Celtic's U19s were served dose or reality as free-scoring Real Madrid wiped the floor with the Parkhead stars of tomorrow. And was to be a tough introduction to life in European football for Stephen McMannus' young side as the rain lashed down at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.
Los Blancos opened the scoring within five minutes through Pol Fortuny who's effort struck a defender to give Hoops stopper Tobi Oluwayemi no chance. Celtic then had a spell where they looked like they could grab an equaliser with Bruno Davidson and Ben McPherson coming close.
However they were dealt a huge double blow when Youssef doubled Madrid's lead before McPherson was shown red inside the first 23 minutes. Madrid added to their advantage with a quick-fire double only seven minutes later with Enrique Herrero side footing the ball into the net and Nico Paz pouncing on a parry from Oluwayemi to make it 4-0.
