Deila to make most of reprieve

Ronny Deila admits Celtic’s dramatic reinstatement into the Champions League despite losing 6-1 on aggregate to Legia Warsaw in the third qualifying round has left him feeling "very strange".

Deila to make most of reprieve

Uefa awarded the Scottish champions a default 3-0 win in the second leg of the tie after it was discovered that the Polish club, managed by Deila’s fellow Norwegian Henning Berg, fielded substitute Bartosz Bereszynski near the end of the 2-0 second-leg win at Murrayfield on Wednesday night while he was supposed to be suspended.

Consequently, Celtic went through on away goals after a 4-4 draw and were drawn against Slovenian side Maribor in the Champions League play-off.

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