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Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic players reportedly had a personal conversation with the Pope.
The Scottish Premiership leaders face Lazio in Rome on Tuesday as they look to mount a long-overdue rescue project from their Champions League winless run against the Serie A side. The Scottish Sun now claims that the Hoops will send a delegation to the Vatican to meet with the Pope. Francis the next day, with Celtic invited to a special face-to-face encounter.
But one man seeking divine inspiration is Maurizio Sarri after lashing out at his players following a surprise defeat to long-suffering Salernitana. The surprise 2-1 defeat to the bottom team in Italy’s most sensible tier leaves Lazio reeling in tenth place in the league. Before the Euro Cup clash, and after the match, Sarri attacked the mentality of his players after the defeat.
He said: “I hope that in the Champions League it will be another story because I am worried about the mentality of the team in the League. The Champions League works miracles, we are passing to see if against Celtic we faint on the field with another mentality.
“You can’t think about betting a game for maybe 50 minutes like we did. Maybe it’s also my fault if some players don’t play and if it was just my fault, I’d be the first to go. We here, everyone has to take responsibility. “