The Celtic Legends are getting into gear for tomorrow’s knock-out section of the Emirates 7’s after handing out a 3-0 hammering to Chelsea.
Andy Walker, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Darren Jackson were on the scoresheet against the Londoners as Celtic marched into the knock out stages where they face local heros the UAE 1990 World Cup side.
After losing their breakfast time opener to AC Milan the auld hoops have found their form with Derek Whyte looking forward to further success.
“We’ve got Tom Boyd and Brian O’Neill together at the back and that’s working a treat,” Whyte explained.
“We were caught out a bit by Milan but that’s not to take anything away from the way that they played.
“It’s a great tournament and the boys are enjoying themselves. We’re going to see Paolo Nutini in concert tonight and he led us onto the park which was great.
“We’re having a great time together and looking forward to seeing how far we can go tomorrow.”
The Celtic Legends will need to be on their best behaviour against the UAE side after Rangers had Derek Ferguson and Gordon Durie sent off against the UAE for swearing at the local referee.
Meanwhile in the professional part of the tournament the Celtic youth side has lost to Leeds United and AC Milan.
Filip Twardzik scored in the 3-1 defeat from AC Milan with Stevie Frail’s side facing Olympiakos tomorrow.
Frail said: “We’ve been giving away a few years to the teams that we’ve been up against but we should have still played better.
“It’s been a bit disappointing but a good experience. There is no age limit on the players and one of the Leeds players, Andy Robinson, has played over 200 first team matches.”
Despite today’s results all the teams go forward to tomorrow’s knock out stage regardless of their results.
The winners from one group play the fourth side from the other group, with the second placed team playing the third etc.
That format ensures that all teams remain in the competition with today’s matches effectively a warm-up for Saturday’s knock out games.
bellers is coming back to celtic lads!!!!