Celtic star Kyogo Furuhashi has insisted there is still more to come from him and this Hoops side after a dream start to life at the club, as he expressed his delight at making his debut in front of the Parkhead crowd.
Speaking to the club’s official website, the 26-year old spoke out about how much joy he got from experiencing his first glimpse at the Parkhead atmosphere in front of 25,000 fans.
“I had a really brilliant day and was a real joy to play my first match at Celtic Park in front of our fans. It was my first real experience of our great stadium and it will live with me forever.
“Football is about supporters and about us as players trying to make our fans happy. It is why we play the game and we all enjoyed doing that yesterday.
“I would like to thank the fans for supporting me and the rest of the boys so well. Even though the stadium was not quite full yet, there was a phenomenal atmosphere and we could tell that our fans were happy to be back supporting the club.
“I can see why people say it is one of the best stadiums in the world and one of the best atmospheres in football, and I can’t wait to feel it again when all our fans are back and the stadium is full.”
Reflecting on his hat-trick, Furuhashi insisted that the squad will continue to work hard and improve to see that level of performance on a more consistent basis.
“It was really nice for me to score three goals but, more importantly, it was great for the whole team to get such a great result and have such a good performance in our first home match in front of the fans.
“We scored some really good team goals too, and we worked well together and played the kind of football I love.
“It seems as if everything has happened so quickly in the past few weeks, but it was just such a good feeling to be out there at Celtic Park. It is an amazing arena to play football in, and it was great fun for me.”
“We have had two good results in the last two matches, and now we are going to work hard every day to get better and better.
“It is really early in the season, and we have a lot to work on, but we will do all we can to build on these performances.
“We’re really looking forward to Thursday’s match and hope we can get another positive result.”
Going into Thursday night’s European fixture, Hoops fans will be feeling a lot more positive after the level of performance we saw last weekend.
Hearing that there is still more to come from this squad is an exciting prospect, and of course, it is still early days in the Ange Postecoglou era.
Fingers crossed, we can see more signs of that in the coming week as we look to build some momentum during another busy schedule at the beginning of the 2021/22 campaign.
