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00:00a great chat there at half time with Matthew Campbell and Benji Negrin and you can check
00:20that podcast and plenty of others. Matthew has been catching up with some of the first
00:25team squad out in Portugal including Ciarán Tierney and plenty of other great content
00:31including a chat with Rianne Downey, singer-songwriter, a big Celtic fan. She's in the latest issue
00:39of The Celtic View which is also available in Celtic stores or online and it's got a slightly,
00:46it's an iconic cover, a pastiche of the Oasis, definitely maybe album cover and I know Simon
00:52you're quite a big fan of Oasis so I think immediately as soon as you come in the office
00:57you're like I'm having a copy of that. Yeah and thankfully you gave me one. Yeah it caught
01:02my eye and I've had a quick flick through it, I'm going to read it when I go home and yeah
01:07there's a strong hint of music, Oasis, Stone Roses are in there as well, Rianne Downey who's
01:13been fabulous in recent times so yeah looks a tart that front cover. Yeah. Just disappointed
01:19I didn't make the mantelpiece. Because I was actually checking, I know you've been on holiday
01:23but actually I was wondering whether you were actually just on the unofficial Oasis tour
01:27down in Cardiff and then Manchester because I know you'll be going to see the band. I'm
01:31waiting patiently, I'm going through to Murrayfield next month so I'm looking forward to it
01:35since some of the stuff on social media looks absolutely fabulous.
01:38The Celtic players just back on the pitch. We understand that Vilsin Asalo is going to
01:43replace Kasper Schmeichel. I think Johnny Kenny might be coming on at half time as well, I'm
01:48guessing for Adameda we'll just wait and see. Also before the sporting players appear, I have
01:55to congratulate Deborah McGregor from Glasgow who is the winner of the Virtual Paradise Windfall
02:02Jackpot of £3,000. The draw sponsored by Howden Insurance. So wonderful evening for
02:09Deborah. She's now £3,000 richer thanks to the Virtual Paradise Windfall and she'll just
02:16be hoping in the second 45 minutes that we can get a couple of Celtic goals.
02:20Yeah, we'll just look at this Adameda opportunity again. That was the best one of that first 45.
02:27A couple of efforts on goal that Kasper Schmeichel had to deal with but certainly that Adameda
02:32chance was by far the best chance of that first 45.
02:40Negrin with a chance as well. Dyson Maeda's volley from the Callum McGregor ball over the
02:46top. That was probably the other great opportunity for Celtic.
02:48Yeah, here we see it now. Fantastic ball from Callum. As I said at the time, it's a trademark
02:51run from Maeda. It just takes off. It makes the mind up and then it's the quality of the
02:56pass from the skipper and it just catches that clean down the throat of the goalkeeper.
03:00Two or three times there. The Negrin one as well that was blocked. Celtic looked reasonably
03:06sharp at this stage of the pre-season.
03:13Score number 45 minutes in the Stadio Algarve. So, Johnny Kenny about to come on.
03:19Sporting will be making a few changes themselves as well.
03:25We expect Brendan Rodgers probably more between the 60 to 70 minute mark to start bringing
03:40some of the other players on until we're almost at a changed 11. We'll see Will Sinasalo.
03:47Well, no, he's definitely coming on for Kasper Schmeichel. Yeah, I think at this stage,
03:53there'll be a scientific thought process as well getting the boys an hour under their belt
03:58at this stage. But I think for the flow of the game as well, it helps. I mean, that's a great
04:04sight. Celtic hoops right beside the Sportman hoops just sitting side beside. Green and white
04:09everywhere.
04:14I expect that one Irishman will replace another Irishman up front. And I noticed that quite
04:22a few of the Celtic fans who watched the game at the weekend on Celtic TV, especially the
04:26first half, were quite impressed. You could hear Will Sinasalo's voice all the way through
04:31the first half, shouting instructions, coaching the defence. And that's a great thing when you
04:37see the goalkeeper who's actually actively involved when we don't have the ball as much
04:41as when we do.
04:42Yeah, he needs to be. And listen, I was really impressed with him when he came in at the end
04:45of last season when Kasper was out injured. And he never let anybody down. I thought he
04:51performed really well. It's a difficult position, a goalkeeper, because if somebody's got the
04:56gloves, so to speak, it's hard to shift them unless they get injured. Kasper's regarded
05:00as the number one and Sinasalo has to be there and ready. And he has been when he came
05:06in. But it's great organising from the back, so important with that back four.
05:10Yeah, we've been lucky last season with three of Kasper Schmeichel, Wilson Sinasalo and
05:15Scott Bain. Scott's moved on, we've now got Ross Doohan. The fourth and probably the most
05:21important person in all that is Stevie Woods.
05:23Yeah, yeah. He's always here. He's had to work with some fabulous goalkeepers over his
05:30time at the club. He's been so long around the place.
05:32And I think he makes them better. Yeah, yeah. Fantastic coach. And, you know, you need
05:38that. But as I say, it's a weird position. I've worked in the game. I've played with
05:43goalkeepers. You know, it's not like you see a one-band game and you switch it. It's a difficult
05:50position. You have to be so patient.
05:51I was once mistaken for Stevie Woods.
05:54You were?
05:54Yeah, we were in a pre-season in Prague and I walked out of the hotel and there was all
05:58these autograph hunters with the folders and they were asking people to sign and the
06:01guy stopped me and he said, could he sign? And it was Stevie Woods. And I was like to
06:06the other guys, I knew I shouldn't have worn my goalie gloves out.
06:09I hope you sign all that crap. That was mistaken for Sean Maloney in the supermarket last year
06:15but that's enough for that one. A wee bit taller on Sean.
06:18I was going to say, I thought that was maybe a height thing.
06:20A wee bit taller. Come on.
06:21So a raft of changes for the Portuguese side at the break. Not so many for Celtic. So with
06:32each passing game, the players just get a wee bit more game time in their legs. So Johnny
06:37Kenny will take his place up front in place of Adam Eder.
06:41Sinasalo and goals. So Celtic will line up with Sinasalo between the sticks.
06:46Ralston scales, Murray and Tierney, the back four.
06:50McGregor, Hatate and Negrin, the midfield trio.
06:53And then Forrest, Kenny and Maeda, the front three.
06:56Maeda, good strength in Hatate.
07:11McGregor just gets beyond his mind. Nice play from the Celtic captain.
07:14Finds Ralston. Suddenly Celtic on the edge of the box. It's with Forrest.
07:17Forrest drives it low.
07:19Looking for Kenny. It should be a penalty.
07:21It is a penalty. The first action for the Celtic substitute is to be fouled.
07:25And Celtic will have a chance within the first 60 seconds.
07:37Well, the referee.
07:41Sure, he just pointed to the spot there.
07:43Well, who will be the penalty taker, of course, are the angles.
07:47So often the spot kick expert for Celtic. He's on the bench tonight.
07:52You see the cross again, but it's a fantastic build-up play again.
07:54And you can hear the manager on the touchline.
07:57And it's a really well-worked move again as he points to the spot.
08:00Yes, and just didn't see Kenny just getting in.
08:03Yeah, getting his body in front.
08:04But it was well-worked from the other side of the pitch initially.
08:07Crisp passing.
08:08Rayo Hatate, the chance to open the scoring.
08:13He scored at the weekend.
08:14Can he make it two from two?
08:16He steps forwards.
08:18And he fires it beyond the goalkeeper who got a touch on it,
08:22but just couldn't quite keep it out.
08:24From Rayo Hatate.
08:25That's relief.
08:26Yeah, the keeper, he went for power.
08:30And I think the keeper guessed right.
08:32And we'll need to see.
08:32I just don't know if it deflects underneath the body.
08:35But yeah, that was a smile of relief there.
08:38But a well-worked move in the build-up to the penalty.
08:41Crisp passing again from Celtic on the left.
08:43Switch to the right.
08:45As we see, Rayo just going for power here.
08:48Yeah, I don't know what the goalkeeper did.
08:50He kind of got a touch and then it squirmed under his body.
08:54No wonder Rayo Hatate was smiling there.
08:56But the goal came from great combination play between the midfield trio.
09:00It really did on that left-hand side.
09:02We've seen it throughout this game at times.
09:04Crisp passing, accurate passing, well-weighted.
09:07Working the ball.
09:08There's a little bit of McGregor magic now though the park is well in the lead-up.
09:12A nice move.
09:13The Celtic fans, I'm sure plenty of them were on holiday in the Algarve.
09:17It's just an added bonus that Celtic are playing here tonight.
09:21And they get the opportunity to see the team in action.
09:27So Celtic lead Sporting Club by a goal to nil.
09:30A penalty from Rayo Hatate.
09:34Johnny Kenny, not even sure if he touched the ball before he was fouled there by the Dutch defender.
09:42James Forrest has stayed down there.
09:47I need to see that one again, but Forrest took a knock.
09:54Should have it was a challenge from race to Brazilian.
09:57I don't think you want to go on the wrong side of Anthony Ralston.
10:08Friendly or not.
10:09He's not too happy with the reaction of the Sporting player.
10:12Not wanting to give James the time to recover.
10:15Not sure what happened.
10:16I don't know if you will see the penalty again.
10:18But Johnny Kenny just gets his body in on the blind side and wins the penalty.
10:24I mean, I don't think the defender saw it, but it's a wild challenge in the end.
10:28It was actually a good play from Kenny.
10:30Yeah, he just gets on the blind side, gets his body in front and forces the contact.
10:35This will never be the best penalty that Rio's ever taken, but it goes in.
10:38That's what matters.
10:44Well, he opened the scoring early in the game at the weekend.
10:47He's opened the scoring early in the second half.
10:49Thankfully, James Forrest back on his feet.
10:52And Celtic lead in the Estadio, Algarve.
10:55Here comes Celtic again.
11:01Switched inside to the goal scorer.
11:04Thought about the shot.
11:06In the end.
11:08Caught in two minds.
11:10Seem to take a challenge just after he hit it with his left foot there.
11:14I think if he'd been on his right, he would have definitely just unleashed a shot.
11:16I think, as you say, he was caught in two minds of his players on the right-hand side.
11:21And then maybe for a split-second thought, will a pass.
11:24And before, that's all it takes.
11:26Before he could make his mind up, the opportunity was almost gone.
11:35Ball played forward.
11:37Sporting looking to get back on level terms.
11:41Just about to make a couple of more substitutes.
11:43It's taken a wee bit of time to settle into the game.
11:48Maybe see that with Celtic when they do start to make those rafter changes.
11:51Yeah, sometimes a little bit of the rhythm goes out the game with all the changes.
11:55Certainly on the 50-minute, Mark, the manager will be happy.
12:02Ball over hit.
12:03Easily galled by Sinasamo.
12:05Nice touch from Kenny, finds Negrin.
12:22Forward now to Forrest.
12:24Plays it through, Kenny.
12:27Play from the Celtic striker.
12:29Tries to thread that one back through to his captain.
12:31Andre Alston challenges for that one.
12:35Knocks it only into the path of Kinkalbez.
12:38Fries forward.
12:39He slides it through while he was looking for a run there of Conrad Harder,
12:45who would have had to run much harder to get that one.
12:47That's a comment that deserves an apology, really, doesn't it?
12:53It doesn't even merit a comment.
12:57Silence.
12:59Speaks more than any words could.
13:01Nice ball inside from Murray again.
13:03It's played well tonight, the young Celtic defender.
13:07Tierney.
13:08Takes up the plate.
13:09Raulston.
13:32Back again now to Sinasamo.
13:34On the edge of the D, finds Raulston.
13:36He clips it forward.
13:37And Negrin's got a bit of space down this right flank.
13:40Drives forward.
13:40He's got Forrest inside.
13:42Plays the one-two.
13:49Celtic really comfortable in possession tonight.
13:51Yeah, they are.
13:52And again, Negrin there.
13:53Just his game awareness.
13:56Putting it in, receiving it, protecting it, keeping the ball.
14:02Dyson right up.
14:04Shows great pace.
14:05Round the end.
14:06Good defensive play there by the young Spanish player, Prisneder.
14:14And then that goes out of play for a goal kick.
14:16Yeah, not an easy task to defend against Dyson and Maeda.
14:24He does okay there, but you just know Maeda's never going to let it up.
14:28And then they're penalised for the challenge.
14:41Strong challenge there.
14:42Celtic's number 53, 63, sorry, it's 53 minutes gone.
14:50Celtic lead by a goal to nil.
14:51Real Hattati's penalty after Johnny Kenny was fouled inside the box.
14:57Brennan Rodgers will be pleased with the way his side have started this second half.
15:01Scales knocks that one through to Hattati.
15:03Gives it to his captain.
15:04And again, Celtic finding space.
15:13Real Hattati.
15:16Always cool under pressure.
15:17Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on.
15:22Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on.
15:29Murray looking to find Kenny, Kenny tries to knock it inside, looking for the return from Negrim, but it's taken off his toes.
15:40Fattati pressing, Maeda moves forward now.
15:44And again, forcing Sporting just to play that one high.
15:47And Celtic deal with that well, the two central defenders.
15:50Scales take this play again
15:52Sounds comfortable on the ball
15:54Scales knocks that one through
15:58Kenny challenge from behind
15:59You can hear the manager
16:02President Liam Scales there for that pass inside
16:05Yeah it's a good positive pass
16:06Into the feet of the striker again
16:08And if you can't get it under control
16:10You know
16:12It's a free kick
16:13With the defender coming into the back of him
16:15But it's a nice weighted pass into the feet
16:17I'm not sure what
16:21Gerry just has against
16:24Johnny Kenny but he's taking two or three kicks
16:26You know the penalty
16:27As a striker it's just important to keep your body
16:34Between you and
16:35The ball
16:37And as I say it forces a free kick because if they try to
16:40Get through you at that
16:41Pace
16:42If you can't get the ball under control
16:46Get the free kick
16:46Ralston slides it through again
16:53To Negrin
16:54Just clicks it back
16:55To San Asalo
16:56Turn it
17:02Maida knocks that one forward
17:05Looking to try and find
17:06Johnny Kenny
17:06This time the ball taken off his toes
17:08By
17:08The defender
17:10But Callum McGregor
17:11Threads it through to Negrin
17:12Thought of it
17:14Playing it to
17:14Inside channel
17:16But
17:16Maida checked his run
17:17I think he might have just gone offside
17:19Good play
17:21From the Celtic
17:22Midfield again
17:23I think Dyson Meadows looking for the foul
17:37Nothing given
17:38Yeah we're talking about at half time
17:44In terms of Negrin
17:45When he's played so many games
17:46At a young age
17:47He's got a level of experience there
17:49And a game knowledge
17:51And he seems to make the right decision
17:53More often than not
17:54That time you're quite right
17:55Maida was creeping offside
17:56And he realised that
17:57He held on
17:58To get back onside
17:59It's good to see
18:01You know he's got a good bit of game knowledge there
18:03And that's what he's doing in there
18:05Good play from Kenny
18:06Just shields the ball
18:07Suddenly Celtic open up the play
18:09On the right hand side
18:10James Forrest
18:11Inside now to Hitate again
18:14Tries to knock it through
18:15Towards Johnny Kenny
18:16Just too many
18:17Sporting players in front of him
18:19Goalkeeper almost
18:26First touch
18:27Nearly let him down
18:28But Sporting managed to pass that one forward
18:30Down that left flank
18:31Forrest goes down
18:35Looking for the foul
18:36Nothing given
18:36Ralston stayed down as well
18:40The challenge
18:41Not a few bodies going down
18:42But Sporting into the box
18:43It's a chance for Harder
18:45And it's saved by Sinisalo
18:46First opportunity for
18:49The Portuguese side of the second half
18:51But Celtic's finished
18:52Goalkeeper denies
18:53The Sporting striker
18:55It's strong play
18:58Strong running
19:00And then he gets a shot away here
19:02Has it hit the post?
19:03It might have hit the post actually
19:04Thought the keeper had saved it initially
19:07But the power
19:07And it comes off the bottom of the post there
19:09So first opportunity of the second half
19:22For the Portuguese champions
19:23Still Celtic lead by a goal to nil
19:27Making it another change
19:29Of course you're this way late
19:35Will replace
19:37Morten Holman
19:39The captain
19:40So the Dane off
19:55The Georgian on
19:55Celtic on the attack
19:58The ball switched across
20:00And Sheppard had back
20:01By Rhys
20:03The Brazilian now
20:05In possession of the captain's armband
20:07Time for Sporting
20:07We approach the hour mark
20:09Celtic
20:24Their fourth game of pre-season
20:26They've got three more after this
20:28Newcastle United
20:30Three o'clock kick-off
20:31And Saturday afternoon
20:32At Celtic Park
20:33That should be a great game
20:34Ajax
20:35Next Thursday
20:37In the Como Cup
20:378.30 kick-off
20:39And then
20:39Either the Saturday
20:40Or Sunday
20:41Depending on
20:42The Ajax result
20:43Against Como
20:44Or Ali
20:45Before the team
20:47Head back
20:47For the countdown
20:49To the new
20:50League season
20:51Of course the competitive action
20:54In Scotland
20:55Has started
20:56Well wonderful play there
20:57From Anthony Ralston
20:59League Cup
21:04Celtic of course
21:05The holders of that trophy
21:06They won't join
21:07Until the knockout stages
21:08It's the group stages
21:09At the moment
21:09It's Dane Murray
21:13Shrugs off
21:15One player
21:16Knocks that one through
21:17Negrin
21:18Over the halfway line again
21:19Dries forward
21:20Forrest is out
21:20Way
21:20Just rolls it to the Celtic winner
21:22And Forrest again
21:26Fouled
21:27Well you'd have to say
21:30Gerry St-Jus
21:31Would be sent off
21:32If this wasn't a friendly
21:33Because he would have been
21:34Booked for the penalty
21:34And he's
21:36I'm not sure
21:37Do you give him the benefit of the doubt
21:39Because he's just tired
21:39And it's pre-season
21:40Because his challenges
21:41Are really lazy now
21:42I think pre-season
21:44Plays a factor
21:46I know it shouldn't
21:46But it probably does
21:47But I was really impressed
21:48With the run out
21:49From defence
21:51Again with Murray
21:51He's passed some decent ones
21:54Forward tonight
21:55He's strolled forward that time
21:56Negrin on the set piece
22:01Chance to deliver the ball
22:02Into the box
22:03An hour gone
22:03Can Celtic double the lead
22:05The ball clipped to the far post
22:06To Scales
22:07He plays it to the far post
22:10It's a chance for Celtic
22:11Oh, wider
22:15Looking for the corner kick there
22:17I thought when Scales brought that one down
22:19He was going to have a go himself
22:20Yeah, just
22:21A little delicate loft
22:23Back to where it came from
22:25Trying to find my head
22:26At the far post
22:26Some ways
22:40Knocks that one back
22:41To
22:41Jerry St. Just
22:44A chance for sporting
22:47Edge of the box
22:49It's fired
22:51Goalwards
22:52By
22:53From Cal
22:54But in the end
22:55Comfortable save there
22:57From Sinisaro
22:58Yeah, he's seen it all the way
22:59There wasn't enough power on it
23:00To
23:00Have any sort of problem
23:02That is cool under pressure
23:10From Celtic
23:11And suddenly
23:11The play opens up
23:13Murray and Scales
23:14Combining well
23:15Hatati just
23:23Overhit that one
23:24Probably the first
23:25Overhit pass I think
23:26Hatati's played
23:27In just over an hour
23:28Because he's played very well
23:29To me
23:29It was the correct pass
23:30Well, he's seen
23:31Negra in there
23:32Available
23:33Just got it wrong
23:34The ball switched
23:47Right to left
23:49Now in the first half
23:50Probably caused a
23:51Few more problems
23:52Down that left line
23:53Sporting
23:54Celtic have
23:54Stopped the ball
23:55Being played out there
23:56I don't think
23:59Sporting have had
24:00Enough of the ball
24:00That's a problem
24:01Yeah
24:01I think
24:02We've
24:03The better of the play
24:04Certainly in this
24:04Second half
24:05At the start of it
24:06They've not caused
24:07Too many problems
24:08As they try to work it
24:09Out to the left
24:09Here again
24:10The ball knocked forward
24:16And suddenly
24:17It's played into the box
24:18Good defensive header
24:19Away there
24:20From Scales
24:21Yeah
24:23I think we should stop
24:24Highlighting their
24:25Deficiencies in the second half
24:26Because they just
24:26Tried to disprove us
24:27They had a shot
24:30Off the post as well
24:31But
24:31They haven't been under
24:33Certainly haven't been under
24:34Too much pressure
24:35Good ball
24:43Played over to the right
24:44Hand side
24:45It's knocked back
24:47Played away
24:48And curled wide
24:49You can see what
24:50Cowboys was trying to do
24:52But he just couldn't
24:53Cull that one in
24:54It's gone behind
24:56For a goal kick
24:57It's a fantastic ping
24:57Across the pitch there
24:58Right to his team
25:00Mets toe
25:01And as this comes back
25:02Yeah
25:03I think I'm just trying to
25:04Ease it in at that far
25:05Post
25:06But he's not got
25:06Anywhere near the bend
25:08That's needed
25:08That's a late challenge
25:23There
25:23I still think
25:30Referees are allowed
25:30To book people
25:31In friendlies
25:31Yeah
25:32That's a poor
25:33That's a poor challenge
25:35For some of you
25:36Followed through
25:37With the right
25:38Now that should be
25:43A booking
25:43For the 18 year old
25:45Let's see
25:46Quite a few players
25:47On the Celtic bench
25:49Poised and ready
25:51To come on
25:51That's Atty
26:07Knocked it through
26:08Looking for Maida
26:09One last opportunity
26:11For the players
26:12That are on the pack
26:12To add to the scoring
26:13Before
26:14The changes are made
26:16I think we expect
26:22Obviously we've had
26:23The two changes
26:24At half time
26:24That the
26:25The back four
26:26Will go
26:26McPherson, Donovan,
26:28Trusty and Inamura
26:29In the midfield trio
26:30Ewer, McEwen and Engels
26:32And then Tillio and Yang
26:33Will join Kenny up front
26:3425 minutes remaining
26:39So a good workout
26:40For the Celtic players
26:41And they are leading
26:43Thanks to that man
26:43On the ball there
26:44Real Hatati
26:45Thank you
27:15I'm sure the players
27:16On the touchline
27:17Will just be desperate
27:17For somebody to foul
27:19Or the ball to do
27:21So they can
27:21Get on and get a run out
27:24Gosh, you guys have
27:38He's looked decent
27:39Since he's come on
27:40The Georgian
27:41That's sporting
27:42An opportunity
27:43Or it just goes
27:44Beyond
27:46Truncao
27:46And there's the ball
27:47Out of play
27:48And I think that
27:49I would expect
27:51Well, it's more
27:51To take the
27:52Throw in quickly
27:53I thought the Celtic players
27:54Would have been
27:54Coming on
27:55The pitch on mass
27:57And again
27:58A good ball
27:59From the Georgian
28:00But scales
28:01Intercepts
28:02Tierney
28:03Tierney keeps that one
28:03In play
28:04McGregor does well
28:10Negrin
28:11Goes down
28:12Foul
28:12Against the Swede
28:14And I think that
28:17Will be
28:17The signal
28:19Again
28:20A few fouls
28:21Against
28:21Negrin
28:22First touch
28:30In the end
28:31Let Fresneda
28:32Down
28:32So
28:3367th minute
28:38Maybe an appropriate
28:39Time for Celtic
28:40To make all these
28:41Changes
28:41Oh, you're scribbling
28:50Them down
28:516
28:587
28:59Donovan and McPherson
29:14Amongst the substitutes
29:15Arne Engel's on as well
29:16And this is where
29:26Perhaps Sporting
29:27Will look to maybe
29:28Take advantage
29:30Of the fact that
29:31Celtics
29:31Effectively
29:33Change their
29:34Entire team
29:36More or less
29:37Yeah
29:39They will do
29:40But again
29:42It's
29:42Boys that are coming on
29:43Eager to please
29:45And impress
29:46Kyle Ewert
29:48Clips that one through
29:49Looking for Johnny Kenny
29:50The ball breaks forward
29:51Engels trying to knock it
29:53Into the path of Yang
29:54Yang battling for the ball
29:57The foul given
29:59So
30:00Celtic line up with
30:04Sinisalo on goals
30:05The back four of
30:06Ben McPherson
30:07Robbie Donovan
30:08Robbie Donovan
30:08Austin Trusty
30:09And Amura
30:10Ewer
30:11Kyle Ewer
30:12Luke McCown
30:13Arne Engels
30:14And then up front
30:16Johnny Kenny through the middle
30:17Marco Tillio on the right
30:19Yang on the left
30:20George is not happy with that challenge
30:36He's looked decent on the ball
30:37Since he's come on
30:38Yeah he's been involved
30:38Quite a bit
30:39Lovely little cross field pass
30:41With the ping
30:42He wasn't best pleased with the
30:44Challenge from Arne Engels there
30:46Trusty does well
30:56Gets there
30:56Lovely played to
30:58Inamura
30:58Back to Sinisalo
31:00Inamura again
31:03Takes a touch
31:04Fires that one long
31:06Looking for Kenny
31:08But it's intercepted
31:09McCown battling in the middle of the park
31:12Does well
31:13Look McCown
31:14You can see why he's angry
31:18I don't think
31:19I don't think it was a foul either way
31:21To be honest
31:21I thought
31:21All players were just
31:22Back to the ball
31:23Yeah
31:24Just
31:24Challenging to win the ball
31:26Got his leg in
31:27I thought the referee
31:29Initially was about to
31:30Let it play
31:31But pulled it back
31:32For the free kick
31:3220 minutes
31:38Remaining
31:39In the stadio
31:40Algarve
31:40Celtic still leads
31:41By that early second half penalty
31:43From Real Hattati
31:45Gets
31:46Sporting
31:47The ball on the edge of the box
31:53But it's taken off the toes
31:54And suddenly Celtic on the attack
31:56Johnny Kenny gets the break of the ball
31:58Good play from the Irishman
32:00Drives forward
32:01Threads that one through the middle
32:02It's a chance for Luke McCown
32:03Still Luke McCown
32:04Oh that's a wonderful goal
32:06He skipped past the challenge
32:08Johnny Kenny
32:10The provider
32:11Luke McCown
32:12What a clinical finish
32:14And Celtic
32:15Lead by two goals
32:17To nil
32:17A great goal
32:18On the counter attack
32:19It started on the edge
32:20Of the Celtic box
32:21Ended up
32:22In the sporting net
32:23And Luke McCown
32:23Showed great presence of mind there
32:25Just to slot the ball
32:27Beyond the goalkeeper
32:282-0 to Celtic
32:29It's a fantastic finish
32:30It really is
32:31He's through and goal
32:32Easy to snatch at it
32:34Here's the composure
32:35Just to take that extra touch
32:36Open the goal up a little bit more
32:38You see it here again
32:41Real composure
32:46I think there's a little nutmeg there
32:47Possibly
32:48Just to get it back onto his left foot
32:50Gives himself a little bit more angle
32:52And then just
32:54Passes it into the net
32:55It's a fantastic finish
32:57When it would have been easy
32:58With players round about him
32:59To maybe snatch at it initially
33:00It shows real composure
33:01Great finish there
33:04From Luke McCown
33:05Not long on the pitch
33:07Celtic lead by
33:09Two goals to nil
33:10Much to the delight
33:12Of the Celtic fans
33:14And the crowd
33:16At the Estadio Algarve
33:17Johnny Kenny did well there
33:19Getting that ball
33:20I mean it was
33:21It was good play from Celtic
33:22On the edge of her own box
33:23But Johnny Kenny did well
33:24Just to create the space
33:25Yeah
33:25Keep the ball
33:26And once it gets to that
33:29Man's toes round about the box
33:30As we've seen last season
33:32It shows real composure at times
33:33Doesn't panic
33:35Doesn't feel as if
33:36He has to snatch at anything
33:37It's a real cool finish
33:41Water break
33:51Although the Celtic players
33:53Have barely been on the park
33:54And you know
33:55They'll be wanting the game
33:56To keep going
33:57They've just
33:58Entered the fray
34:00As we said there
34:01Eager to please
34:02All of a sudden
34:03It's two nil
34:03If we want to kick on
34:06Good play from Luke McCown
34:16Just gave himself a better angle
34:20On his left foot
34:20By flicking the ball through the players
34:22Yeah and as I say
34:22It's easy
34:23Because you're aware of players
34:24Bearing down
34:25On the right and left of you
34:27You're under pressure
34:29The keeper's approaching
34:30Cool head
34:31Just took that little touch
34:32Opens it up a little bit for him
34:34And slots it
34:35Good play from Celtic
34:42A good goal
34:43Classic counter-attacking goal
34:4517 minutes remaining
34:46And Celtic lead by two goals to nil
34:49Now you can hear Brendan Rodgers
35:04Shouting instructions from the touchline
35:06But again he'll be pleased
35:07Not only with how the starting eleven did
35:09For the first hour or so
35:10But even having changed the team
35:12How they've started the game
35:13Yeah because it can interrupt
35:15I keep saying it
35:16Rhythm to the game
35:18But they're under instruction
35:20You know they'll have the same shape
35:21They'll work through it in training
35:23It's about going on there
35:26And impressing
35:26And taking the opportunity
35:27Well having got this two goal lead
35:34They'll want to maintain
35:36If not add to it
35:37Still working hard
35:38The ball's not followed again
35:40And Amura penalised for the challenge
35:43Just over the halfway line
35:45And there's a barge into the back of
35:56Frizznedda
35:57May have come sporting
36:01Katamo on the right-hand side
36:04He's into the box
36:05The ball blocked
36:07By Amura
36:10And I think it took a touch
36:12Of Katamo
36:13And it out for
36:14A goal kick
36:15So we've swapped
36:16The Mozambique winger
36:17On to the right-hand side
36:19Yeah it's a good block
36:21From Amura
36:22And it just comes back off
36:23This voting player
36:24Good defending
36:25Portuguese side
36:3415 minutes remaining
36:37Looking to
36:38Even reduce the deficit
36:39Again Celtic forcing
36:52Sporting back
36:53Johnny Kenny
36:55A challenge there
36:58Number 14
37:00Gets back
37:01On his feet
37:02No
37:09Look McCown
37:11Book there
37:11Not sure if he was just trying to stop the free kick being taken
37:14The referee
37:16Very lenient with the challenges
37:17But
37:18Yeah he's happy to
37:19Look in the book for that one
37:21So
37:23A goal
37:24And a yellow card
37:25For Luke McCown
37:25He's only been on the park for about
37:28Ten minutes or so
37:30And Amura penalised for the challenge there
37:45And Katamo
37:46But it's a free kick
37:47Deep in
37:47Sporting territory
37:49So Johnny Kenny
37:52Gets the foul
37:53Penalised for the foul
37:56But Luke McCown
37:57The man in the book
37:58Yeah I just think he tried to stop
37:59The sports team player taking it quickly
38:01But you can look at the work rate again
38:07From the subs coming on
38:08And you can hear the manager encouraging them on the
38:10Touchline
38:11Moving it back again
38:15Donovan
38:22In the centre circle
38:23Just lays it for Trusty
38:25Forward now to Ewer
38:26Back again to the American
38:28Celtic in possession on the halfway line
38:36Out wide to Amura
38:39Yang back to Engels
38:42Where he's fouled
38:46Well certainly looked like a foul
38:48I don't think the Celtic bench
38:52Kosher is really
38:54He's certainly put himself about
38:56As well
38:57But this time the referee
38:59Intervious to those claims
39:01He's fisked with his mouth
39:01Whether the
39:02The official on the touchline
39:05Managed to tell him
39:07Something otherwise
39:07It looked as if he was going to give the foul
39:09Ben McPherson
39:24At right back
39:25Colby Donovan inside
39:26Partnering with Austin Trusty
39:28At the back
39:28Two of their young players
39:31On this trip
39:32And again a chance for them to
39:34Catch the eye of the manager
39:36Johnny Kenny
39:39Pressing the back line
39:40Look at McCown
39:42Scorer of that second goal
39:43Katamo
39:59Stays down under the challenge
40:01I don't think
40:02And Amura
40:03Was impressed
40:04I think he's trying to nick in
40:17Nick in in front of him
40:18I don't think there's much in it
40:19He maybe rolled his ankle slightly
40:21But you can hear the manager
40:24Encouraging them to go and press
40:26Not giving Sporting a minute
40:28That high press
40:29Like this
40:30Just a good challenge there
40:47Play from the American
40:50And again it was
40:53Conrad Harder
40:54Almost trying to latch on to that one
40:56Here comes Sporting
40:59The ball knocked into the box
41:01Once more Trusty stands firm
41:02He's wearing the captain's armband
41:04In the absence of
41:06Callum McGregor
41:07Who's gone off after playing
41:08Just over an hour
41:09Celtic looking for the offside flag
41:14Nothing given
41:15Sporting down this right flank
41:35Tricky play there
41:37By Truncow
41:38Can McCown ride that one well
41:41And Celtic
41:42Challenge there
41:45By Kitamo
41:46Engel's not happy with that
41:49That was a good play there
41:51From Austin
41:52Trusty
41:52Yeah it was a good challenge
41:53Because Harder's
41:54Looked decent
41:56Since he came on
41:56Quite strong run up
41:58He's one off the post
41:59And he was boring down there
42:01It was a good tackle
42:01From Trusty
42:02Nice footwork there
42:13From the
42:14Centre forwards
42:16The play back
42:19Almost at the halfway line
42:21Once more Trusty
42:25This time he loses out
42:26To the Georgian
42:27Blocks
42:28Now Donovan
42:30At the expense of a throw in
42:31Over on this near side
42:32Celtic player did well defensively
42:34Yeah aggressive play
42:40Wins the ball there
42:42Just chokes the shot a little bit
42:44Donovan clears
42:45Good play there
43:00From Johnny Kenny
43:01Look McCown
43:03Wrestled to the ground
43:04Well
43:06Jerry St. Just
43:08Is that him just
43:09Getting his
43:10Yeah just gets the yellow card
43:12Eventually yeah
43:13After
43:13He's indicated
43:1537 fouls
43:16It was a cynical
43:18When he pulled
43:18McCown back there
43:21Rugby tackle
43:24Here comes Celtic
43:30Arne Engels
43:31Rolls it out to the left hand side
43:33To Yang
43:33Edge of the box
43:34Yang goes to the touchline
43:37Challenge
43:37Should be a corner kick
43:39To Celtic
43:40An opportunity
43:41With 8 minutes remaining
43:42For Arne Engels
43:43To deliver this one
43:44Into the box
43:45Can Celtic add
43:56To their lead
43:57They're already leading
43:58By two goals to nil
43:59A rail
44:00Tatati penalty
44:01And look McCown
44:03With a wonderful finish
44:04So Sporting
44:06Have him to defend
44:07Celtic's first corner
44:08Of the second half
44:09The ball fired across
44:10It's a header
44:10It's a header
44:11Well
44:11Lost in trust
44:12To get his head
44:12On that one
44:13But in the end
44:13Saved
44:15By the sporting
44:17Goalkeeper
44:17Yeah it's a good header
44:20But it's just at the keeper
44:21At the right height for him
44:23Engels delivers
44:25He's going back
44:26He's going back the way
44:26But it just redirects it
44:27But it's right
44:28At the goalkeeper
44:29Always encouraging
44:30But with the set piece
44:31If a Celtic head
44:32Gets on the end of it
44:33Yeah
44:33Yeah it's not an easy one
44:34Because his whole body
44:36Momentum's going away from goal
44:37He's had to
44:37Put the power on it
44:39Good play from Donovan there
44:46And a powerful run from Harder
44:49The Danish striker
44:51But well tracked back
44:52By the young Celtic player
44:53Now the problem with Harder
45:00Crossing there
45:00Is that
45:01He's the guy that's meant to be
45:03In the box
45:03To get the end of it
45:04Yeah they're wanting him
45:05Between the stacks
45:06Johnny Kenny does well again
45:08Driving forward
45:11Slap pass
45:16Tillio it's a chance
45:18Still Tillio rolls it
45:19Into the path of Johnny Kenny
45:21But just underhit it there
45:22And in the end
45:23Good defensive play
45:24With Karasma
45:25Just to take it off the toes
45:26Of Johnny Kenny
45:27But that was a real opportunity there
45:28Yeah capitalised in slack play
45:30Again from Sporting Lisbon
45:31And Tillio just
45:32Doesn't get the weight right
45:33On his pass I feel
45:35Gave the defender
45:36The chance to get back
45:37McPherson just nicks in there
45:41At the expense of a throw
45:43And so Celtic with an opportunity
45:45A half chance
45:46Johnny Kenny's looked lively
45:48Since he's come on
45:50At the start of the second half
45:51Obviously had a hand
45:52In that second goal
45:53Yeah he's worked hard
45:55He's worked hard as well
45:56Putting that back line
45:58Under pressure
45:59I'm Celtic again
46:06McKeown
46:07He's got Yang on the left hand side
46:09Gives it to the winger
46:11Rolls it inside
46:13Caliour
46:13Middle of the park
46:14All the way back to Sanasalo
46:36He's about 30 yards or so
46:38From his own goal
46:39Cross now to
46:40Trust it
46:41Now Celtic keeping good possession
46:43Into the last five minutes
46:44At the Estadio Algarve
46:462-0 to Brendan Rodgers' side
46:48And a really good workout
46:53Against very decent opposition
46:55A slight pass there
46:58And suddenly
47:01Sporting have the ball back
47:03Good play from McKeown
47:04Battling for that one
47:05Tillio
47:05With St Just
47:07The Australian penalised
47:11For the challenge
47:12On the Dutchman
47:13Looks like there's a wee edge
47:18To Gerry St Just
47:19And I was just about to say
47:21Every time
47:22I don't expect you to say
47:23Gerry Sonnen
47:23Every time you say his name
47:26But yeah
47:27There is a little bit of dig to him
47:28I do think if we end up drawing
47:40Sporting in the Champions League
47:42They will be a tough team
47:43Yeah
47:44Listen I like the striker
47:45The harder he's hit the post
47:48He looks very out of the mould
47:50Of the striker that's moving on
47:52Strong and powerful runner
47:54Whether he can add goals as profitably
47:57As Giochka does
47:58And that remains to be seen
48:00But he's got some talent there
48:02I think Brendan will be really happy
48:05With the overall game
48:07The first 60-65 minutes
48:08I thought
48:10It's a little bit of a better team
48:11Some decent play
48:13And then the subs have come on
48:14They've kept moving forward
48:16They've kept trying to work hard
48:17Press the ball
48:18Got the second goal
48:19Lovely take from Luke McCowan
48:21Determination there
48:23To keep the
48:23The flow going
48:26And getting the result
48:27A couple of changes for Sporting
48:37In the last few minutes
48:39Of the game
48:40A game that they are trailing
48:42By two goals to now
48:43So the green and white hoops
48:46Of Celtic leading
48:48Both goals coming
48:50In the second half
48:51Celtic of course will head
48:59Back home now
49:00And will play host
49:02To Newcastle
49:03At the weekend
49:04People returning
49:08On their travels
49:09McCowan does well
49:11Kyle Ewer
49:12Good play from the
49:13Celtic midfielder
49:15Good ball from Inna Moura
49:17Looking for
49:20Bengals
49:21He's dispossessed
49:22And again
49:24Good play from Ewer
49:25Just anchoring that midfield
49:27It's very comfortable
49:38On the ball
49:39Inna Moura as well
49:39Yeah
49:40And it was a lovely
49:41Take out to Engals
49:42Who just couldn't
49:42Hold off the
49:43Challenge
49:44Engals again on the ball
49:47Inna Moura
49:48Makes the forward run
49:49For him
49:49Played to Yang
49:51On this left hand side
49:52He plays it to Inna Moura
49:54Yang's run was blocked
49:55But Kel Ewer again
49:57Mops up
49:57In midfield
49:58And Celtic
49:59Regained possession
50:0090 seconds
50:01Plus added time
50:02Celtic is ever going to
50:04Sign off
50:05Their trip to Portugal
50:07With a win
50:08As McCown
50:10Floats that one over
50:11To the left hand side
50:12To Yang
50:12But it's just taken off
50:13His toes
50:13And Amoura gets in there
50:14First again
50:15It's back into the arms
50:18Of the sporting goalkeeper
50:19I wouldn't imagine
50:20There's too much added time
50:22And it'll be interesting
50:25To hear Brendan Rodgers
50:26Post-match thoughts
50:27Because I think
50:28He's found the trip
50:29We heard
50:29You know
50:30He's pretty much
50:31Inseview
50:32You know
50:34Speaking very highly
50:35Of the whole trip
50:36In terms of the training
50:37Facilities and the games
50:38And to be able to
50:39Sign off with
50:40Hopefully a victory
50:42Over Sport in Lisbon
50:43Will be really pleasing
50:45For him
50:45I think he'll be delighted
50:47I think
50:47Especially for tonight
50:48There's a wee bit more
50:50Realism to it
50:52In terms of keeping
50:53That team on the pitch
50:54For 65 minutes
50:55It's the next step
50:57Newcastle will be
50:58The next step
50:58At the weekend
50:59I think he'll be
51:00Really pleased
51:01In this heat
51:02The work rate
51:03You know
51:04Even of the guys
51:04That have come on
51:05I've been through that
51:06Myself
51:06You come on
51:07You just
51:08Burst the gut for 30 minutes
51:10Trying to get
51:10That wee bit of fitness
51:11But they've got the second goal
51:12In that time as well
51:13I think there's been
51:14A lot of quality in it as well
51:16Paul
51:16So I think he'll be pleased
51:17Now they're having to defend
51:19At the moment
51:19Sporting
51:20On the edge of the box
51:22Looking perhaps
51:23Just for a
51:24Consolation
51:25Harder's just trying to
51:27Work an opening
51:28I think he was tempted
51:29To try and
51:30Test the Celtic goalkeeper
51:32But instead the ball
51:33Switched over to the right-hand side
51:34Three added minutes
51:48And Celtic
51:49Certainly will not want to lose a goal
51:52Even in these last three minutes
51:55Celtic TV will be catching up
52:03With the manager
52:05And we'll get some player reaction as well
52:06After the game
52:07So
52:08Make sure you check that out
52:10And of course
52:12Join us again
52:13At the weekend
52:14For the game against
52:16Newcastle United
52:16Three o'clock kick-off
52:17At Celtic Park
52:18But tonight
52:19Celtic
52:19It's been a
52:21A good
52:22Pre-season game
52:24Against
52:25Top opposition
52:27Celtic lead by two goals to nil
52:29With about two added minutes
52:31Remaining
52:32A shot over the bar
52:36And then it didn't test
52:38Sinisalo
52:38Celtic players were looking for
52:40The offside decision
52:41Which didn't come
52:43Yeah
52:46A bit of determination as well
52:47For the lads that came on
52:49Keep that clean sheet as well
52:50Good play from Luke McCown
52:58Walking back there
52:58Yeah
52:58Hard up
52:59Sinisalo also showing his prowess
53:08With the ball at his feet
53:09So Luke McCown
53:10Just takes that
53:11Play up
53:12Kel Ewer obviously
53:14Offers himself as an option
53:15Forward two McCown
53:17You've always got your
53:23Heart in your mouth
53:24Whenever we start passing out
53:25From the back
53:25I can tell
53:25I can feel the tension
53:27Alongside me
53:27It's just because
53:28Dare I say it
53:31I'm old school
53:32But the boys are showing
53:33Great composure
53:33They are
53:35And they've done it
53:36On several occasions
53:37Tonight
53:37It's obviously
53:38Been worked on in training
53:40Yeah
53:42I was interested
53:43Anthony Ralson
53:44Spoke to Celtic TV
53:45The other day
53:47And he was saying
53:47A lot of
53:48What they've been doing
53:48Is fine tuning
53:49Things that they did
53:50Last year
53:51And also learning
53:52Some new things
53:52That they're having to take
53:53On board
53:53So that's interesting as well
53:54It's all about progress
53:56And you learn more
53:57About players as well
53:58As things go on
53:59There'll be new players
54:00Coming in
54:00They're always trying
54:04To get better
54:05McPherson wins
54:08Celtic a corner kick
54:09So one last set piece
54:10Opportunity
54:11Austin Trusty
54:13Got a header on target
54:13From the last corner
54:14From Arne Engels
54:15Can Celtic sign off
54:18This game
54:18With a third goal
54:19McCown just takes it short
54:25The referee just has a glance
54:38At his watch
54:39And there indeed
54:40Is the full time whistle
54:42So an enjoyable evening
54:44For the Celtic fans
54:45In the Estadio Algarve
54:46An enjoyable evening
54:48For Celtic fans
54:49Watching Celtic TV
54:50Around the world
54:51Two goals in the second half
54:52A real hatati penalty
54:53After Johnny Kenny
54:54Was brought down
54:55And a wonderful
54:56Counter-attacking goal
54:58Which was finished
54:59Beautifully by
55:00Look McCown
55:00We've said it during
55:01The course of the game
55:02Really pleasing
55:0490 minutes
55:05For Brendan Rodgers
55:06And really enjoyable
55:07To watch
55:08I thought so
55:09Yeah I thought so
55:10The first 65 minutes
55:11I thought Celtic
55:11Was a better team
55:12I thought there was
55:13Some nice play
55:14Within that hour or so
55:15Adam Ede had the chance
55:18In the first half
55:18Negrian I thought
55:20Impressed
55:20As did Hatati in there
55:22Young Murray at the back
55:25As well
55:25Playing some nice
55:26Forward passing
55:27At times
55:28Stepping into it
55:29And then I think
55:30The manager will be pleased
55:31With the reaction
55:31Of the subs
55:32When they come on
55:33The rhythm of the game
55:35Didn't really get interrupted
55:36The look rate
55:37Certainly didn't go down
55:38And I think he'll be happy
55:40With the attitude
55:40Of the subs
55:41When they came on
55:42And the second goal
55:43Was a wee bit of quality
55:44For Luke McCown
55:45Yeah it has been
55:46Very pleasing
55:47As Kasper Schmeichel
55:48Catches up with his
55:49Fellow countrymen
55:51Conrad Harder
55:53Who did well
55:53When he came on
55:54Hit the post
55:54For Sporting
55:55But Celtic
55:56Were the stronger side
55:58Some nice football
55:59And I think
56:00For those 60-65 minutes
56:02We were really impressed
56:03With that combination
56:04Of Callum McGregor
56:05Benji Negrin
56:06And Real Hattati
56:07In midfield
56:07Yeah I think
56:08Well you know
56:09What you get with Callum
56:10And indeed
56:11Hattati we've seen
56:12Over the last few seasons
56:13He's been one of
56:14The top operators
56:15In there as well
56:16But Negrin impressed
56:17For me
56:17I think his decision making
56:19The area is
56:20He picked the ball up
56:21On the half turn
56:22There was a few times
56:23He picked it up
56:23And drove at pace
56:25His weight of pass
56:27Into Maeda
56:27I thought was a wee bit
56:28Unfair with the offside
56:29He could have had a goal
56:30It was blocked
56:31I was really impressed
56:32With him
56:32I think he could be
56:34A player this season
56:35Celtic will look towards
56:37A wee bit of magic
56:38In that midfield
56:38Plenty of movement
56:40Interaction with him
56:41And Hattati
56:41So that was impressive
56:42Yeah well the Celtic fans
56:44Who are on holiday
56:45In the Algarve
56:46Have popped along
56:47To see this game tonight
56:48Certainly enjoyed
56:49What they've seen
56:50Applauding the Celtic fans
56:51It has been a very
56:54Enjoyable evening
56:54So thank you
56:56Wherever you are
56:56In the world
56:57For joining us
56:58On Celtic TV
56:59The scoreline tonight
57:01As we leave you
57:02From the stadio
57:04Algarve
57:05It's finished Celtic 2
57:06Sporting club
57:070
57:12We'll see you next time
57:42Thank you
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