Celtic return to Champions League action this evening when they host Belgian outfit Club Brugge in matchday five of the new-look tournament's league-phase.
Brendan Rodgers and his players enter the encounter with seven points on the board from four matches so far, while the visitors sit on six. A win for either side would mark a huge stride towards qualification for the competition's knock-out round, with both teams currently in fine form.
It remains to be seen whether or not a full house at Celtic Park can tip the scales in the home team's favour, but Belgian media well-understands the potential Paradise poses in determining the result come full-time.
The football chief writer for prominent outlet HLN, Niels Poissonnier, described Celtic Park as "one of the seven wonders of the football world."
He said (translated via Google): "Sir Alex Ferguson – the most famous Scot after Tony Blair and Sean Connery – once said it all, saying: 'You shouldn't beat the team, you should beat the atmosphere.'
"Club Brugge will soon be facing a stress test. 'Keep calm' is the message. The heart rate must not go too fast, the light must remain on for an hour and a half for everyone. One disturbance can be fatal.
"Celtic is not better than Club in terms of football technique. Plus, they are not at all bigger in terms of [height] - which means there are opportunities on set pieces.
"But what Celtic can do better than anyone else is roll up their sleeves and rush and put you under pressure until a link breaks."
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Poissonnier added: "Celtic behave like 'a swarm of bees' when they lose the ball. Their press is suffocating. [Brugge] will have to play under that pressure – break the first line, as they say.
"That is where there are opportunities. Especially because Celtic's strength lies up front, with its trident of Kuhn-Furuhashi-Maeda.
"Club must once again try to play football out of the duels. Whereby reason must prevail over emotions at all times. If not, Club will be at the mercy of the volcano called Celtic Park."
