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Alan Galindo

Celtic hero pictured at Banik Ostrava clash as Hoops round off pre-season trip on a high

Celtic rounded off their pre-season trip away to Austria and Czech Republic in the perfect fashion with victory over Banik Ostrava.

And one former Hoops star and fans' favourite was in attendance as Ange Postecoglou's men claimed a 4-2 win. Kyogo Furuhashi, Matt O'Riley, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Liel Abada were all on target in the big win, with none other than Lubo Moravcik watching on.

The Celtic hero was snapped pre-match at the Mestsky Stadion and he will have been impressed what he viewed from his former club as they continued their free-scoring style under their Aussie boss. His transformation of the Parkhead side in the past 12 months has been nothing short of incredible after claiming the Premiership title back from big rivals Rangers and lifting the Premier Sports Cup in his debut campaign in the dugout. Reward for the successes of last year is direct entry into the Champions League group stages and the chance to mix it with Europe's big boys.

READ MORE: Three things we learned from Celtic victory over Banik Ostrava as O'Riley and Giakoumakis makes their mark

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The new Premiership campaign for Celtic kicks off on July 31 against Aberdeen as they bid to make it back-to-back title success. Before then, they face Blackburn Rovers, Legia Warsaw and Norwich City in three final pre-season outings.

Speaking after last night's win, Greg Taylor told Celtic TV : “It was a difficult match, a good test for us and we’re still building up.

‘I think they’ve played a few more matches than us, so it was another good test and a good atmosphere as well.’

“I think it helps, it was also really warm out there as well, so you’re getting used to that and trying to acclimatise to that as well as play our style of football.

“It maybe took us five or 10 minutes to do that, and after that we settled into the game pretty well and got two good goals in the first half and another couple in the second.”

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