Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Under-20 Scottish Premier League
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
CELTIC 2
(Rogic 11, McGeouch 33)
KILMARNOCK 0
FIRST-half goals from Tom Rogic and Dylan McGeouch sealed a well-deserved 2-0 victory for Celtic´s Under-20s and moved them another three points closer to clinching the league title.
Kilmarnock missed a penalty just before the half hour mark and failed to mount a comeback as the young Hoops stretched their lead at the top of the table to 13 points.
Stevie Frail and John Kennedy fielded a strong starting XI, with Rogic and McGeouch lining up alongside Tony Watt and Viktor Noring.
And the young Hoops started brightly, enjoying the majority of possession. It was Kilmarnock, though, who had the first chance on target, forcing Noring into a good block.
It didn’t take long for Celtic to create their own chances at the opposite end, and on 11 minutes Rogic found the back of the net. Watt played the ball down to the byline before cutting it back to the edge of the box. John Herron left it for Rogic who fired it into the bottom corner.
The visitors searched for an equaliser and it looked as though they had found it 10 minutes later. Their tricky winger sent it across the face of goal but luckily for Celtic, his team-mate couldn’t make contact at the back post.
Kilmarnock were given another opportunity to draw level on 26 minutes, though, and this time it was from the penalty spot. A handball was given against Mikey Miller but the Ayrshire side cracked their effort off the post.
Remaining in possession, Kilmarnock continued to press, but Noring denied them again with an outstretched block.
Meanwhile, Watt and McGeouch were linking up well at the opposite end, and the striker came close with a dipping header courtesy of the winger´s cross.
Five minutes later the pair linked up again, and this time McGeouch hit the target. Making a break, Watt picked out the teenager´s run. Keeping it low, McGeouch then curled it around the keeper to double Celtic´s advantage.
The home side were forced into a change when Herron failed to recover from a collision, but Paul George replaced him and came close with a header just before the break.
Celtic came out showing a similar vein of form after the break, and Keatings attempted an ambitious drive from 35-yards out. It dipped too early though, and fell into the keeper´s arms.
Rogic then came close to doubling his own tally two minutes later, but instead he cracked his effort off the near post.
Celtic continued to create chances, with substitute, Denny Johnstone, cutting the ball back for Bahrudin Atajic shortly after the hour mark, but the striker sent it over the bar from an acute angle.
The match entered a quiet period but the young Hoops remained dominant. Stuart Findlay made a lung-bursting run down two-thirds of the pitch inside the final stages of the match. He reached the byline and won a corner but it was then collected by the keeper and the defender´s hardwork came to nothing.
It was the last real chance for the young Hoops who played out the remainder of the match looking comfortable in possession. The 2-0 victory moves them 13 points clear of both Dundee United and Aberdeen.
CELTIC (4-4-2): Noring; Fisher, Irvine, Findlay, Miller; Herron (George 36), McGeouch, Rogic, Keatings (P. Twardzik 56); Atajic, Watt (Johnstone 65)
Subs: Fasan, O´Connell, Kidd, Lindsay
hier das tor von rogic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcxtILm0_dc
von McCeltic » Mo 21. Jan 2013, 21:36 
