Flights, Camera, Action!

Scales trying to get over 10-hour trek but trip was eased with a bit of Russell Crowe

- BY RYAN McDONALD

LIAM SCALES spent the long haul trek to Kazakhstan catching up on classic films like LA Confidential.

But the defender is hoping for a blockbuster display from the Hoops tonight rather than being left investigating a Champions League crime scene.

Scales and the Celts squad had plenty of time to kill on the mammoth 10 hour journey to the former Soviet outpost near the Russian border.

Rollo Tomasi sounds like one of the million names linked with Celtic over the summer rather than the mysterious murderer in the 90s Russell Crowe epic.

But it helped take the mind off the magnitude of what is at stake for the club here this evening.

Scales said: “The journey was OK, the plane we travel on is comfortable. We have it to ourselves, we get fed well, so it's all really professional. The fact we also travelled on Sunday also helps.

“That gives us that little bit more time to get over the flight.

“But personally, it won't affect me. And I think a lot of the players are the same. It was a comfortable enough journey to get here so it’s fine. I watched LA Confidential on the way here.

“I have been going through lists on IMDB on the best movies to watch and then picking ones out for the journey.

“I hadn't seen it before so I enjoyed it. We travel a lot so I've been thinking of ways to spend the time on flights and in hotels.