Inverness Caledonian Thistle boss John Hughes accepts that his players may be intimidated playing Celtic in their Scottish Cup semi-final tie at Hampden Park on Sunday.
Hughes' men held Celtic to a 1-1 draw when the two sides met in the Scottish Premiership last weekend, but the Bhoys still start as red hot favourites to put the Jags to the sword and continue their relentless march towards a domestic treble of trophies.
The Inverness boss believes his players deserve to be on the same stage as Celtic and are capable of giving Ronny Deila's men a good game.
But taking into account the intimidation factor of playing Scotland's champions and the fact the game is at Hampden, Hughes feels settling quickly will be key when the whistle is blown.
He was quoted as saying by the BBC: "It's intimidating playing Celtic at the best of times but in the national stadium we need to settle very quickly.
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"If we can keep the back door shut for as long as we can, we'll give ourselves a chance.
"The boys have earned the right to be there and give Celtic a real game.
"And the pressure might just be more on Celtic, you never know. They are going for the treble after all", Hughes added.
Inverness currently sit third in the Premiership table, 21 points behind league leaders Celtic.
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