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Thursday 17th September 2015

Celtic set for Europa League opener

Celtic begin their Europa League Group A campaign this evening when they play Ajax in the Amsterdam ArenA, live on BT Sport at 6.00pm.

Celtic begin their Europa League Group A campaign this evening when they play Ajax in the Amsterdam ArenA, live on BT Sport at 6.00pm.

Ronny Deila's side trained under the closed roof on Wednesday and the Norwegian is hopeful his side can bounce back from Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

He told the club website: "We have six fantastic games to play in the Europa League and we want to get through in the group. We are in a good place and we are ready to put in a really good performance and fight for the points.

“We have talked a lot with the players and we talked together. We have seen in training that everyone wants to take responsibility for the situation.

“We have so much experience here and we have so many good footballers here - I’m confident we will get a good performance and then we can kick on for the season."

Frank de Boer's Ajax side are top of the Dutch League with four wins and a draw - 2-2 against FC Twente on Saturday - but they dropped into the Europa League after losing to Rapid Vienna in the Champions League qualifiers.

Thursday's other Europa League Group A fixture sees Fenerbahce take on Molde in Turkey.

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