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Celtic fans react to Jullien’s display, but Shved steals attention

Celtic fans show their support prior to the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Hearts at Celtic Park on May 19, 2019 in Glasgo...
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Celtic beat Nomme Kalju 2-0 in the Champions League last night.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE - April 21:  Christopher Jullien #6 of Toulouse defended by Nicolas Pepe #19 of Lille during the Toulouse V Lille, French Ligue 1 regular season match at the Stadium...

Celtic are into the next round of the Champions League qualifiers after beating Nomme Kalju 2-0 last night, completing a 7-0 aggregate win.

The Bhoys won the first leg 5-0 at Parkhead last week, meaning Neil Lennon was able to name a rotated side for the trip to Estonia last night.

Celtic claimed an early lead as Aleksandr Kulinits put through his own net, and Celtic plugged away, attempting to find a second of the night and seventh of the tie.

It eventually came in added time as winger Maryan Shved came off the bench for his debut and rattled a left footed strike into the net from the edge of the box.

Celtic have now set up a meeting with Romanian side CFR Cluj in the next round, and will be pleased with the easy nature of their win over Nomme Kalju.

Defender Christopher Jullien was handed a first competitive start since his recent move from Toulouse, and the Frenchman impressed in the Celtic back line.

(L-R) Donyell Malen of Holland U21, Marian Shved of Ukraine U21  during the    match between Holland U21 v Ukraine U21 at the De Vijverberg on October 16, 2018 in Doetinchem Netherlands

Fans took to Twitter to hail the giant centre back, praising him as a ‘Rolls Royce’ player whilst hailing his composure in defence, even branding him a ‘brick wall’.

However, others were more focused on winger Shved, who was making his competitive Celtic debut too, having signed from Karpaty Lviv in January before being sent back to the Ukrainian side on loan.

Supporters feel the winger is destined for a big season this term, backing him to score 20 goals this term whilst even comparing him to former Bhoys hero Lubomir Moravcik after an impressive cameo last night.

Celtic fans show their support prior to the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Hearts at Celtic Park on May 19, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland.