A Celtic XI smashed St. Gallen’s U21s 9-1 before their two full sides meet tonight and Leigh Griffiths continued his goal-scoring form since returning for pre-season.
Griffiths banged in four goals during a behind closed doors friendly in the emphatic win and the Celtic fans were delighted to see one of their favourites on the scoresheet once again during the Austrian training camp. The 28-year-old was joined on the scoresheet by wingers Lewis Morgan and Scott Sinclair as well as prodigious youngsters Ewan Henderson and Karamoko Dembele.
St. Gallen U21s 1️⃣-9️⃣ #CelticFC XI
Goals from Henderson, @Leighgriff09 (4), @Scotty_Sinclair (2), @10LewisMorgan and @kdembele_10 seal an emphatic pre-season win for the Bhoys ???? pic.twitter.com/st3JNzHtV5
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) July 2, 2019
Griffiths had taken time off from Celtic last season to address issues with his mental health but the poacher looks back to his best if his pre-season form is anything to go by. Griffiths has already been on target for the Celts this summer- scoring against Wiener Sport-Club- as he looks to regain his place as Celtic’s first choice striker having faced strong competition from Odsonne Edouard and Moussa Dembele in the past three years. Having played this morning it’s unlikely that the former Hibs striker will have too much of an impact in tonight’s game against St. Gallen’s first team.
These Celtic fans are delighted one of their heroes is back in the goals after a worrying period out of the game.
I’m a Celtic fan but not getting too excited about beating u21 side 9-1, good to see Griff on the score sheet tho????
— Paddy Gibson (@PatrickGibson9) July 2, 2019
A fit and hungry @Leighgriff09… massive bonus for going into the UCL qualifiers and is sure to trigger rage from The Crumbledome! ????
— ???? Gastro Celtic ???? (@Gastro_Celtic) July 2, 2019
Good to see Griff firing them in. The wee man will be raring to go in a few weeks ????
— Forever Celtic (@ForeverCeltic2) July 2, 2019
EASY!!!✅????????
— Ciaran Caldow???? (@CiaranCaldow1) July 2, 2019
Leigh Leigh Super Leigh!!!
Hes back ????????— Annelee 8️⃣???????? (@leannski0101) July 2, 2019
He’s back , and be afraid be very afraid ..
— Beann Mhadaghain CSC (@BMCSC1996) July 2, 2019
Griff on fire! ???? ???? ????
— Forever Celtic (@ForeverCeltic2) July 2, 2019