“If you dream in management then you won’t be here long,” Brendan Rodgers

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·5 ottobre 2024

“If you dream in management then you won’t be here long,” Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers provided an insight into what’s been happening at Lennoxtown after the players returned from Dortmund on Wednesday morning at around 4.30am…

UEFA Champions League Borussia Dortmund v Celtic Glasgow 01 10 2024 Photo BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Buriakov

The Celtic party had the rest of the day off before returning to their training base on Thursday morning for the Dortmund post mortem. When that was done and dusted everyone moved on and looked ahead to the next challenge, which is at Dingwall tomorrow against Ross County in the 12 noon Sunday kick-off.

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“Clearly, there was disappointment in the aftermath of it. It’s always emotionally challenging and difficult. You can’t dwell on it, you’ve got to look at it and analyse it, but very quickly you have to move on,” the Celtic manager said.

“That’s the nature of professional sports. You have that day to grieve, which is never nice, but always think that setbacks like that are a great opportunity to grow and bounce back – even to a higher level than you were when you started the game. We’re back on it, working well today, then we get ready for the game at the weekend.”

Head coach Nuri Sahin Borussia Dortmund , Borussia Dortmund vs Celtic Glasgow, Champions League, 01 10 2024 Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia Photo: kolbert-press/Marc Niemeyer

Brendan was asked after a 7-1 mauling like that, if different players required a different approach with some needing an arm around the shoulder and if it’s easy for them to all bounce back in the same way.

“That’s the job of the manager and the leaders within the team. We got back at half four, and then we gave them a free day, which gave them a lot of thinking time.

“After the game, I was really disappointed for firstly the supporters, as the noise two hours before the game in the stadium was amazing. With the journey they had been on, we were disappointed that we couldn’t give them more,” Brendan admitted.

“I feel for the players because over these last seven months, the path we’ve been on and continue to be on of improvement and being an exciting team to play. Things went against us in the game and before we know it, we’ve conceded five goals in the first half, so it becomes a challenge in the second half.

Waldemar Anton is challenged by Paulo Bernardo during the UEFA Champions League match between Dortmund and Celtic FC at BVB Stadion Dortmund on October 01, 2024. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

“Setbacks are there to grow from, you can dwell on it and become bitter with it but it’s not something that I like to do. This is when you lead, and we saw it last year in moments where we had to be resilient. When it’s tough, you have to lead in those moments. That’s our job, we made a brilliant start to our season, but it was a tough one,” Rodgers added.

“I’m experienced enough to know that when the stakes are high you have to sometimes expect defeat when playing high-level competition. If you don’t, you’re a dreamer, and if you dream in management then you won’t be here long,” Brendan Rodgers said.

“It’s great to dream and for critics to look and think what the score is going to be and what it might be, but as a manager and coach when you’re in the professional game, at times against the Champions League finalists you might expect that you might lose. We’ll learn from that and we’ll be better for it.”

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