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Spanish giants Real Madrid honoured their record breaking Cristiano Ronaldo with a special awards for becoming club’s all-time leading goal scorer in the presence of President Florentino Perez, team-mates and family members on Friday.

“Do you know why I don’t talk?”

Next up for Los Blancos is Malaga at home in La Liga on Saturday, before they travel to Sweden to face Malmo at Swedbank Stadion next week Wednesday.

As far as the supporters are concerned though, there’s only one outcome in this year’s Champions League campaign…

The second legs of a few Champions League playoff fixtures were played on Tuesday night with some notable teams getting knocked out on aggregate.

“But playing for a club in Sweden, there is never pressure to go to the Champions League because it doesn’t happen often”. “We had to sort of do something we hadn’t done before. Celtic will not go as offensively but we will be more offensive”.

Asked if he believed a repeat could be on the cards, Deila said: “It is like a final”.

Celtic manager Deila revealed that the hamstring injury Mikael Lustig picked up during the game was not as serious as first thought which leaves him with a chance for the return game in Malmo next Tuesday night.

“But we have to see out the two legs, and they have to beat us in Malmo to get through”.

Now we have two games to reach it. We just have to be the best we can be.

After a narrow 1-0 win in Glasgow, Celtic – who play Partick in the Premiership on Sunday – had to see out a goalless draw on Wednesday to advance by a small margin.

“We’re absolutely delighted to be back in the competition”. The first matches of the two-legged ties will be on August 18 and 19, with the return legs on August 25 and 26, and the ten winners advance directly to the Champions League group stage.

United are at home in the first leg, which will be held on August 17/18, with the away tie taking place the following week. “Hopefully we’ll win some trophies”.