Defender is anticipated to resume engaging in today in preparation.

This season, Celtic has dropped its first two Champions League games. Brendan Rodgers’ team will try to break that streak on Wednesday when they visit Atlético Madrid at Celtic Park.

Diego Simeone could be able to rely upon Stefan Savić for tomorrow’s clash against Celtic, according to Marca.

At the weekend, the centre-back missed the La Liga side’s 3-0 win over Celta Vigo and this raised concerns over his involvement against Celtic.

The Montenegro international was unwell when he returned from the international break and that forced him to miss the league

It’s claimed the 32-year-old is expected to return to training today and also travel with the squad to Glasgow. Savić’s centre-back partner, José María Giménez, will not feature against Celtic after picking up a muscle injury.

Marca’s claim about Savić is also backed up by AS, who state the former Manchester City man is expected to be part of the training session that’s scheduled to take place at 10:30pm local time.

The report says Savić is the only player to return from absence as Giménez, Memphis Depay, Reinildo Mandava and Thomas Lemar will miss tomorrow’s clash against Celtic. In addition to this, Samuel Lino is added to the injury list after he suffered a ‘moderate knee sprain’ in the last league tie.#

 

 

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96 touches, 100% victory in ground duels: Celtic’s 25-year-old player is unquestionably set to start against Atletico now.

Following Celtic’s 4-1 victory over Hearts on Sunday, the players who scored goals grabbed all of the headlines and media attention.

Specifically, Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi garnered the most attention because of O’Riley’s outstanding play and Kyogo’s goal—his 60th for the team.

So it’s understandable that performances from other players at Tynecastle flew under the radar over the past couple of days.

Well, here at TBR Celtic we aim to put that right today. There were two other players who were both outstanding against Hearts on Sunday and we aim to give them the credit they are both due. Here is the first.

Liam Scales had another defensive masterclass for Celtic

The Irish defender is enjoying a rich vein of form at Celtic right now. Scales has become an integral part of Brendan Rodgers‘ side this season after stepping up during an injury crisis.

Against Hearts, Scales was imperious again. The defender played out another full 90 minutes where he won three out of three ground duels against his opponents.

Not only that, Scales also blocked three shots on target and made three important clearances and one interception.

With 96 touches of the ball, the 25-year-old defender had a passing success rate of 81% which, by all accounts, is lower than his season average of 88% but is still pretty decent for a defender. [SofaScore]

All the talk last week was about Maik Nawrocki returning to training and whether or not he will be pitched back into the side at Scales’ expense. Not for me.

The Irishman has been superb for Celtic and no matter how good Nawrocki looks in training, after his Tynecastle performance, Scales must start against Atletico Madrid tomorrow.