Celtic vs Hibernian Premier Sports Cup 2 Round 2 half
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00:00so twin brother of Chris who's arrived from Barnsley on a three-year deal after spells with the
00:08Ayrtonians, Livingston, Ayr United, Greg Morton and it'll be a debut for the 27 year olds
00:21back out come Celtic
00:2326 meeting in the league cup between these two times two sides
00:34hips have never won here in this competition
00:37there has been a bit of player trading between these two clubs this week QQ Kwan is headed to
00:53Easter Road on loan but is therefore not eligible for this game against his parent club you wonder
01:01if the two sides as reported may have a battle between them for the services of Luke McCowan
01:09and Dundee Dundee who are already into the last eight of this competition and
01:16another hefty victory for them yesterday 6-1 against the Ayrtonians
01:24this looks like a slight adjustment for it for hips with the
01:37back five almost just played flat with a flat four in front of them and
01:44striker Kukarevich up top on his on his own
01:47Nicky Caden obviously coming in on that left-hand side
01:54so we've got a wee bit of pace in those wide areas
01:57playing in front of the the wingbacks to try to have an out ball
02:05it's Taylor Forrest
02:10against Miller looks for a tattie the return does come to Forrest might have had a swing at it
02:16not a lot of space to operate in and Kukarevich wins the free kick against Liam Scales
02:23he's been a useful out ball yeah he is and um he has that physicality that
02:29is a good platform to try to build from as i said when i saw him first time around the hips
02:35it wasn't obviously there for for too long but certainly the appearances that he did make as well
02:41you just could see something that you thought would be useful and a sensible addition for
02:45hips to get him back in this season
02:54Martin Boyle on the way past Greg Taylor though
03:15so Lewis Miller to wrap up another long one into that Celtic box
03:28towards the tent it's actually gone beyond him Carter Vickers
03:32won the contact duel and Celtic have a man down in the box I think it's Alistair Johnson that
03:39has stayed down
03:40well he looks like in a fair bit of pain here as you can see that he's holding his
03:50his thigh or his hip he didn't see the contact
04:02perhaps maybe just a dead leg
04:10i'll tell you that that that's that's concerning because that looks like an innocuous sort of
04:16coming together and when things like that happen you just worry that obviously they're checking
04:20his knee there and you just worry that there's been something that's just given way or there's
04:26been a twist that you don't really see hopefully he gets up and he's okay
04:32he obviously looks like he's holding his thigh again there but not too sure didn't see a great
04:37deal Rory Alistair Johnson had a busy summer with Canada lost in the Copa America semi-final
04:46against Argentina and then the third place playoff penalties to Uruguay
04:52lost in the Copa America semi-final against Argentina and then the
04:57third place playoff penalties to Uruguay
05:06Brendan Rogers has a ready-made replacement in Anthony Ralston who of course started all
05:12three games for Scotland at the European Championships in Germany
05:15Alistair Johnson the Canadian is back on
05:24Egg Poteta and Lewis Miller chance to deliver does well to hook his foot around that one
05:32and now Nicky Cadden gets the shot away and Kasper Schmeichel makes a save for Celtic
05:39that was good play from Hibbs good ball over the top from Egg Poteta there Greg Taylor just gets
05:46caught a little bit Lewis Miller able to keep it in and Celtic just looking a little bit anxious
05:51there Nicky Cadden able to get the strike away in the end you're right Kasper Schmeichel makes
05:56a save but very comfortable for the Dane
06:10of course Kasper Schmeichel has previously played
06:14in Scottish football a lone spell in his early days at Falkirk under John Hughes
06:20then a one appearance against the Burnie in a 2-0 defeat Benji with a double
06:32Coon comes off Bashiri and out for the corner kick Celtic threaten again
06:50O'Reilly to McGregor and now O'Reilly again Coon
07:02on the edge Coon knocks it just over the top
07:09well that's a great opening there for Coon it's a lovely reverse pass from
07:13Greg Taylor here perfectly weighted you can see Campbell's trying to intercept but he can't get
07:17there that's a pretty poor miss in the end you can see from the reverse angle he misses by
07:23a fair distance he's got all the time to set himself
07:35Yusef Bursic just delaying things and encouraged
07:38I think it's moving by the referee nice and boiled out
07:44Luis Miller able to get Kukarovic is in the middle
07:49Caden there's something on the pitch there the play does go on for now
07:56I'm not sure where that came from no it looked like a body at first
08:00I can confirm it's not I thought that after it wasn't moving it doesn't look like I could have
08:10blown onto the picture but um that's another indication of the Luis Miller being able to get
08:19in behind Greg Taylor before on this occasion able to get just up above him with the the outballing
08:26with the the outballing and win the head up
08:32it's been a little bit of an outball for for Hibs in this second half on a few occasions
08:50so
09:10Johnson seems to have run off that problem that he had a few moments ago
09:19Kuhn, Taylor, McGregor, Ntati, for Johnson now fizzed in Marvin Ekpeteta well placed
09:38Kukarovic using that body strength just to hold off O'Reilly but it's won back by McGregor
09:45Kuhn, Taylor, McGregor, Ntati, he's going to take on the shot quite break for Forrest Miller see if
09:54Burnian can get enough passes together while there is a late challenge from Maida
10:05yeah I think the Celtic front man does catch O'Hara on the end but
10:11I think the referee's made the right call as well free kick but no yellow card you see a lot of
10:14the occasions where the striker comes across to try to make the challenge on the defender and
10:19referees are so quick to brandish the yellow card I think there he got that one right he
10:26catches him it's a free kick yep but good to see the yellow card staying in the pocket
10:30good to see the yellow card staying in the pocket
10:35Ekpeteta and Boyle on the chase for this but not even he is quick enough to catch up with that
10:44quickly taken by Celtic with two balls on the pitch so Greg Taylor's able to knock that one
10:52Boyle had placed back on the field of play
11:01Ntati, O'Reilly, Rio Ntati
11:08this time it's Ofita who stabs it clear I think that extra player in the wide area has just helped
11:15helps to block things and slow things down for Celtic there was big gaps that we spoke about in
11:20that first half in particular between Bashiri and Ofita, Ekpeteta and Ofita and Cadden coming in
11:29here's Forrest and opened up nicely for him Joni Ul turns to his teammates and asks how
11:36Forrest was able to ease through there
11:44cuts inside you can see there that Martin Boyle and Lewis Miller just not communicating with each other
11:52silent both end up going with the man on the outside and leaving the inside
11:58channel open for Forrest to drive
12:14by Nicholas Kuhn Celtic have their third and restore the two goal cushion but what were
12:23Aberdeen doing at the back there they have been fully punished and with that have Celtic
12:30found their place in the Premier Sports Cup quarterfinals well I mean look they've been
12:36trying to play out here on occasions they've played over the top and had a good outfall but
12:40that ball back from Ekpeteta isn't the best and in Bursic the goalkeeper just has a nightmare as well
12:46doesn't deal with it well enough Celtic shuffle down and push them down the right hand side but
12:52here it's that pressure from Maida that doesn't allow Ekpeteta to play it longer and his ball
12:57back to the goalkeeper is perhaps just not close enough but the goalkeeper's got to do far better
13:03he can see Nicholas Kuhn closing him down and he doesn't react he just simply goes to play it as
13:10if the front man isn't there and lo and behold he plays it right off him and into the back of
13:15the net and you can see what their manager David Gray thinks about it
13:26on the front foot again there
13:27Nicholas Kuhn who scores his third goal in three games this season he was outstanding in pre-season as well
13:37took the headlines in the rout of Manchester City
13:41Maida it's good strength from Newell but Maida not giving up the fight and now it's on for Kuhn
13:58found by O'Reilly Forrest in the middle Kuhn and Bashiri does really well he looks second favourite there
14:11I just wonder whether Nicholas Kuhn could have played that ball early for James Forrest he was
14:21a little bit miffed that the ball didn't come to him
14:32it's not been as electric for Celtic in the second half but they've got their two goal
14:37advantage again
14:40Atati taking on the half turn now O'Reilly looks to slip it through but Maida just checked his run
14:50it's a lovely slide rule pass there from Matt O'Reilly when you're playing little intricate
14:56passes like that and players running off the ball little one-twos it's nigh on impossible
15:01to defend against it's happening so quick in such a small space
15:09picked up by Martin Boyle
15:14another chance for Celtic to welcome Adamida but as a former Celtic player on this occasion as he
15:22looks to make his second debut and well listen to the reception that he gets from Celtic Park
15:30as James Forrest ends up having completed appearance number 496 in Celtic colours but
15:39just listen to this for Adamida you wonder why he was wanting to come back to Celtic and leave Norfolk
15:52oh you think you just heard the reason why
16:01so
16:18using his attributes through the middle
16:30so
16:42slows down for Taylor and McGregor but Celtic will just look to
16:47crank things up again when the spaces open up
16:53Carter Vickers out to Kuhn
16:54Kuhn to the byline but it's only into the arms of Bursic
17:25skills
17:30well he ends up being able to usher it out for the bike kick really but I think
17:34looking at that and wondering why Liam Scales doesn't just try to put his head on it
17:39seemed as if man on the ball Greg Taylor would have been spare for him to just head into his
17:44path you let it drop and all of a sudden becomes a foot race with Martin Boyle you're taking a
17:48little bit of a gamble don't feel he needed to
18:05you'll have to slide in and react
18:09like potato
18:19shoulder to shoulder with him Kuhn wouldn't quite break for Johnson
18:25so
18:35O'Hara Lewis Miller
18:41so
18:49the alteration to be made now by Hibernian
18:56will be a change up front Nikola Kukarovic heads off and Kieran Bowie Scotland under 21
19:05changed international will replace him signed from Fulham for about 700,000 pounds and also
19:16Chris Cadden will come on so we've got the Cadden twins
19:20now operating for the first time in the same team Nicky and Chris
19:25so it'll be a wee change of system for for Hibbs
19:37looking like they'll go to a back four
19:41Bashiri and O'Hara as the center halves and perhaps the Cadden twins on either wing
19:50Chris on the right and Nicky on the left with Martin Boyle back through the middle
19:55with the new man up top Kieran Bowie
20:10Miller again towards Bowie
20:25Obita now Newell
20:40Jersick won't want to take too long on getting rid of that O'Reilly
20:46now Kuhn back to O'Reilly to take aim and Jersick with the save
20:57he doesn't need much encouragement Matt O'Reilly one back by Adamida
21:03McGregor and Carter Vickers Johnson out wide to the right
21:19and Kuhn
21:24Taylor plenty of numbers forward here for Celtic if they can pick the gaps in the
21:31Hibernian defense O'Reilly Hattati looking for the return threaded that pass through
21:42Carter Vickers out to O'Reilly again and Hattati
21:47Kuhn won't be able to spin around and collect that
21:52you see the quickness of Celtic's play there they're playing against a team that are almost
21:57completely encamped on the edge of their box there but the speed of the play they're still
22:02looking like they're capable of opening up the defense the movement of the ball
22:09all these things play their part and still being able to find gaps when there are so many bodies
22:15that are in there
22:35Barry with a push on the back of Taylor
22:45so
22:57scales
23:00Carter Vickers for O'Reilly
23:04Kuhn Johnson
23:08O'Reilly
23:11the final quarter scales just has to react there and Boyle thought he had an opportunity
23:17to get on to the slightly loose touch Taylor picks out O'Reilly tries to
23:28find the gap but couldn't quite Miller and Celtic
23:32pressing the game high up the pitch with so many numbers forward
23:41Miller goes down it will be a hips free kick just to
23:45bring an end to that long spell of Celtic possession
23:52this is the strike from O'Reilly just before he's developed a really great
23:56knack of picking up areas on the edge of the box great first touch and hitting the target you know
24:02something that you saw a lot with the with David Turnbull brilliant ability with his right or left
24:07foot to make the goalkeeper working and Matt O'Reilly's added that to his game
24:12become a real threat obviously scored a barrel load of goals last season
24:27Hattati looks to open it up for Kuhn and he couldn't quite it was just a toe away from being perfect from Rio Hattati
24:38O'Reilly now
24:42and Hattati, Maida
24:48Taylor back to Hattati
24:50O'Reilly
24:53it's a beat up sends it clear Barry managing to hold off McGregor but it's the Celtic captain who
25:00gets things back under control and Johnson to start another attack Maida around the outside
25:07of Chris Cannon and for Ida and out for the goal kick
25:13you see the break here from Hattati being able to ride that first challenge she's had that little
25:19look over on the far side and very close to slipping it through for Nicholas Kuhn the space
25:26was there he just if he'd I think if he'd kept the ball on the deck he just got under it slightly
25:32it's been kept on the deck it would have been a little bit easier for the German to be able to
25:37it's one full-time score from the other two premier sports cup games being played this afternoon
25:43Dundee United have beaten St Mirren thanks to Ross Graham first half winner Motherwell and Kilmarnock
25:50are currently in extra time but Moses Abiy has put the Steelmen ahead against the Celtics
25:59currently in extra time but Moses Abiy has put the Steelmen ahead against Kilmarnock who are
26:07down to 10 men Stuart Finlay was sent off early on in the second half so Motherwell just looking
26:12to see that one out obviously wonderful result for Kilmarnock during the week it's affecting
26:23them domestically though I was just going to say you know clearly the result in the league against
26:27St Johnston looking at potentially going out the cup to Motherwell there today but they have a
26:34shot at maybe getting group stage European football you just wonder whether it's the
26:43Miller matched his run and did enough to put him off
26:52you see here just making that run on the inside channel Lewis Miller matches it
26:56it's good defendant very good defendant
27:02Bowie and Carter Vickers wrestling away I think there were quite a few hips fans in particular
27:08that were wanting to see that battle again after the impact that Kieran Bowie had off the bench
27:12last week well you saw Kieran Bowie been able to out-muscle Cameron Carter Vickers last week
27:21and that does not happen often at all
27:28have you got a wrestling match double for Dyson job done for him no hat trick but
27:35he'll be very happy with his afternoon's work and Hyun Joon Yang replaces him on the wing
27:51so
28:06Johnston out to Kuhn
28:12Manto Reilly just ahead of Callum McGregor sliding in his coon to try and get it back but
28:19Barry looking to take them all on
28:24using all his experience to get back
28:49so
28:54scales for Ida who makes the run
29:07half an hour of Norwich's defeat at Oxford last weekend
29:12but maybe just a little bit behind his teammates in terms of preparation
29:27O'Reilly straight to a beat of a coon can pick up but one of the home fans thought it was a handball
29:34by Jordan Ibita but very happy to play on and Ibita now finds himself in a really good position
29:41that heavy tacks allowed Carter Vickers to come across just when things look promising for Ibernian
29:51you had I mean that was obviously very different from Kiyoko in terms of physicality but
29:57he's always looking to make those darn runs in behind stretch the opposition you see right there
30:02he's in behind well he's away again and he's been picked out by O'Reilly and Bursic comes off his
30:07line and that was vital the reaction from Joseph Bursic it was just exactly what I was talking
30:14about you watch this across the face of Bashir he didn't even see where he was he's on side
30:19it's a wonderful run great pass Bursic's able to get out and smother it there but
30:25that's really good striker play the defender's just going to check his shoulder to see where
30:30the striker is and he's away he's across the face making that run in behind and when you
30:36when you're playing with midfielders of the quality of O'Reilly McGregor and Hatate
30:41they're going to see that they're going to see those those runs and they've got the ability
30:46to find you so as much as he brings something different to the Celtic side
30:52he still has that ability to stretch and run in behind and get through on goal
30:56there's Yang for Johnson
31:09there's Kuhn
31:13Johnson, Nicholas Kuhn again
31:18McGregor
31:19Taylor it's just a bit behind O'Reilly
31:27Boyle can't get a hold of it he may well be coming off shortly
31:32Yang one-on-one with Cadden Yang gets his ball in but not past Miller
31:39Hatate wonders what the free kick was for
31:46no I'm not sure Chris Cadden's realized that he's a bit of a tooth floss that doubles up as a shin pad has fallen out
31:56so James Cummings, Rudi Malotnikov comes on but here's Dijszen's double
32:04two brilliantly finished goals in place of Kyogo and his managers
32:08rather happy so too is Dijszen Maida he's a player that
32:12the managers would love to have in the squad the effort he puts into every minute
32:18and he's shown he's actually got some emotions there at the end as well with a wee cheeky smile as he comes off
32:27so Rudi Malotnikov on for Hibernian
32:32extremely talented 18 year old he's been impressive in the early games this season
32:38yeah he's been a great player he's been a great player he's been a great player
32:43he's been impressive in the early games this season he has very impressive started all six before
32:52this afternoon's outing just wondering whether Brendan cracked a joke in Japanese or English there
33:00so
33:12Miller scales wins the header
33:18Nicky
33:27Phillips corner
33:31they would love just to cause some unease again like they did in the first half a
33:36corner flag not making things too easy with the swirling wind down at that corner
33:44I mean look at it I think it's quite clear that Celtic will be able to see this tie out and get
33:50through in the next round but there has been some more there's been some more positives perhaps
33:56again today as they tried to build towards getting some momentum for the league campaign
34:03and trying to challenge getting the top six we've already spoke about the positives they've made in
34:07the recruitment Barry away by scales two games to come before the international break for
34:17Hibbs home to Dundee next week then away to Kilmarnock
34:23he will have completed their playoff against Copenhagen
34:30ends up in the arms of Kasper Schmeichel no clean sheet for an experienced Dane
34:38you know just to go back to the you know the issue for Hibbs is they're trying to rectify
34:43two or three years of mismanagement and poor recruitment
34:47it takes a little bit of time for that on the pass that was from Hatati to Yang
34:54and it is a Celtic free kick Lewis Miller just holding on to the South Korean winger
35:04good movement there from Yang and a lovely ball in behind the full back it did look like a free
35:09kick it just looks like when it comes around here he just pins him
35:21the South Korean winger just not able to get towards the ball it allowed Joe Newell to come
35:25back and make the challenge Kevin Clancy was right on hand to see it
35:31so
35:35O'Reilly or Hatati to
35:39deliver this one into the box it's left by the Japanese and O'Reilly
35:43takes the out swinger Carter Vickers was always tracking back towards his own goal
36:01so
36:20a couple more changes coming for Celtic Paulo Bernardo and Luis Palma being readied
36:31so
36:47another who came on alone last season and now being made a permanent signing from Benfica
36:55and Nicholas Kuhn who got that all-important third goal but it did come with a
37:00big helping hand from the Hibernian defence and goalkeeper
37:06but another goal scoring outing from the Germans
37:25so
37:35so
37:50Newell up the line
37:53can only present it to McGregor
38:01O'Reilly to scales
38:06Bernardo McGregor lovely ball back to the captain and now that frees things up for Palma but still
38:14a lapse in concentration it's just on the pitch not quite up to the speed of the game perhaps
38:26you've got to take your chances when you do get minutes in this Celtic team though
38:35Molotnik off
38:37so
38:59Carter Vickers there
39:00McGregor Johnson quite find the forward run of McGregor now beat up
39:19Taylor a bit of space for McGregor
39:30O'Reilly
39:38scales
39:42Palma
39:48keep ball for Celtic but the passes still have to be accurate and crisp and they certainly are
39:55no need for European qualifiers this season again for Celtic
40:00so it's just their third competitive outing here goes Yang
40:15it's over the top of Kieran Barry Celtic can settle back in possession once more Bernardo
40:25O'Reilly
40:38O'Reilly once again Bernardo
40:42the delivery towards Ida certainly does give them another option in terms of how can
40:49how their approach play can work here goes Chris Cadden
40:56chance to power forward for him Cadden's ball towards the back post where Molotnik
41:01off was waiting if there was to be any mistake from Cameron Carter Vickers
41:06that's a good ball from Chris Cadden he's got a good delivery something that regularly when he
41:12gets into these areas he puts in good balls you can see there it's puts Carter Vickers under a
41:18little bit of pressure to really have to deal with it Molotnikov was just lingering behind
41:24them there goes behind for the corner kick Nicky Cadden's corner kick and Schmeichel
41:32got above Rocky Bashiri now Campbell unleashes but again Cameron Carter Vickers hits his body in the way
41:48so
42:06flag does go up they're retreating Nicky Cadden
42:10O'Reilly
42:15McGregor they won the 50-50 with Molotnikov that's a great ball from scales
42:24the layoff that Ida was looking for but he's gonna
42:27fight to get it back and he does win the free kick
42:31so
42:40mentioned hibernians games before the international break Celtic
42:47a couple of Sundays to come away to Suburin next week and then
42:50hosting Rangers here in two weeks time
42:53Palma
43:07Bernardo side steps one and then looks to feed that through to Ida Palma Bernardo
43:16Bernardo gets it back Luis Palma for number four takes aim at that low corner
43:24and wide it goes and only just well I just wonder when it comes back to him whether he could have
43:29just kept going into the box you see the gaping hole in the middle of the hips defense just keep
43:34going doesn't need to take the strike from the edge of the box Adam Ida was in front of him
43:40he was already in position I think Luis Palma could have just taken another touch toward the goal
43:47it wasn't as if it was a defender that he was trying to shoot past there
43:50up in the end he's stuck it past the post
44:06counterbackers back to Schmeichel
44:11just losing his footing
44:20back from Campbell
44:30holding up on the wind but Johnson can find McGregor
44:37Yang McGregor again
44:40so
44:50for our scales
45:02the leader came short and went over the top of him
45:05Bashiri now, it's read by Callum McGregor.
45:14O'Reilly, Bernardo.
45:18Into the final minute of the 90.
45:23Bernardo.
45:27Also Celtic so difficult to compete with when they're in this kind of a mood.
45:36The Banyan did give them a scare in that first half.
45:41That's O'Reilly looking up for Ida, now Bernardo takes over.
45:46You understand there's going to be four minutes added at the end of the game.
45:51The free kick goes hips way and an opportunity Michael for you to name your Premier Sports Cup player of the match.
45:58Well I think the Celtic performance in the first half in particular threw up quite a few candidates.
46:03And Kyoko going out the team, the question was asked who's going to play at the top end.
46:08It ended up being Dyson Maeda getting his two goals and I think it's all around performance.
46:12Rory makes him my Premier Sports Cup man of the match.
46:18And I think when he played up top before he never really felt like something that he looked overly comfortable with.
46:26Even though playing for Japan and previously as a centre forward he always looked better on that left.
46:32But today I think he's looked like a genuine alternative and an option where Kyoko or Adam Ida to not be available.
46:44Luke Amos has come on for Joe Newell.
46:57Confirmation of the four minutes, they're midway through the first of those.
47:03Just touching on that Rory, I think it's important for Celtic that before you're looking at Kyoko and feeling like it was the only option up there.
47:13Ida's been signed and if you have Maeda as a genuine alternative you start to feel like the options are pretty good, they're not bad.
47:23And you've got that little bit of flexibility at the top end of the park.
47:28Clearly Maeda being able to play on the left hand side as well and the plethora of wingers that they've got.
47:35But I still feel they need to bring in a little bit more quality in those wide areas if they want to kick on in Europe in particular.
47:42Palma, looks for O'Reilly, good feet from him, in front to Bernardo.
47:55Palma, Taylor to Scales, Palma shows again, does well to curl that one out to Yang.
48:12Neat ball through to Johnson who pulls it back but only for Amos.
48:17How much of Celtic's transfer dealings and maybe their season do you think is dependent on the future of Matt O'Reilly?
48:31I mean look, from a purely footballing perspective of course Celtic would be desperate to keep Matt O'Reilly
48:37but they've shown previously that they sell players for big money and they've been able to continue and be dominant.
48:46But when you're looking at the middle of the park and you look at what Matt O'Reilly has developed into
48:50it would be very difficult to try to find somebody that's going to be able to do the job that he's doing now.
49:01It's a tough one, I don't think it's dependent on future spending on Matt O'Reilly going out the building
49:06because we've already touched on how much money they've got sitting in the bank.
49:10They can afford to go and spend even perhaps another 20 million comfortably and Matt O'Reilly to remain at the club.
49:20It's just a question of really finding that quality.