Hello and welcome to the reaction, the first reaction of the new season, as we look back to Celtic taking on Yokohama in Japan as part of the Japanese preseason tour.

And what was a really interesting and at times enjoyable game of football

finishing Yokohama 6 Celtic 4.

I'm your host Christopher Galaher and today I am joined by Barry Galaher.

Hello Barry, how are you, sir?

Very well, thanks.

I delighted to be here and as you say, the first reaction of the season's always a momentous

occasion and it was, it was a pulsating game, lots to talk about.

I think my notes are probably the most detailed notes I've ever taken.

So yeah, plenty to get our teeth into.

I'm looking forward to it.

Yes, absolutely.

And I think, you know, it's always interesting. You know, friendlies are such a hard thing to gauge. But I was, you know, I was thinking about this as the game was kicking off, with exception to the two behind closed doors games, which were more bounce games than anything. This is our first games since the Scottish Cup final in, you know, the first week in June.

So, you know, there's a lot to kind of put into context from that point of view.

Barry Celtic in preseason when it comes to results.

Usually the theory goes, we have a bad preseason in terms of results.

We have a good season going into it.

Do you buy into that?

What's your feeling in preseason friendlies and coming into this game? It's funny you say that because

I think that's something you always console yourself with, isn't it? When you come off the wrong

side of a defeat and yeah, traditionally that does tend to be the case because I think one of our

most successful pre-seasons was when we won the Wembley under Mowbray and we all know how that panned out.

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