A DEFEAT and poor performance from Celtic in the second of the series of friendlies in which they will build to the start of the new season in a month’s time. Perhaps the greatest concern to Gordon Strachan will be how few chances his side created without the delicate invention of Shunsuke Nakamura, who is at the Asian Cup with Japan. In his absence, Celtic’s strikers were largely starved of service. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Scott McDonald suffered in the first half and the supply to Kenny Miller and Maciej Zurawski, their replacements, was also meagre.

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BSC Young Boys (4-4-2):
Wolfli; Schwegler, Tiago Calvano, Portillo, Raimondi (Kallio 60); Varela (Madou 84), Mangane, Yapi, Regazzoni (Hochstrasser 86); Joao Paulo (Yakin 75), Schneuwly (Kavak 64)

Celtic (4-4-2):
Celtic (first half): McGovern, Bjarnason, Balde, McManus, Naylor, Jarosik, Sno, Brown, Riordan, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink

Celtic (second half): McGovern, Virgo, Pressley (Sno 57min) (Killen 70min), Kennedy, Naylor, Bjarnason, Donati, Gravesen, McGeady, Zurawski, Miller

Scorers:
Young Boys: Calvano 25, Schneuwly 48, Yakin 88, 90
Celtic: Jarosik 39

Attendance: 7,688
Played in: Stadion Brühl


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