DEREK RAE: Celtic must not under-estimate Inter potential

they are very unpredictable.

I said before last week's first leg - and I'll say it again - there is quality in their side; that was evident at Parkhead.

They were disappointed with the eventual outcome, and even Roberto Mancini claimed his side were a bit "arrogant".

However, nobody should underestimate Inter going into tomorrow night's second leg.

Celtic will clearly think they have a chance, but perhaps the weaknesses of the Italians have been overplayed. They conceded three, but so did Ronny Deila's side!

They were disappointed they didn't finish the job at Parkhead because they gave themselves the launch pad to do just that in the opening 14 minutes. Now they have some work to do.

But make no mistake about it, Mancini's team will be confident. They haven't lost in Europe at all this season, and I don't think they reckon that run will come to and end against Celtic.

Will Inter give us any surprises tomorrow? No. Under Mancini they always play a 4-3-1-2, and it was that way in their 2-1 win away to Cagliari on Monday night, and it should be the same against Celtic.

I would imagine the personnel will not change much either. The coach may tinker with it here and there, but I don't foresee wholesale changes. For example, don't expect Nemanja Vidic to make an appearance. In the UK, we maybe over-estimate his importance, but at Inter he is not key to them at all.

Listen, Inter are who they are at the moment. They are a bit eccentric as you don't quite know what is coming next.

I may be on my own in this, but I thought they contributed to the spectacle last week, and Celtic were fantastic in the way they fought back. We saw mistakes from Inter at the back, but we also saw a lot of quality football from them as well.

I have a feeling it won't be a festival of goals in Milan like it was in Glasgow. Many may expect it to be an open affair given how the first leg panned out, but that will not be what Inter have in mind.

Inter may not be the best team in the tournament, but they are certainly in the mix to win the Europa League. There is no question about that and, as such, any ideas that they are there for the taking are quite far off the mark.

This is one of the strongest last-32s I can remember since the competition was rebranded. You have the English teams like Everton and Tottenham, Roma, Sevilla, Villarreal, Borussia Munchengladbach and Salzburg, who we saw at Parkhead in the group stages.

It is anyone's tournament, and Inter are rightly targeting it. They will feel with players like Xherdan Shaqiri, Mauro Icardi, Fredy Guarin and Rodrigo Palacio that they have players from the top of the tree and there is an opportunity here. IF they get by Celtic.

From Inter's point of view, they got caught out a little bit last Thursday and I think they feel they were caught napping.

However, they firmly believe they have enough to see off Celtic. That's the way a top team think. They are a shadow of the team many will associate with Inter Milan, but they are still pretty useful.

Do Celtic have a chance? Of course they do, and they need to play to their strengths. We saw last Thursday that guys like Gary Mackay-Steven running at the Inter defence had Mancini's men rattled, and I would like to think Deila would employ a similar ethos with his game plan tomorrow.

Defensively, the Italians need to tighten up, and that may well could be the key for Celtic to unlock safe passage into the next round.

Regardless, Celtic have given themselves a chance of progression.

My gut still tells me Inter may sneak an early goal to kill the game, but as we saw last week, anything can happen.

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