Lennon demands lionheart in Lisbon

Neil Lennon will invoke the spirit of the Lisbon Lions as he attempts to guide Celtic through to the knockout stages of the Champions League when they play Benfica tonight.

The penultimate Group G encounter will take place at the Stadium of Light but Lennon will take his players to the Estadio Nacional to train in the morning, the scene of the club’s famous European Cup final win over Inter Milan in 1967.

Several of the Lions were on the official flight yesterday where they were joined by the trophy, which took up two seats at the back of the plane.