Celtic ready to live on their nerves, declares Ronny Deila

Ronny Deila has described Celtic’s Champions League play-off clash with Malmo tonight as a cup final.

The Hoops are 3-2 up from last week’s first leg in Glasgow and arrived in Sweden knowing success will net them upwards of €20m (€27m) along with the kudos of mixing it with Europe’s elite.

Speaking at the Swedbank Stadion before his squad trained — right-back Mikael Lustig is a big doubt with a hamstring injury — Deila admitted nervous tension as he revealed the importance of the match to Celtic.

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