Celtic v. Sporting Pre Season Match

[Penguin]

No TV as far as I know for this one today.

At Halftime:

Celtic 2 - Sporting 1

Douala scored first, but Celtic came back with 2 goals later in the half.

Lineup:
Ricardo: Rogerio, Semedo, Beto, Edson;Custodio;Carlos Martins, Rochemback, Sa Pinto; Liedson & Douala.

Subs: Nelson, Miguel Garcia, Veloso, Paito, Nani, Silva, Moutinho, Manoel

[Penguin]

Portuguese play by play

http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/aominuto.php?param1=36413

Moutinho and Silva have come in at halftime for Martins and Sa Pinto. Sporting seems to have switched to a 4-3-3.

[Fee-Go]

Didn't see the match. Anyone?

[Tinto]

Nope, but I saw yesterday's 2-0 vs Setubal.

Sporting started a lineup where the average age must've been about 15. ;)

The first 10 minutes was good, but then Setubal managed to clog the mid-field fairly effectively and gum up Sporting's attack. Bright spots were Moutinho and Nani, who seem to have a real rapport. Moutinho continues to impress me. For such a young player, he shows amazing maturity. Seems he always knows exactly what he's going to do, before the ball even comes to him. Coupled with his aggressiveness, he's quite an asset. If only he were a bit bigger. Didn't stop him from scoring on a prettily taken free kick that the Setubal keeper badly muffed.

In the second half the newly slimmed down Rochemback came on and stamped his authority on the midfield, and setup the second goal with a pass so pretty that it raised my hopes for the coming year. Varela finished nicely.