A foul not called in the last minutes condemns Celta against Real Madrid

Row and row, however not attain port. Celta died on the shore towards a Actual Madrid in low hours, which achieved victory within the final minutes of the match after a controversial aim by Federico Valverde. The referee didn’t whistle for a earlier foul by Manuel Ángel on Fer López.

On the tempo of Sondeseu, Giráldez’s males dreamed of taking the three factors from Actual Madrid once more, after profitable on the Santiago Bernabéu within the first leg. Regardless of the quite a few losses of the white staff and the aim from Borja Iglesias, two targets from Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde broke the illusions of the greater than 22,000 gentle blue followers who got here to Abanca Balaídos.

Álvaro Arbeloa’s gamers dominated the primary phases of the match, monopolizing possession of the ball. A cross behind Carl Starfelt from Trent Alexander-Arnold put Vinicius one-on-one towards the sky goalkeeper, Ionut Radu.

The ball crashed into the fitting publish, however very quickly the membership from the Spanish capital would take the lead on the scoreboard. Within the eleventh minute, the white proper again took a brief nook in direction of Arda Güler, who assisted Tchouaméni on the sting of the world. This time, Celta’s Romanian goalkeeper didn’t attain the French midfielder’s shot (0-1).

Williot once more

The primary merengue aim awoke Claudio Giráldez’s gamers. Óscar Mingueza detected house within the left lane, Williot gained the again of the Madrid protection and, after a phenomenal cut-back on Alexander-Arnold, coolly assisted Borja Iglesias earlier than the half hour mark (1-1). The Compostela ahead has already scored 11 targets to this point in La Liga.

Then, the sunshine blue staff started to steadiness possession and generate the clearest probabilities of the match. Solely the great efficiency of the white goalkeeper might forestall Celta from ending forward on the scoreboard within the first half. Courtois saved shot from Williot Swedberg, in addition to one other from Ferran Jutglà.

Within the second half, Actual Madrid saved extra of the ball, however the gentle blue block defended with order and really shut strains, closing the inside areas and decreasing the rival’s offensive manufacturing to a minimal. Vinícius appeared intermittently and Radu barely needed to intervene.

Sad ending

Within the last stretch, Celta gained floor once more with the entry of Iago Aspas. The sky blue captain hit a ball towards the publish within the 86th minute, with which Giráldez’s staff bought nearer to the shore. A loss by Fer López in the midst of the sector, attributable to a earlier foul by the white youth participant Manuel Ángel, ended the tie in Balaídos.

It was in harm time. The ball reached the fitting wing, dominated by the Englishman and ex-Liverpool Alexander-Arnold. He crossed and Matías Vecino’s weak clearance fell into the boots of his compatriot, Federico Valverde. The Uruguayan midfielder shot and the ball ended up within the sky nets, after being deflected by Celta’s defenders (1-2).

The followers left the stadium completely satisfied after competing face to face towards Actual Madrid, with the sensation of getting been in a position to beat the whites. Now, gamers and Celtic followers are already fascinated by the tie towards Olympique Lyonnais subsequent Thursday, March 12, at 9:00 p.m.