Kyogo Furuhashi gave the Celtic fans something extra to shout about when he opened the scoring after 23 minutes against Sydney FC.
The Japanese striker had been foiled a few minutes earlier when the Sydney keeper blocked him on a 1-on-1 but he was helpless when Kyogo deflected a fierce shot from Alexando Bernabei with his chest to put the visitors ahead.
Sydney had twice hit the crossbar before the opener but were back on level terms three minutes later when Mak equalised.
Kyogo knew exactly what he was doing ?????#CELSYD | #SydneySuperCup | #CeltsInSydney???
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) November 17, 2022
It was an incredibly open match with chances at each end of the park in front of a crowd estimated at around 20,000 inside the 42,000 capacity Alliance Arena.
There was a noisy Celtic support at the match but unfortunately they were on the same side of the pitch as the television cameras.
HALF TIME score 1-1.
CELTIC: Siegrist; Ralston, Welsh, Starfelt, Bernabei; Abildgaard, Ideguchi, Turnbull; Abada, Kyogo, Forrest (c)
Again Ange has been shown to be tactically unaware and inept. We came up against a manger that has his Sydney side working as a unit, defending together and when the get the ball back they break well and have a couple of decent players.
However under Ange we are wide open and couldn’t keep a barn door shut!
Ange said he had learned and the players had learned from the champions league, well what I just watched was definitely not a manager or team that has learned anything from the champions league. I saw a manager still unwilling to change and play open football that causes Celtic to be beaten again by a side that doesn’t have a 10th of our budget.
The more I watch Ange and this team the more convinced I am that Ange can only beat sides that have a 10th of our budget, not a manager like Martin O’Neil who could go toe to toe with some of the biggest teams in Europe with larger budgets than us!
Go get another pint your glass is empty…
Think John needs to lie down in a darkened room and lighten up,an experimental team lose glorified friendly and his mini meltdown ensues,get a grip man seriously
This was always going to be a jolly.They can say what they want to the Bhoys are in their hols.Also trying to play football,while jetlagged,(having a laugh).Sunday v Everton will be a better barometer.Couple more days to get acclimatised and put stronger te out.