Carl Starfelt believes that Bodo/Glimt's artificial court can help the Celtics make progress in the Europa League play-offs in February.

Ange Postecoglou's team will face the northernmost top team in Europe after being drawn in Monday's game against the Norwegian champions.

Bodo/Grimt, who played in the Arctic Circle, finished second in their league group, one point behind Roma. They defeated Roma 6-1 at home and then drew 2-2 in Italy.

The Swedish defender Staffelt knows Scandinavian football well, and he believes that they will play on a plastic surface in February-while their opponents are still in the preseason-than they were on the grass at that time of the year. It is better to go to the game.

He told the Celtics website: "This is a difficult draw. I have some friends playing in the Norwegian league, so I have been following them, I know this is a very good team, in the past two The performance during the season was outstanding.

"They like to play like us, they have a lot of possession and are under a lot of pressure. They are energetic and like offensive football, so both teams are trying to control the ball. It will be an interesting game.

"They played well in the European game against Rome, so it will be a difficult game.

"They have an artificial court, but I think it suits us, just like in Scandinavia at that time of the year, you are playing on very bad grass or artificial turf, so I would choose this option. "

The Celtics ranked third in the Europa League group stage, but scored 9 points in difficult stages including Bayer Leverkusen, Real Betis and Ferenc Varos, which made the Celtics feel Uplifting. Starfelt hopes they can take advantage of the opportunity to further play European football in the new league.

He said: "We are very happy to enter the league. This is a new game, you don't know much about it, but you can see from the remaining teams that this is a grand game.

"We are looking forward to it and hope we can make progress as much as possible."

Bodo/Grimt midfielder Ulrik Saltnes is ecstatic about the prospect of another important European tournament for his team in the new year.

He told TV2Sport in Norway: "This is a good draw for us. This is an interesting away game in a cool stadium, and another big club comes to Asmila (stadium). This It will be a wonderful experience. This will be another interesting chapter in the Glimt story."

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