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Ben Banks

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

Celtic ran out 4-2 winners against Czech Republic side Banik Ostrava in their final friendly of a pre-season tour.

The home side were celebrating their 100-year anniversary and a packed home crowd at the Municipal Stadium made this far from the usual run of the mill matches Celtic have played in the last week against Austrian duo Wiener Viktoria and Rapid Wien. Banik opened the scoring early doors through Eldar Sehic after an audacious Nemanja Kuzmanovic was scooped off the Hoops line.

Kyogo Furuhashi restored parity and soon the away club took control, Matt O'Riley sailing in a fine effort from outside the penalty box. Changes were made at half-time as the usual pre-season antics took place during a match which was a step up from their previous matches on foreign soil this month. Postecoglou's men have been in Austria over the last week and their Czech trip was a fine way to round things off.

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