The overriding questions stays, although. How lengthy will O’Neill have to enhance Celtic?
His return, alongside assistant Shaun Maloney, has introduced again a feelgood issue however that was solely going to final so lengthy.
The laughs had over O’Neill’s matchday match have light, whereas Celtic’s deep-rooted issues have returned in stark vogue.
Captain Callum McGregor was on the coronary heart of the happiness on Sunday, scoring within the extra-time win, however he was fast to guarantee no-one had bought carried away.
“Nothing’s been solved after a extremely good recreation on the weekend,” the midfielder mentioned after defeat in Denmark. “We all know that we do not get too up or too down.
“We come away right here towards a extremely good aspect, a very good membership, who do quite a lot of good issues they usually know what they’re.
“There’s quite a lot of progress nonetheless left in our crew as properly. We all know the place we’re and we all know the place we wish to get to.”
It seems Celtic are removed from the latter, and it is lined as much as be an almighty process to get them there, for whoever is charged with taking them there.
On a sobering evening, it is not the interim supervisor who will take the warmth. It is not even the gamers being taught by him.
It is the board who’ve managed to quieten the clamour aimed of their course for just a few days with the reinstatement of O’Neill who might be feeling the strain as soon as extra.
