Ange Postecoglou has solved the Anthony Ralston and Josip Juranovic mystery from the so-called friendly match against Rapid Vienna yesterday afternoon which ended in a 3-3 draw.

The absence of both right backs raised a few eyebrows as for the second match in a row Osaze Urhoghide was given the full 90 minutes to make an impression on the Celtic manager and perhaps to earn a place in his plans for the new season.

With manager just about sending out an entirely new team in the second half against our old Austrian foes – only Urhoghide was used in both Celtic sides that played yesterday. So where were the Croatian and Scotland international right-backs Josip Juranovic and Anthony Ralston?

Ange was happy to clear up the mystery – less happy with some of the Celtic defending as this Celtic Star photo shows – after the highly competitive match in Vienna and he also made sure to add in some praise for Urhoghide. “Tony got a knock yesterday and just wasn’t 100 percent for today so we erred on the side of caution,” the Celtic manager said, as reported by Glasgow Times. “He should be fine for Wednesday.

“Josip is fine, he trained fully this morning, but he missed the first part of the week so we are trying to get all the guys into a programme where they do a bit of work before we expose them to game time.

“Credit to Osaze, he played 90 minutes on Wednesday and 90 minutes today. The one thing about him is he is a warrior. He works hard. We had him pencilled in for 90 minutes today, and he got through it.

Cameron Carter-Vickers in action against Rapid Vienna

“It was a great game. Sometimes with these friendly games, you worry whether the intensity might not be quite there. At times, it was like a real contest, which was brilliant.

“Credit to Rapid and our boys, they made it into a real, competitive game with the crowd out there as well. I thought it was a real worthwhile exercise.

“It’s a game we can take stuff out of. We can really analyse well, knowing that it was full of intensity and competition. We can give the guys positive feedback on the stuff we did well and the stuff we need to enforce to keep improving.”