McBreen stars in Shanghai win

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On-loan Central Coast Mariners striker Daniel McBreen netted his first goal for Shanghai SIPG on Sunday as his side secured a 3-0 win over Guizhou Renhe in Guiyang.

On-loan Central Coast Mariners striker Daniel McBreen netted his first goal for Shanghai SIPG on Sunday as his side secured a 3-0 win over Guizhou Renhe in Guiyang.

In just his second appearance for his temporary Club, McBreen got East Asia off to the perfect start in their clash against Renhe - who the Mariners played in the 2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage - with a goal in the 10th minute of play.

McBreen also played provider for the final goal of the game scored by Colombian attacker Luis Carlos Cabezas Mairongo close to full time.

Former Mariners attacker Bernie Ibini remained on the bench for Shanghai SIPG on the night as East Asia secured three valuable competition points to move to eighth place in the 16 team Chinese Super League.

Elsewhere, a couple of former Mariners players in Matthew Ryan and Tomas Rogic have made strong starts in pre-season and will be pressing for a starting position with their new clubs.

Ryan is currently in England with his Club Brugge teammates as they continue their preparations for the Belgian Pro League season. The goalkeeper has featured regularly throughout the pre-season for Brugge as he aims to impress coach Juan Carlos Garrido before Blau-Zwart play their first competition game of the season at home to Charleroi on Friday 26 July.

Socceroo Tomas Rogic could be set to play in Glasgow Celtic-s UEFA Champions League Qualifier against Northern Ireland-s Cliftonville FC on Wednesday (UK time) after he played regularly during the Hoops- pre-season tour of Germany. Unfortunately, results didn-t go Celtic-s way in Deutschland, as they suffered heavy losses against the likes of Greuther Furth and Union Berlin.