Celtic winger, Jota, has reflected upon the game where it started to click for Ange Postecoglou and the Hoops last season.
This time last year, the club were set to undergo a major rebuild after the arrival of Postecoglou as manager.
The 56-year-old ended up bringing 12 new faces to the club, including on-loan Benfica winger Jota.
It took some time for the Bhoys to get up to speed under the former Socceroos boss, as he attempted to get his attacking philosophy across to his squad.
However, from around September, the form really started to pick up for Celtic, and the Bhoys went on an impressive domestic unbeaten run, which led to a league and cup double.
Speaking for the first time since joining permanently, the winger reflected upon the moment he believed it all started to click for Celtic during the 4-3 defeat to Real Betis in the Europa League.
At a press conference 67 Hail Hail attended, Jota said: “There was a game that we clicked, which was against Real Betis away.
“That was the game we thought, ‘Okay, we can really play this way, and we can fight against the best teams. If we do what we did that night, we can do much better in the future.’
“Then it’s just believing in Ange’s ideas and every coach because after that; we told ourselves, ‘Let’s do it.’
“But, to do this, we must all believe. If there is one who doesn’t believe, this is not going to be good. So, the end product with the titles was there, which shows that we believed.”
Celtic’s Europa League learning curve
As supporters will remember, Celtic didn’t make the greatest of starts in their Europa League group stage campaign.
Back-to-back defeats against Real Betis and Bayer Leverkusen, having conceded eight goals in two games, left the Hoops with it all to do in the group.
However, despite the disappointing defeats, there were a number of positives to take from both games.
It was arguably the Bhoys’ biggest learning curve of the season, and Postecoglou has credited those games with helping Celtic get to where they are now.
Going into this season, the Celtic manager and his players are now better prepared for the European test.
In other news, Jota set for five year first as Celtic star eyes pre-season improvements.
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