The Bluebirds remain undefeated pre-season and recorded an excellent and comfortable opening 2-1 win over local side Guimares in Portugal to head the table in the Algarve Cup, new forward Ross McCormack building on his promise scoring both City goal with the Portuguese side getting an injury time consolation with a dubious penalty.
City mixed up their side with Darcy Blake at right back, Mark Kennedy on the left, Darren Purse partnering Roger Johnson, Paul Parry put into right midfield and a second half which feature Loovens (for Purse), Rae (for Scimeca) and Comminges (for Parry) but were comfortable and largely in control from start to finish.
McCormack's goals came on 16 and 67 minutes and will send them in good heart into Thursday's prestigious encounter with Glasgow Celtic, a match that can be seen live on Setanta Sports.
The Bluebirds also lead the group by 3 points on 5 points (the Cup awards 1 point per goal as well as three for the win) as Middlesborough and Celtic drew 1-1 in the other fixture with the Glasgow giants reckoned to be the better side but needing a late equaliser to avoid defeat.
Match reports:
CARDIFF CITY MESSAGEBOARD
http://www.ccmb.co.uk/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&goto=721009&rid=10&S=0bebc2d4fae300a6a188e9e48c5a8ab6#msg_721009
WALES ONLINE
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2008/07/23/mccoist-watches-loovens-but-mccormack-catches-eye-91466-21387240/
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