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Trivia
- St Pauli (Hamburg, Germany) Centenary season so Celtic invited to mark the occasion.
- Carries on the warm relationship between the two clubs (Hamburg is a great city).
- Triple celebration for St Pauli: 1) They got promoted to the Bundesliga 2) Their Centenary season 3) Hansa Rostock FC (club with a strong right-wing fascist element) got demoted to the 3rd tier of German football the day before!
- A great club with an outstanding support. Hopefully we'll get more friendlies with them in time.
- Paddy McCourt scored a screamer of a goal.
- A number of fans couldn't make it due to travel disruptions because of a volcanic eruption in Iceland!!!
Review
It's a great honour to have the club celebrate as opponents to the wonderful St Pauli for their centenary. A magnificent club with a great appreciative support for Celtic, they have followed Celtic in Europe and made us feel welcome whenever we come over. The pre-match was as important as the match itself, and there was plenty of partying. Sadly, due to cancelled/delayed flights cause of a volcanic eruption in Iceland and the recession there were fewer able to make it over. Nevertheless, those who did make it over, loved it, with a great gig and drinking time in the Jolly Roger pub.
The match itself was lively but not exciting. The first half saw some unnecessary fireworks on the pitch between Brown and some St Pauli Players which took the shine off things in some ways. Excluding that, St Pauli were the better side in the first half and should have taken the lead. the second half was a different matter. We commanded the half and out of nowhere, McCourt dazzled all with a superb mazy run and goal. Rasmussen scored a goal to seal a good win, and we could have got a third at the death.
The real victory though was for St Pauli. They had been promoted this season, and saw rivals Rostock relegated. Onwards and upwards. Much respect to them.
Teams
St Pauli:
Borger (Pliquett 5); Oczipka, Thorandt, Eger, Lechner; Bourgault (Daube 62), Schultz; Bruns Hennings, Sukuta-Pasu; Sako (Takyi 63). Subs not used: Morena, Ebbers, Meggle, Gunesch, Boll, Lehmann, Naki, Rothernbach, Kalla
Celtic:
Zaluska (Cervi 70); Hinkel, Thompson (Tolmie 83), Wilson, Caddis; McCourt, Brown, Crosas (Bagshaw 83), Fortune; McGowan (Hutchinson 83), Rasmussen. Sub not used: Johnston
Att: 27,000
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Articles
St Pauli 0 – 2 Celtic: Celtic see out season in style with victory over St Pauli
Link: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/football/St-Pauli-0–2.6303282.jp
McCourt netted a spectacular solo effort just before the hour in Hamburg as Neil Lennon continued his winning run in what may yet be his last match as Celtic manager.
The former Derry player beat three men after collecting the ball on the halfway line on the left flank, before cutting into the penalty box and nutmegging the St Pauli keeper to find the far corner.
Morten Rasmussen sealed the win late on after an impressive second-half display in a match to mark the hosts' centenary.
Celtic were missing the likes of Georgios Samaras, Aiden McGeady and Darren O'Dea as they prepare for international duty but Lennon otherwise went for continuity after winning eight Clydesdale Bank Premier League games in a row.
Lukasz Zaluska was in goal behind Josh Thompson, Mark Wilson, Paul Caddis and captain Andreas Hinkel. Marc Crosas lined up alongside Scott Brown, Marc-Antoine Fortune and McCourt in midfield with Paul McGowan and Rasmussen up front.
Brown livened up a low-key opening by pushing 6ft 7in striker Morike Sako following an innocuous foul. Both players received a yellow card after their team-mates intervened. Zaluska was grateful to see a long free-kick from Rouwen Hennings curl just past before making an acrobatic stop from Richard Sukuta-Pasu's swerving effort.
Fortune was harshly penalised for an aerial challenge as McGowan rolled the ball home and Rasmussen them missed a sitter as he blazed over from 16 yards after Brown had burst through.
Lennon's side stepped up a gear after the restart and McCourt
lit up the contest by cutting in from the left and finishing with aplomb in the 59th minute.
Zaluska took a painful blow to his chest after an outrageous studs-up challenge from Deniz Naki, who was surrounded by angry Celtic players and pushed by Brown.
McCourt almost added another spectacular strike after running at the German defence but his 22-yard strike was touched wide at full stretch, before Zaluska was replaced by Dominic Cervi, although he seemed to have incurred only superficial damage.
Celtic survived a brief spell of pressure and doubled their lead in the 83rd minute. Rasmussen controlled Fortune's low cross with his back to goal before turning a defender and finishing from six yards. Substitute Ben Hutchinson had a chance to make it three but he found the side-netting from a tight angle.
St Pauli:
Borger (Pliquett 5); Oczipka, Thorandt, Eger, Lechner; Bourgault (Daube 62), Schultz; Bruns Hennings, Sukuta-Pasu; Sako (Takyi 63). Subs not used: Morena, Ebbers, Meggle, Gunesch, Boll, Lehmann, Naki, Rothernbach, Kalla
Celtic:
Zaluska (Cervi 70); Hinkel, Thompson (Tolmie 83), Wilson, Caddis; McCourt, Brown, Crosas (Bagshaw 83), Fortune; McGowan (Hutchinson 83), Rasmussen. Sub not used: Johnston
St Pauli 0 Celtic 2: match report
Telegraph.co.uk
By Andrew Lomax
4:13PM BST 19 May 2010
Paddy McCourt's wonder goal put a strong Celtic team on their way to a comfortable friendly victory over St Pauli.
McCourt netted a spectacular solo effort just before the hour in Hamburg as Neil Lennon continued his winning run in what may yet be his last match as Celtic manager.
The former Derry player beat three men after collecting the ball on the halfway line on the left flank, before cutting into the penalty box and nutmegging the St Pauli keeper to find the far corner.
Morten Rasmussen sealed the win late on after an impressive second-half display in a match to mark the hosts' centenary.
Celtic were missing the likes of Georgios Samaras, Aiden McGeady and Darren O'Dea as they prepare for international duty but Lennon otherwise went for continuity after winning eight Clydesdale Bank Premier League games in a row.
Lukasz Zaluska was in goal behind Josh Thompson, Mark Wilson, Paul Caddis and captain Andreas Hinkel. Marc Crosas lined up alongside Scott Brown, Marc-Antoine Fortune and McCourt in midfield with Paul McGowan and Rasmussen up front.
The home fans indulged in several renditions of Celtic anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' but Brown was in no mood for a display of mutual appreciation.
The Scotland midfielder livened up a low-key opening by pushing 6ft 7in striker Mörike Sako following an innocuous foul. Both players received a yellow card after their team-mates intervened.
Zaluska was grateful to see a long free-kick from Rouwen Hennings curl just past before making an acrobatic stop from Richard Sukuta-Pasu's swerving effort.
Fortune was harshly penalised for an aerial challenge as McGowan rolled the ball home and Rasmussen them missed a sitter as he blazed over from 16 yards after Brown had burst through.
Crosas saw two powerful 20-yard drives well saved before Sukuta-Pasu flicked the ball wide after Wilson had misjudged a long ball.
Lennon's side stepped up a gear after the restart and McCourt came close following a great piece of skill in the box.
Thompson crashed a header off the bar from Crosas' corner before McCourt lit up the contest by cutting in from the left and finishing with aplomb in the 59th minute.
Celtic continued to dominate and McGowan earned himself a rebuke from Brown after shooting weakly at the keeper from 18 yards as the Hoops had men over following the midfielder's break.
Zaluska took a painful blow to his chest after an outrageous studs-up challenge from Deniz Naki, who was surrounded by angry Celtic players and pushed by Brown.
McCourt almost added another spectacular strike after running at the German defence but his 22-yard strike was touched wide at full stretch, before Zaluska was replaced by Dominic Cervi, although he seemed to have incurred only superficial damage.
Celtic survived a brief spell of pressure and doubled their lead in the 83rd minute.
Rasmussen controlled Fortune's low cross with his back to goal before turning a defender and finishing from six yards.
Late substitute Ben Hutchinson had a chance to make it three but he found the side-netting from a tight angle.