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“ It does feel like “ MANAGER a new season.

Obviously, we are looking forward to competing — I wish we’d had two more weeks of preparation, but I understand why we have had four. We need to complete 14 fixtures before June and GLASGOW CITY it’s a very tight calendar, but we’re looking forward to competing again. PROFILED Celtic welcome Glasgow City to K-Park looking It does feel like a new season. We have been doing to right their opening day defeat to the champions a pre-season so the only difference really is that we with a victory to set the second round of fixtures are starting two points behind, but our goal is to try off to an ideal start. and win every single game. We aren’t thinking about the league table at the moment and we obviously While the visitors lost high-profile stars to city rivals have four new players and three who have gone and Rangers, they’ve enjoyed a proactive winter break, with Sarah Teegarden coming back, it does feel like bringing in five new faces on top of the pre-contracted a brand-new season. Cailin Michie who returns to Scotland after a spell in Scandinavia.

Despite losing 5–0 to Rangers and 1–0 to Sparta Prague in the Champions League before the winter shutdown, the 13-times Champions will pose a tough test With so many new players coming it’s still to Alonso’s side. early days and we are far from the end product, but it has been very positive. MANAGER: HOME GROUND: BROADWOOD STADIUM LAST MEETING SWPL1: It’s great whenever a game is shown on TV, but at GLASGOW CITY 2–0 CELTIC the same time with it being a home game I’d rather LAST RESULT CELTIC: have our fans here. They will be missed as we really felt them when we beat City, so I think that’s another huge MOTHERWELL 0–5 CELTIC plus that we’ve lost. However, it’s still great that the fans GLASGOW CITY: can watch it on TV, and I hope they enjoy the game. GLASGOW CITY 0–1 SPARTA PRAGUE Fran Alonso Manager, Celtic FC Women CAPTAIN’S COMMENTS It feels like forever since our last competitive game. Although we played before Christmas it was a short period, so the two breaks feel as though they have merged.

There is no bigger game than the reigning champions. This time last year we had taken three EWENS TARGETING points off Glasgow City before the league was MORE GOALS IN 2021 voided. The first game back in the new league format in September was a really disappointing Striker Sarah Ewens signed off 2020 with a well-taken performance from us and we are looking to put double against Motherwell, but the forward is now things right this time round. Both ourselves hoping she can take that confidence forward and kick and Glasgow City have brought players in so on in the second round of fixtures. it will be an interesting game.

“I think going into the break coming off two goals and We worked hard during lockdown and even harder a good performance definitely gave me a bit confidence since coming back and we are just really excited going forward and it was unfortunate that we have to wait to get back into competitive action. Five of our first a month to play the next game because once the ball’s seven fixtures are at home and we want to make rolling, you just want to keep going, but it’s definitely sure it’s a really difficult place to come, starting given me confidence going into Glasgow City,” she began. on the 4th with the big one against City.

“I was definitely pleased to finally get back on the Thanks, scoresheet — I was disappointed in myself in the last few games not getting on it and not scoring as many Kelly as I wanted to in the first third of the season, so I was delighted to get a couple of good goals.” TEEGARDEN: INJURY CAME AT ‘IDEAL’ TIME Despite suffering an ACL injury back in March 2020, Sarah Teegarden admits timing was on her side, as she reflected on the start of lockdown almost a year on from her injury as she readies herself for her comeback.

“Any injury is never enjoyable, but if there’s ever a time to have this big of an injury, the beginning of lockdown was definitely ideal timing.

“It feels weird saying ‘ideal’, but in a way it was because I got injured in the last game before everything shut down so I haven’t missed too many games. Of course I want to be with the girls, but being injured and watching them play is definitely harder, so having been away doing my own rehab and knowing everyone is doing their own work at home made it a little easier because we were all on our own paths before we came back together.”

QUIZ 1 WHO MADE THEIR CELTIC DEBUT AGAINST TUOHY CREDITS ADAPTABILITY GLASGOW CITY IN THE SEASON OPENER? OF OLD FACES 2 WHO ENDED 2020 WITH THE SWPL PLAYER Assistant coach Michael Tuohy has commended OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR NOVEMBER? the players from the 2019 squad for their first- rate attitudes as the club steered towards 3 HOW MANY GOALS DID SARAH EWENS professional status, with the coach praising SCORE AGAINST MOTHERWELL? their adaptability as the new era got underway.

4 WHO MADE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES He said: “Moving into professionalism, standards OF THE SEASON AGAINST MOTHERWELL? are raised not only on the pitch but off it in terms of the manner and attitude we expect them to 5 HOW MANY NEW SIGNINGS DID CELTIC uphold. It can be a difficult transition when your MAKE IN THE JANUARY WINDOW? association with football hasn’t been professional to then change that, but I can only give massive credit to the group who have been here to take on board everything the staff have asked of them ANSWERS: and repay the support the club have given us.” 1 Caitlin Hayes | 2 Lisa Robertson | 3 Two | 4 Rachael Johnstone and Rebecca McAllister | 5 Four Official Partner

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