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Trivia
- First friendly for the new upcoming season.
- Opponents are from Ukraine, match played in Germany.
- Our front line is "A Balde T Watt"
- Summertime and the transfer window has begun.
- Out so far: Miku, Lassad, Rogne.
- In so far: Amido Baldé, Van Dijk
- Trial today for Mouyokolo. Debut for Virgil & Balde, and outings for Celtic club boys(first team debut for Calum Waters)
- New Celtic home top revealed with the multi multi hoops things…. Opinion is split amongst the support.
- Celtic drawn with Cliftonville in Champions League qualifier.
- Hearts enter administration: New SPFL rules state Hearts will start 2013/14 on -15 points as result of suffering insolvency event in close season.
- Remembrance service held to raise plaque for old Belfast Celtic and Celtic favourite Michael Hamill.
- Brazil defeated World Cup winners Spain 3-0 in the final of the Confederations Cup.
Review
First game of the new season (prep wise). Not much to say. Few debuts but the real one comes in the early start with match v Cliftonville in the CL qualifiers.
Teams
SEVASTOPOL (4-4-2):
Makhnovskyy; Mikoliunas, Simonenko, Chyzhov, Nepliakh, Lewandowski, Karnoza, Iaroshenko, Kozhanov, Kovpak, Kuznetsov
Subs: Lytovka, Fedoriv, Gvinianidze, Novak, Voronin, Kramar, Zhabokrytskyi, Malinovskyi, Koval, Farley, Budkivskyi
Goal: Iaroshenko 65)
CELTIC (4-4-2):
Celtic: Forster; Fisher, Virgil (Wilson 46), Mouyokolo, Mulgrew; Kayal, McGeouch, Henderson (Waters 71), Commons (George 74); Balde (Atajic 74), Watt (Hooper 46)
Subs not used: Fasan, Lustig
Stadium: TechnoMarkt-Stadion (Germany)
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Attendance: (small)
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- Match Report (see end of page below)
- Audio Report: Paradise Report
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Sevastopol 1-0 Celtic: Celtic undone by Ukranians
CELTIC suffered a 1-0 defeat against Ukrainian side Sevastopol in the first game of their pre-season tour of Germany last night.
New recruits Virgil Van Dijk and Amido Balde both started. French trialist Steven Mouyokolo, a former Wolves player, was also named in the starting XI alongside youngster Liam Henderson. Former Hearts winger Saulius Mikoliunas started for the Ukrainian side.
Celtic started the stronger of the two sides, with Charlie Mulgrew, captain for the night in the absence of Scott Brown, setting up Mouyokolo whose effort went wide of goal.
Balde then shot over the bar on the 16th minute after being set up by Henderson.
Celtic survived a scare when Sevastopol hit the post before goalkeeper Fraser Forster had to act smartly to deny Denys Kozhanov.
Celtic made two changes at the interval, with Kelvin Wilson replacing Virgil and Gary Hooper coming on for Tony Watt. Balde had the first chance of the second half when he went clean through on the Sevastopol goakkeeper, Konstyantyn Makhnovskyy, but he was denied his debut goal before Wilson’s effort from the rebound was cleared off the line.
Sevastopol, who had been playing second fiddle to the Scottish champions, took the lead just after the hour mark when Kostiantyn Iaroshenko curled home a free kick from the edge of the box.
Celtic brought young Calum Waters on for his first top-team outing, along with Paul George and Bahrudin Atajic, but they were unable to find an equaliser.
Meanwhile, BBC Scotland & Northern Ireland have secured the live rights to Celtic’s Champions League qualifier against Cliftonville in Northern Ireland later this month.
The broadcasters will bring the game to audiences on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland, bbc.co.uk/sportscotland, BBC Two NI and BBC Radio Ulster.
The rights are for the first leg of the qualifying round tie between the two teams at Cliftonville’s ground, Solitude.
The game will be screened on BBC Two Scotland at 7.45pm on Wednesday 17 July.
Hoops defeated in pre-season opener
By: Laura Brannan on 03 Jul, 2013 19:55 Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Celticfc.net
Fuerstenfeldbruk
TechnoMarkt-Stadion
SEVASTOPOL 1
(Iaroshenko 65)
CELTIC 0
CELTIC'S pre-season tour of Germany kicked-off with a 1-0 defeat to Sevastopol, despite the Scottish champions putting in a strong performance.
Kostiantyn Iaroshenko broke the deadlock, against the run of play, just after the hour mark and it proved to be the goal which clinched the victory for the Ukrainian side.
Neil Lennon had named a strong team while a string of players were also handed their Celtic debuts. New Bhoys Virgil Van Dijk and Amido Balde started the game while trialist, Steven Mouyokolo, was also named in the starting XI. Youngsters Liam Henderson and Calum Waters made their senior bows.
Darnell Fisher created the Hoops' first chance on nine minutes, making a trademark run down the right flank and crossing the ball into the box. Balde couldn’t make contact in front of goal though.
A free-kick was swung in by Kris Commons two minutes later. It found captain for the evening, Charlie Mulgrew, who was in a good space at the back post. He headed it back in for Mouyokolo but his effort went wide of target.
Celtic continued to push forward and Balde did well to pounce on a poor clearance on the 16th minute. He squared the ball back to Henderson who returned it straight back, but the Portuguese striker sent it over the bar.
With their first effort on target, Sevastopol hit the post four minutes later. Fraser Forster reacted well to prevent the loose ball from turning into the net though, and Mulgrew cleared the danger.
And shortly after, the keeper was on hand again to deny the Ukrainian side. He made a diving block to prevent Denys Kozhanov from opening the scoring and the resulting corner came to nothing.
That was the last productive chance on target before the break and the remainder of the first-half was played out in the middle third.
Celtic started the second-half with two substitutes, Kelvin Wilson replacing Virgil and Gary Hooper coming on for Watt.
But it was Balde who had the first chance when he charged one-on-one with the Sevastopol keeper, Konstyantyn Makhnovskyy. He was denied his debut goal before Wilson's follow up effort was cleared off the line.
But against the run of play Sevastopol took the lead just after the hour mark. A soft free-kick was given against Beram Kayal for handball, despite the midfielder claiming it hit his shoulder.
Iaroshenko curled home the free-kick from the edge of the box and found the bottom corner of Forster's net to take the advantage.
Celtic continued to push forward as the game entered the final stages, bringing Waters, Paul George and Bahrudin Atajic into the fray. And they fought deep into stoppage time for an equaliser.
George looked sharp as he combined with Dylan McGeouch and Mulgrew, before fellow youth prospect, Atajic, came close to heading home in the 93rd minute.
A good cross from Mulgrew, in the closing seconds, then found Kelvin Wilson, but the English defender couldn’t find the target for the crucial equaliser and Sevastopol sealed the victory.
SEVASTOPOL (4-4-2): Makhnovskyy; Mikoliunas, Simonenko, Chyzhov, Nepliakh, Lewandowski, Karnoza, Iaroshenko, Kozhanov, Kovpak, Kuznetsov
Subs: Lytovka, Fedoriv, Gvinianidze, Novak, Voronin, Kramar, Zhabokrytskyi, Malinovskyi, Koval, Farley, Budkivskyi
CELTIC (4-4-2): Celtic: Forster; Fisher, Virgil (Wilson 46), Mouyokolo, Mulgrew; Kayal, McGeouch, Henderson (Waters 71), Commons (George 74); Balde (Atajic 74), Watt (Hooper 46)
Subs not used: Fasan, Lustig