Martin O'Neill ya roƙi Celtic su nuna halin gaskiya a ranar Asabar da za su karɓi Falkirk a Scottish Premiership, kwanaki kaɗan bayan ɗaya daga cikin sakamako mafi raɗaɗi a tarihin kwanan nan na ƙungiyar.

Hoops sun bayyana cewa suna da iko sosai a wasan share fage na Champions League da LASK — suna kan gaba da ci 3-0 daga wasan farko a Glasgow, inda bugun Callum McGregor da aka tura a minti na 21 ya ƙara faffaɗa wannan fifiko a ƙasar Austria. Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance rugujewar da ta ba da mamaki. LASK sun dawo suka ci 5-4 a jimillar bayan ƙarin lokaci, suka kawo ƙarshen begen Celtic na wasannin Champions League suka tura su zuwa Europa League.

O'Neill ya karɓi alhakin

Manajan ɗan shekara 74 ya yi magana a sarari game da rawar da ya taka a cikin shan kaye, yana yarda cewa yadda suka rushe ya nautar da shi sosai. "Yadda muka ɓatar da wasan ta wannan hanya, alhakin ni ne," ya ce.

O'Neill, wanda ya fara horar da Celtic tsakanin shekarar 2000 zuwa 2005 kafin ya dawo ya jagoranci su zuwa take na Scottish Premiership da kofin Scotland a kakar da ta gabata, ya gargaɗi cewa magoya bayan ƙungiyar za su nemi amsa nan take.

"Na sani wannan tun lokacina a wannan ƙungiyar — koyaushe kana nisan wasa ɗaya daga rikici, kuma haka lamarin yake."

Ya yarda cewa wasan Asabar da Falkirk zai gwada juriyar tunani ta Celtic, yana hasashen halin damuwa idan abubuwa suka yi muni da wuri. "Za a sami lokuta a cikin wasan gobe — ƙetare maras kyau, Falkirk su shiga, bugun ƙwallon zuwa raga da watakila ma a sha wata kwallo — inda taron jama'a za su yi damuwa sosai," ya ce. "Don haka dole ne mu fuskance wannan."

O'Neill ya yi amfani da tunaninsa game da tsoffin ƙungiyoyin Celtic da suka haɗa da Henrik Larsson, Neil Lennon, da Paul Lambert don nuna cewa matsin lamba na sa rigunan Hoops bai taɓa canzawa ba. "Ban sa ran saɓanin haka ba," ya ƙara da cewa. "Ba za mu iya rayuwa da tsoffin nasarori har abada ba."

Zabe mai wahala a Europa League

Faɗuwar Celtic zuwa Europa League ta zo da kanta kalubalen nata, inda zaben ya ba su wasanni a wajen Benfica, Union SG, Omonia, da Torreense, tare da karɓar Marseille, Ferencvaros, Celta Vigo, da Besiktas a gida.

O'Neill ya yarda cewa ƙungiyoyin sun wakilci gasa mai ƙarfi. "Ina da jerin sunayen a aljihu na — Marseille da Benfica — ban ci gaba da karanta bayan haka ba," ya ce. Ya yarda da cewa har yanzu bai shawo kan ficewa da aka yi dare na Talata ba, amma ya yi ƙoƙarin nemo wani abu mai kyau. "Akwai abu da za a yi tsammanin a gaba. Gasar wasanni manya-manya sosai a can."

McGregor, wanda ya kasance yana rasa horarwa saboda rashin lafiyar ciki, ana sa ran zai kasance a shirye don wasan Falkirk, bisa ga O'Neill. Manajan Celtic ya kasance bayyananne dangane da halin ƙungiyar: nasarorin kakar da ta gabata sun wuce, kuma gina amana da magoya baya ya fara yanzu.