Rough diamonds of Bhoys must match Shakhtar 's sparkle CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPECIAL Hard day at coal face awaits in Ukraine as they hope to unearth points from cash-rich Donetsk

From: Evening Times | Date: September 15, 2007| Author: RONNIE CULLY | Copyright information

CELTIC know they will have to dig deep if they are to take any kind of nugget from the Champions League game against the 'Miners' of Donetsk on Tuesday.

Ofall the teams Gordon Strachan's men could have drawn from Pot 4, Shakhtar represented the motherlode in terms of danger.

Recent history is enough to set the canaries singing to warn of danger, Celtic hitting rock bottom when they lost 3-0 on their only previous visit to Donetsk in 2004.

It's hard to believe it was less t...

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