Scottish Daily Mail

RONNY URGES HIS STAR TURK TO CHANNEL HIS AGGRESSION

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throat of assistant referee Gavin Harris and kicking out at his now Parkhead skipper Scott Brown. Addressing the player’s aggressive style, Deila said: ‘He was always a handful when we played against him. This aggression is one of his strengths, but it has to be controlled. ‘You can’t take this away from him. That’s how it is. Winners are often playing on the edge and do everything to succeed. ‘Now we have to take it situation by situation. He is disappoint­ed right now. We, of course, want him to play football without any suspension­s. ‘He has been fantastic so far for Celtic. He is a very good football player. I’m expecting that will continue.’ Ciftci’s ban applies only to domestic games and the 23-year-old is likely to play in Iceland tonight where Celtic defend a 2-0 lead from the first leg in Glasgow. ‘It happened with his previous club,’ assistant manager John Collins added. ‘We knew the hearing was yesterday (Monday) and we just had to wait for the result. The decision has been made and we just have to move on. ‘We move on, he moves on and we all learn from our mistakes and, hopefully, it won’t happen again. ‘We don’t condone that type of behaviour. We want our players to be competitiv­e but within the laws of the game. ‘I haven’t spoken to him but he’ll be focused and looking forward to tomorrow’s game. ‘That was in the past and he has to take his punishment, learn from it and look forward to playing well in a Celtic jersey.’

 ??  ?? Thin line: Deila wants Ciftci to just play fair
Thin line: Deila wants Ciftci to just play fair

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