The Celtic of Glasgow will be, together with Borussia M'Gladbach and Manchester City, one of the rivals of the FC Barcelona in the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2016-17. And in spite of that some can think that the Scottish are the feeblest opponent of the group, after the goleada by 3-1 in the friendly of the past month of July, the true is that the ones of Brendan Rodgers could comport problems.
If we throw an ojeada to the statistics, of the 12 clashes between FC Barcelona and Celtic Glasgow, the Barça has won in seven of them, by what practically the half have supposed a tie (3) or a defeat (2) for the culés; a data that leaves clear the competitiveness of the Celtic in spite of having a level ostensiblemente inferior.
The Scottish surpassed in the previous round that gives access to the UEFA Champions League 2016-17 to the Hapoel Beer Sheva winning 5-2 in Celtic Park and losing 2-0 in Israel, by what could say that sweated more than the account. In spite of this, the antecedents force to the Barça to go with feet of lead.
In the season 2012-13, in phase of groups, the FC Barcelona did not have it at all easy against the British. In the Celtic Park lost (2-1), and in the turn the FC Barcelona won by the same result.
This yes, fits to take into account that, in the last season in that they confronted , the 2013-14, the FC Barcelona carried two triumphs, winning comfortably in the Camp Nou (6-1) and having some problems more out of house (0-1). In the friendly of this past month of July, finally, the ones of Luis Enrique imposed by 3-1.