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(EFE) Celta and Getafe will measure their emergencies this Monday in Balaídos, with doubts in their game and with the need to win to straighten their league course in a match marked by the tragedy caused by DANA in the Valencian Community and which found in the figure of José Bordalás to one of the strongest critics for their dispute.
The defeat against Leganés last day did a lot of damage to the Galician team. It was the worst game of the Giráldez era. The brilliance that the celestial team exhibited against Real Madrid vanished in Butarque, where it was diluted after conceding the first goal. The 3-0 was a serious warning for the light blues.
The RC Celta coach, Claudio Giráldez, will not be able to count on the attackers Williot Swedberg and Pablo Durán in the match. The Swedish under-21 international presents a muscle edema in the right soleus, while the Galician striker is dropped from the squad due to a bruise on his right thigh.
Both casualties join those of Sergio Carreira, who suffered a sprained ankle in the Copa del Rey match against San Pedro, Luca de la Torre and Jailson Marques.
The outlook for Getafe is not much better. The team led by Bordalás has only won one game, a victim of its alarming lack of goals. Celta have scored more than twice as many goals as their next rival in the League (17 compared to 8), but they have also conceded many more (20 for the Galicians and 9 for those from Madrid).
Getafe's defensive approach will require a maturity test for the Vigo team. Celta will need to play calmly to disarm an opponent that feels comfortable defending. For this reason, Giráldez will need players with good footing in the creation zone. Hugo Sotelo and Damián Rodríguez could have their chance.
But Getafe, despite their lack of goals, presents green shoots compared to the first games of the season. Although they have only won one duel (2-0 against Alavés), they have found the defensive strength of the first stage of Bordalás. To beat the blue team you have to multiply, suffer and sweat a lot.
In fact, Getafe, despite its poor classification in the table, has accumulated four games without losing with three draws and one victory. The last one, against Valencia, ended at 1-1, which could have easily been 2-1 if it wasn't for goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who saved his team with a spectacular double intervention from shots by Bertug Yildirim in the added time.
Precisely, Bertug, at the moment a fixture in Getafe's attack zone, will have a new opportunity to boost the low scoring numbers of the Bordalás team, which last day opted to play with two forwards including Álvaro Rodríguez in the lineup. He will probably put the Uruguayan attacker back on the bench to return Christantus Uche to the starting lineup and return to a 4-2-3-1.
The only loss due to injury that Bordalás will have will be that of Borja Mayoral, who will be out for the third consecutive game due to physical discomfort. However, the entire football script prior to the clash does not matter much to Bordalás, who was very critical in the previous press conference for the non-suspension of the day due to the tragedy caused by DANA for which hundreds of people have died. lost his life. In the end, football, in Balaídos, will matter little. At least, to Bordalás.
— Probable alignments:
Celtic: Guaita; Javi Rodriguez, Starfelt, Mark Alonso; Mingueza, Damian or Moriba, Sotelo, Hugo Alvarez; Aspas, Williot and Borja Churches.
Getafe: Soria; Juan Iglesias, Djené, Alderete, Diego Rico; Arambarri, Milla; Carles Pérez, Uche, Álex Sola; and Bertug.
Referee: Gil Manzano (Extremadura Committee).
– Classification: Celta (12th, 13 points); Getafe (16th, 10 points).
– The fact: Celta has not won in Balaídos since September 15, when they beat Valladolid 3-1. Furthermore, the Galician team has gone three and a half years without beating Getafe in their stadium. In their last three visits, the blue team managed to score points after signing two draws and one victory.
– Losses: at Celta, Sergio Carreira, Jailson Marques and Luca de la Torre, all due to injury; at Getafe, Borja Mayoral, also injured.
– Apercibidos: Mauro Arambarri and Djené Dakonam (Getafe).
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