Brisbane Roar 0 Celtic 3
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But much as he would love to continue in this triumphant vein the new Celtic manager won't be fooled by his team's comfortable Translink Cup win against Brisbane Roar who barely managed a whimper in the Suncorp Stadium yesterday.
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Apart from raking in as much as half a million quid and performing in front of more than 25,000 of their appreciative exiled fans, Mowbray led his players to the other side of the world just to stretch their legs. It was an exhausting trip but already Celtic are winners.
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Yet it was Roar who should have been ahead early in the game but Artur Boruc continued to endear himself to the new manager with a few terrific saves which gave his side time to adjust to playing again and especially after such a long journey.
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This could have been some kind of bizarre dream because this time the national lament was being belted out from the end of a large didgeridoo.
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But loads of them seemed to have emerged from history. They were wearing Celtic tops with the names Sutton,[url=http://www.ferragamo-shoes-outlet@#$%&/]ferragamo outlet[/url], Larsson and Nakamura on them.
One of them had NTL on the front and as Mowbray was beginning a new era he was surrounded by memories of the past.
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But Flood and Crosas know they'll have to do much more if they are to keep Scott Brown and Barry Robson on the sidelines when they have recovered from their injuries.
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It was Boruc and then Caldwell who held it all together in the first 25 minutes when Roar were actually threatening and afterwards Mowbray said: "It was there again before my eyes what a good leader Caldwell is,[url=http://www.scarpe-hoganoutlet.it/]hogan outlet[/url]."
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After Boruc had denied Robbie Kruse (twice) and Sergio van Dijk Celtic seemed to wake up and Shaun Maloney and McDonald tested Roar keeper Liam Reddy before the breakthrough arrived in 38 minutes.
Naylor worked his way down the left and sent a perfect cross into the middle. Killen couldn't resist, skipped into the air and headed in from four yards bringing the crowd to life.
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