer 2 Go and Celtic needs a win here to get themselves in a position to move on into the next phase in knockouts and Milan will be looking to hold tight to stay ahead of the team. Celtic has lost once already to Barcelona in a 1-0 match and Milan and not done so well in Serie A, as they have won three and drawn on five of their 13 matches and this all comes now after Mario Balotelli missed a penalty shot and fans now are getting worried. Going on the road might be the best thing for the club and they come in trying to keep Celtic in the bottom of the group and they are in the 13th position in Serie A and it could be the biggest European game for the club all season and Celtic will not be surprised by Milan despite their recent play, as they know what they need to do to try and advance into the next round.
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AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has denied that a handful of players failed to show up on time for Sunday's training session.
"There's false news doing the rounds," he told a news conference in Glasgow on the eve of Tuesday's Champions League tie at Celtic.
"It's completely untrue that five players showed up late for training. I'd like to know who is starting these stories."
The Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper suggested that strikers Mario Balotelli and Robinho were among the five latecomers.
Allegri also refuted the idea that it was a relief for Milan to play away from their San Siro stadium where they received an angry reaction from fans after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Genoa, their seventh game in all competitions without a win.
"The team shouldn't be thinking about what happens outside the changing room," said Allegri who, according to media speculation, is clinging to his job.
"Of course there's bitterness and disappointment among the fans. We feel it too and so does everyone who works for the club.
"We have to do everything we can to do better and to do that we need to have the fans with us. It's not true that it's better to play away from the San Siro - it's always better for us to play at home in front of our fans."
Milan (five points) are second behind Barcelona (10) in Group H, one point ahead of Ajax Amsterdam and two clear of Celtic.
Allegri is hoping a good run in the Champions League can deflect attention from his team's dismal showing in Serie A where they are 13th.
"We have to separate the league from the Champions League," he said. "We have to get a result tomorrow as the second objective of the season is to get into the last 16.
"The first objective was to qualify."
(Reuters)
