Tony Watt and Lewis Toshney were on the scoresheet last night as Scotland’s u-21 side beat Luxembourg 3-0 at St Mirren Park.
It was the third time this season that Watt has scored at the venue which should give Neil Lennon food for thought ahead of Sunday’s visit to Paisley.
The 19-year-old was on target in a 3-0 win over Luxembourg in September then scored the final goal in Celtic’s 5-0 win on October 20.
Last night’s win was the opening match in the 2014 European Championship trail with Scotland’s next fixture away to Holland.
It looked like the first half would end goal-less before Jamie Walker of Hearts stepped up to drill home the opening goal in stoppage time.
Twenty minutes into the second half Watt drove the ball high into the net from a close range indirect free kick with Toshney scoring late on to complete a comfortable victory.
After the match coach Billy Stark said: “It is important to get off to a winning start. The tournament is over a period of time which means some are playing and some aren’t.
“We have played the first game and got the three points on the board and it puts us top of the group.
“There were no other games being played but it is a good position to be in and it makes everyone feel confident.
“The next competitive game is going to be a real test against Holland but we played enough good football to stand up to higher quality opposition.”
Dylan McGeoch was also in the Scotland side. Tomorrow Celtic’s u-20 side take on St Johnstone at Alloa’s Recreation Park, kick off 3.30pm.
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The weeman needs a run in the team, should be playing in every game from now till the end of the season impostor’s like miku and lassad shouldn’t be near the 1st team and if hooper is not signing a contract he shouldn’t be in the team either especially in front of guys who are staying for the fight HH
Totally agree mate
The weeman needs a run in the team, should be playing in every game from now till the end of the season impostor’s like miku and lassad shouldn’t be near the 1st team and if hooper is not signing a contract he shouldn’t be in the team either especially in front of guys who are staying for the cause. HH
Fully agree with you Mark….the future of our club lies in talents such as Watt / McGeough / Herron et al. Don’t see any benefit in giving game time to players we know / consider to be surplus to requirements, doubt they will bring in higher fee’s for those still under contract.
We should use the time to best effect in ensuring our best young talent gain valuable match experience. Also useful in letting other young hopefuls know they WILL get a chance to show what they can / attract others from abroad.
After some of the insipid displays bothing better than seeing young players truly giving their all for the jersey.
Totally agree mate if players can see the young talent getting a chance it will encourage others to come to Celtic HH
Would like to see Watt get a run now,he has everything,height,pace & power…what does Miku have????
A big bank balance courtesy of the Celtic retirement fund (us) HH
I think Watt has bags of potential,has all the physical attributes -height,strength etc to become a top top player,hopefully he can stay injury free and get a run in the side to see what he can really do.
Might be wrong but I don’t remember Watt ever making a really poor contribution to the 1st team when involved,always direct willing to take people on and generally causing havoc for the defenders marking him
Should be a shout for a starting berth this weekend,agree with general consensus here that Lassad and Miku have had enough chances and don’t seem to seem to relish the rough n tumble of spl