Osaze Urhoghide made his Europa League debut for Celtic in a dead rubber game with Real Betis at Celtic Park, with the hosts running away 3-2 winners after an entertaining game.
The full-back impressed the Celtic faithful, having only one previous appearance for the club which came for the reserves in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
It can be difficult to make an impression when the game means everything to you, but maybe not to the others who are regulars and aren’t as focused with it being a dead rubber tie.
He lasted all 90 minutes for Ange Postecoglou, a great achievement under his belt as he looks to kickstart his first-team career at Celtic.
Fans were delighted with his performance as they took to Twitter to send messages of praise to the youngster.
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How the Celtic fans reacted…
“Played well Osaze. Man of the match for me. Well done.”
“You did great big man! Not phased at all at facing off with Tello, Lainez and Joaquin.”
“Thought you had a great game Osaze. You can be very proud of that. Hopefully see more of you over the rest of the season.”
“Mate, you had a great game, some fantastic runs up the right. Loved it!”
“You got better and better as the game went on. Great to see you in the Hoops! HH.”
“This guy proved he has an exciting Celtic future, great showing last night. Only 21 years old, Ange’s coaching influence and two cracking RBs to learn from.”
“Keep working hard Osaze. You impressed everyone last night”
Clearly, they were more than impressed by Urhoghide on Thursday evening, with the defender definitely being one of the positives to take from the match.
Unfortunately for Postecoglou, Albian Ajeti and Kyogo Furuhashi were forced off injured. This is a real worry for the boss who is almost at the end of his attacking options. The misery is compounded for him when Celtic have a cup final against Hibernian just around the corner, it could be Plan B and C for him.
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