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At the age of 19, I published my first Celtic book (Our Stories & Our Songs: The Celtic Support). Certainly, both wing backs stood out as having plenty of the ball.As the first half reached its midway stage, Neymar committed a series of fouls, including one customarily petulant kick at Bitton’s heels after the Brazilian was thwarted by the Celtic defence. "In terms of a working exercise on the physical side of the game, the mental side and the concentration side of it, that's as good as it gets. Firstly, Nir Bitton set Odsonne Edouard on his way, but the Frenchman’s shot was blocked, when he probably should have passed to Elyounoussi. Celtic got an immediate boost, working the ball out to Forrest who cut in on his left and forced the keeper into a decent save after a strong left footed shot.PSG responded again, almost making it five when Ajer played Choupo Moting onside and the striker missed a sitter after Draxler played a splendid pass into him. In response, Lennon changed things up by taking swapping Bitton with James Forrest and adopting a 4-5-1 formation, with Elyounoussi moving out to the left hand side of midfield.
A good win and a good send off for club captain Thiago Silva who played his last game in front of his home crowd.
We're 'obsessed with Celtic' - just like you! The keeper should have kept it out but it wasn’t Bain’s finest moment as the effort found its way into the back of the net to put Celtic 3-0 down.Buoyed by the goal, the home side began to dominate with two last ditch interceptions preventing them from going further ahead. Still living on the south coast, I have a season ticket at Paradise and also travel to European away matches when possible. This time Elyounoussi nodded down to Edouard, who was foiled at the last moment.The half time whistle blew with the scoreline PSG 2-0 Celtic. At wing backs were Frimpong and Taylor, whilst McGregor (captain), Ntcham and Christie started in midfield. "Celtic will now turn their focus to the defence of the Premiership title and the opening match at home to Hamilton Academical on 2 August.BBC Scotland's Chick Young remembers Tam Forsyth, the former Motherwell, Rangers and Scotland defender who has died at 71.Laura Muir breaks Kelly Holmes' 21-year British record over 1,000m in MonacoWatch Kyren Wilson and Anthony McGill play out one of the most extraordinary deciding frames in Crucible history as the Englishman reaches the World Championship final with a 17-16 win.John Higgins recalls the emotional moment he won his fourth World Championship in 2011.Sportscene will show all of the day's Scottish Premiership goals every Saturday evening this season.Olympic golds, football firsts, and the end of the longest waits - but what did you vote for as Scotland's greatest sporting moment?Everything you need to know about following football with BBC Sport ScotlandShoaib Akhtar on reaching 100mph, battles with Flintoff and moreHow to get involved in just about any sport or activity
Edouard and Elyounoussi started up front. It was a return to the 3-5-2 formation for Celtic as Neil Lennon opted to change the shape as the Hoops face their toughest test of pre-season.Scott Bain started in goal, whilst Bitton, Jullien and Ajer started in central defence.
CELTIC ended their Tour de France with a lesson from champions PSG. If he keeps this up then Lennon will have to think about starting him more frequently.PSG made a number of changes ahead of the second half, but they still had some extraordinary talent on the pitch. "I'm really pleased with a lot of aspects of the game.
Manager Neil Lennon says he was pleased with his Celtic's performance despite ending their pre-season tour of France with a 4-0 defeat by Paris St-Germain.Kylian Mbappe scored after just 53 seconds and Neymar, Ander Herrera and Pablo Sarabia completed a comfortable win for the Ligue 1 champions.It means Scottish Premiership side Celtic end their trip to France without a win in three matches. Ander Herrera and Pablo Sarabia rounded off a 4-0 friendly win for the Ligue 1 champions. It started ominously with an opener from Kylian Mbappe before Neymar, Ander Herrera and Pablo Sarabia secured a 4-0 victory for Paris Saint-Germain. Frimpong won a free kick on the right hand side and Christie sent in a superb cross, which Jullien headed against the post. Then, last year, I published my second book (Take Me To Your Paradise: A History Of Celtic-Related Incidents & Events), which is sold in Waterstones and official Celtic FC stores.The Celtic Star is the independent Celtic Supporters site. The only notable ommission was Scott Brown, who isn’t named in the squad due to an alleged trapped nerve.Icardi, Neymar, Mbappe, Di Maria and a host of stars took to the field for PSG – a mark of the test that this game provides Neil Lennon’s team.Having said that, it took PSG just 54 seconds to take the lead, which is somewhat of an abysmal start. The goal would have come as an annoyance to Neil Lennon as his team had been competing well against much superior opposition.Ten minutes after Neymar’s strike, Mbappe had a good opportunity, which Bain saved well. Score After Full Time - 4-0 ; 90+1' - 10th Corner - PSG ; 0:0 Goals 70:00 - 79:59 ; 1:1 Corners 70:00 - 79:59 ; 78' - 9th Corner - Celtic However, the match finished PSG 4-0 Celtic.There were not a multitude of positives to take from the game – Forrest looked bright, Christie was industrious and showed flashes of good play, whilst the first half saw the wing backs and Bitton impressing. Forrest nearly made an immediate impact when Edouard fed him on the wing and the Scotsman curled a low first time cross into the box, which almost enabled Christie to convert.The change was in vein as Veratti collected the ball in space and chipped a delightful cross into Sarabia, who let the ball drop over his shoulder before thundering a volley into the top corner to make the score 4-0.Patryk Klimala soon replaced Edouard, before the welcome return of Tom Rogic in the 72nd minute as the Australian replaced Ntcham. The Bhoys can be pleased with their efforts so far, having performed well and been slightly unlucky to be two behind.