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Celtic lined up with Momo Sylla making a rare start - playing on the wide right of a four man midfield - filling a gap in the team left by the injured Didier Agathe, with Juninho operating in the hole behind the strikers Camara and John Hartson.
The one-way traffic produced an inevitable Celtic goal on 20 minutes - albeit from an unlikely source - with defender Varga sliding in at the back post to convert a flick-on from Sylla after a Thomson corner.
Camara, who had looked threatening throughout the opening half hour, put Dunfermline 2-0 down 38 minutes in - the ex-Wolves man heading past Stillie at the second attempt following an Alan Thompson free-kick. Hartson then saw a header hit the woodwork minutes later, Sylla's deft chip finding the big Welshman at the back post.
Camara gained his second of the afternoon - and his fifth of the season - to give Celtic a 3-0 lead after 54 minutes , the Senegal striker steering home a close-range effort with the outside of his right foot.
Stillie kept the scoreline down in the 72nd minute when he diverted Thompson's ferocious free-kick away before Hartson was booked for preventing the keeper from kicking downfield. Camara should have come away with a hat-trick but he was denied by Stillie and the woodwork after Thompson had sent him into space.

Trivia

Celtic used this as a warm up for their midweek Champions League clash with AC Milan.
Celtic opted to rest frontman Chris Sutton in the hope the Englishman would be fit for the Milan clash.

Teams

Celtic:-
Marshall, Valgaeren, Balde, Varga, Sylla, Petrov (Wallace ), Lennon, Thompson, Juninho Paulista (McGeady ), Hartson (Laursen 82), Camara.

Subs not used:- Douglas, Pearson, Lambert, Cuthbert.

Goals:- Varga 20, Camara 30, 54

Booked:- Hartson



Dunfermline:-
Stillie, Shields, Scott Wilson, Skerla, Scott Thomson, Nicholson, Mason (Labonte 15), Dempsey, Darren Young (Hunt 45, Butler 72), Brewster, Mehmet.

Subs not used:- Murdoch, , Butler, Tod, McKeown, Derek Young.

Referee:- A Freeland (Scotland)

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