Nigeria international Efe Ambrose is in a race against time to join the Glasgow Celtic squad that will tackle Slovenian side, Maribor, in the first leg, play - off round of the Champions League on Wednesday night.<br /><br />The stopper is eligible for the match at Ljudski vrt, but an administrative goof prevented him from traveling with the rest of the squad to Slovenia. <br /><br />Efe Ambrose picked up a red card in the away leg of the third qualifying fixture against Legia Warsaw, and served his one - match ban in the return leg.<br /><br />However, UEFA cancelled the fixture, awarding a 3 - 0 victory to the Scottish champions, after their opponents fielded an ineligible player.<br /><br />There had been doubts that the central defender did not sit out that game since it was cancelled, but UEFA has confirmed otherwise.<br /><br />The Beijing Olympic silver medalist will join his teammates in Slovenia this morning.<br /><br /><br />