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Quick Review

The gates opened at the Nissan Stadium at 4.30pm and within minutes the lower stands began to fill-up with supporters in both Yokohama F Marinos and Celtic colours, desperate to catch an early glimpse of their idol, Shunsuke Nakamura.
The home side struck with what was their first foray up the park, with the Japanese centre-forward beating Evander Sno to play a simple ball to the back post. David Marshall stretched to make the stop, but just failed to reach Oshima’s dipping header and then, just ten minutes later, the Celtic keeper was called on again, diving to deny Norihisa Shimuzu after the striker had been put through by Koji Yamase.
It was the impressive number seven, Hayuma Tanaka, who fired in his cross from the right, finding the unmarked Shimuzu who had raced in at the back post to head home from close range.
Kano curled a spectacular free-kick past Michael McGovern from 27 yards out, in the 79th minute.

Trivia

CELTIC kicked-off the club’s first ever match in Japan with a 3-0 defeat in a friendly match against Shunsuke Nakamura’s former team in Yokohama.
The winning side received the Dwango Cup, a largely symbolic glass trophy that was more of a symbol of Celtic’s blossoming friendship with the people of Japan and Yokohama F Marinos.

Teams

Yokohama F Marinos (3-5-2):-
Tetsuya Enomoto; Kurihara, Matsuda (Nakanishi 46), Nasu; Tanaka, Kawai (Ueno 46), Oku (Kano 79), Hirano (Komiyama 69), Yamase (Sakata 56); Oshima, Shimizu (Shiokawa 78).

Subs not used:- Tatsuya Enomoto, Magrao, Yoshida.

Goals:- Oshima 5, Shimuzu 40, Kanto 79.


Celtic (4-4-2):-
Marshall (McGovern 46); Lawson, Varga (O’Dea 63), Virgo, Camara; Nakamura (Quinn 65), Lennon, Sno, Thompson; McGeady (Bjarnason 72), Riordan.

Subs not used:- Miller.

Att:- 27,354

Ref:- ??

Venue:- International Stadium (NISSAN STADIUM), Yokokama City, Kanagawa.

Articles

• Match Report (Celtic.Net)
• Nakamura ashamed of Japan defeat (BBC)
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