Celtic suffered a 7-1 hammering at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
It was a terrible defensive display from Brendan Rodgers’ side, who picked up one of their worst results in recent memory in European competitions.
While performances like these on the biggest stage of the game aren’t new for Celtic under Rodgers, it was a completely jarring experience for Kasper Schmeichel.
That’s because the veteran hasn’t endured too many heavy defeats in his career.
His father Peter Schmeichel spoke to CBS Sports about the performance, as relayed by TipsBladet, reflecting on how things have been for Celtic so far this season.
He said: “It is really difficult, because you always want the best for your children. It doesn’t matter what situation they are in. Today was one of those days that you can’t explain.
“There were so many shots on goal and seven went in. It could have been more. It was, as [Celtic player] Callum McGregor said to me earlier, one of those days when you didn’t get close enough to stop Dortmund.”
Schmeichel senior also revealed that he spoke to his son after the game and told him to be one of the leaders in the dressing room, despite the defeat.
“I spoke to Kasper when he came out of the match. I’m standing right by their dressing room.
“And I said to him, ‘This was a bad, bad day at the office, but don’t add to it. Come on. Be one of the leaders in the dressing room and help the others to progress’.”
He went on to mention that it was only a ‘bad day’ for Celtic and it doesn’t mean that the season has been poor, highlighting how things have been looking quite optimistic elsewhere.
“Up until now, Celtic have played really good football, and there is so much optimism in the club. They have to look at what happened and so on, but it was just a really bad day at the office.”
The Hoops are currently at the top of the Scottish Premiership table and are yet to concede even once in the campaign.
There are still some games for them to turn things around in Europe and that is the advantage of the new format in UEFA competitions.
