Celtic ended their three-match tour of Australia on a high note following a 1-0 win over Melbourne Victory at Ammi Park and the second half goal from substitute Scott Brown was enough to give manager Neil Lennon's side their second victory Down Under.
The Parkhead club, skippered by the Greece striker Georgios Samaras as a tribute to the big Greek community in the city, were worthy winners in what was another highly competitive friendly match and had it not been for home goalkeeper Tando Velaphi and the margin of victory for Lennon's side would have been greater.
Daniel Allsopp passed up two decent chances of the including a near post header with which he should have opened the scoring and Celtic responded positively again with Kris Commons picking out McCourt at the far post with a wonderful delivery but the former Derry City player was unable to keep his header down.
Lennon's side dominated the closing stages and Striker Gary Hooper's low cross was almost turned into his own net by Adrian Leijer, before Anthony Stokes on for McCourt drove into the side netting and the Hooper was then unable to get on to the end of Samaras' inviting pass which would have surely resulted in a goal had he connected.
The Parkhead club, skippered by the Greece striker Georgios Samaras as a tribute to the big Greek community in the city, were worthy winners in what was another highly competitive friendly match and had it not been for home goalkeeper Tando Velaphi and the margin of victory for Lennon's side would have been greater.
Daniel Allsopp passed up two decent chances of the including a near post header with which he should have opened the scoring and Celtic responded positively again with Kris Commons picking out McCourt at the far post with a wonderful delivery but the former Derry City player was unable to keep his header down.
Lennon's side dominated the closing stages and Striker Gary Hooper's low cross was almost turned into his own net by Adrian Leijer, before Anthony Stokes on for McCourt drove into the side netting and the Hooper was then unable to get on to the end of Samaras' inviting pass which would have surely resulted in a goal had he connected.
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