Match Report
| East Fife | East Fife |  |  | Celtic | Celtic | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Kenzie Mcquiston | Kenzie Mcquiston | ||||||||||||||||||
| John James | J. James |  | 58 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Vítor Hugo Ribeiro | V. Ribeiro | |||||||||
| Don Souness | D. Souness | | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 73 |  | Jose Javier Pascual | J. Pascual | |||||||||
| Colin Rae | C. Rae | | 63 | D | | 3 | | D | 78 |  | Vasyl Korkishko | V. Korkishko | |||||||||
| Billy Young | B. Young | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 65 |  | Fotis Moissidis | F. Moissidis | |||||||||
| Anthony May | A. May |  | 59 | D | | 5 | | D | 71 |  | Jurek Joswiak | J. Joswiak | |||||||||
| Andy Inglis | A. Inglis | | 62 | M | | 6 | | M | 73 |  | Pablo Parra | P. Parra | |||||||||
| Amedeo Fanesi | A. Fanesi |  | 61 | M | | 7 | | M | 79 |  | Stephen Kewell | S. Kewell | |||||||||
| Alex Mcinnes | A. Mcinnes | | 60 | M | | 8 | | M | 69 |  | Jan Raff | J. Raff | |||||||||
| Scott Ferguson | S. Ferguson | | 60 | M | | 9 | | A | 69 | | Julian Velasco | J. Velasco | |||||||||
| Stuart McCoist | S. McCoist | | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 74 |  | Yoshimitsu Ono | Y. Ono | |||||||||
| David White | D. White | | 67 | A | | 11 | | D | 59 | | Billy Niven | B. Niven | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at New Bayview where East Fife play host to Celtic. A crowd of 16,708 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
East Fife are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Celtic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
East Fife are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Celtic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Celtic kick off the first half!
8.09
0-0Vasyl Korkishko passes the ball forward to Jan Raff. Jan Raff chips the ball to his team mate, Billy Niven. Billy Niven knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
12.35
0-1Stephen Kewell makes a simple pass to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco shoots from 25 yards. It's there!! John James has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
16.09
Billy Young makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alex Mcinnes. Alex Mcinnes knocks the ball to his team mate, Stuart McCoist. Stuart McCoist knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Vasyl Korkishko.
18.32
0-1Pablo Parra makes a beautiful solo run. Pablo Parra lofts in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
20.22
Jose Javier Pascual kicks a strong pass forward to Stephen Kewell. Stephen Kewell chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
21.31
0-1Celtic are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
30.48
Alex Mcinnes makes a beautiful solo run. Alex Mcinnes knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Vítor Hugo Ribeiro who gathers it comfortably.
36.50
0-1Stephen Kewell clumsily knocks into Amedeo Fanesi. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Amedeo Fanesi stretches but gets up unharmed.
39.47
0-1Jurek Joswiak surges forward with the ball. Jurek Joswiak chips the ball to his team mate, Billy Niven. Billy Niven knocks in a cross ball towards Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco powers a header at goal. John James easily smothers it.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and East Fife get the second half underway!
48.10
Julian Velasco catches Billy Young on the ankles. Julian Velasco is shown the yellow card! Billy Young hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
55.44
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
60.39
Scott Ferguson sees space and advances. Scott Ferguson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
61.24
Scott Ferguson chips the ball to his team mate, Stuart McCoist. Stuart McCoist knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Vasyl Korkishko.
63.39
Fotis Moissidis makes a simple pass to Pablo Parra. Pablo Parra knocks the ball forward to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono heads the ball goalwards. John James easily smothers it.
66.33
Vasyl Korkishko kicks a strong pass forward to Stephen Kewell. Stephen Kewell makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco whips in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono directs the ball goalwards with his head. What a cracker!! John James had no chance!! Goal for Celtic!
73.53
Andy Inglis makes a beautiful solo run. Andy Inglis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
84.47
Stephen Kewell knocks the ball to his team mate, Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono heads the ball goalwards. What a cracker!! John James had no chance!! Goal for Celtic!
89.28
0-3Pablo Parra hacks Alex Mcinnes from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Alex Mcinnes carries on, but is struggling a bit.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
3
Shots on Target
0
5
Shots off Target
1
1
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
3
Yellow Cards
0
3
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
53.7%
46.3%
Play Area
25.4%
52.2%
22.4%
Scorers
| Julian Velasco 12 Yoshimitsu Ono 66, 84 |