Celtic complete quickfire rout

Coasting in football does not come easier than this

Coasting in football does not come easier than this. Celtic won this affair with a thumping aggregate score and via some abrupt shrapnel from Mark Burchill, who surely scored one of the quickest hat-tricks in British football.

To add to their 4-0 lead from the first leg Celtic had already grabbed four by the 20th minute here, though the tedium of watching this match was at least relieved by a couple of maverick elements. Starting only his second competitive match for the club since arriving for £5 million sterling from Brazil last season was Rafael. Rafael is a remnant from the derided John Barnes era at Celtic, as is Bobby Petta. Petta drew more cheers for his slaloming runs last night, but it isn't mere fluke that his one truly mesmerising performance came in the first leg against Jeunesse.

One player who is talented, and currently demanding a transfer from Celtic, is Burchill, whose quickfire hat-trick was reminiscent of the mayhem of Jimmy McGrory in the late 1940s. Between the 12th and 15th minutes Burchill sent a bullet header and a couple of swift prods past John van Rijswick, the Jeunesse goalkeeper who must have felt victimised. Even before the first half was out, Celtic had a fourth through Eyal Berkovic.

The rout was completed through a further goal from Berkovic as well as strikes by Vidar Riseth and Stillian Petrov in the second half.

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CELTIC: Gould, Rafael, Tebily, Riseth, Mjallby, Healy, Petta, Lambert (Boyd 46), Berkovic, Lynch (Petrov 60), Burchill (Miller 46). Subs Not Used: Corr, Larsson, Sutton, Valgaeren. Booked: Lynch.

JEUNESSE ESCH: Van Riffwifck, Lamborelle, Schault, Wagner (Thill 71), Schaack, Meylender, Kurtz (Nies 64), Bokboiloni, Anodio, Sabotic, Bekil (Felgen 68). Subs Not Used: Logenin, Laruall, Peiffer, Muller. Booked: Schaack.

Referee: P Loba (Switzerland).