Celta y Getafe were in Balaídos to play the twelfth round of the league after a week marked by extra-sports in Spain, such as the floods in Valencia, both teams kept an emotional minute of silence and the Galician team took the field with a message of encouragement for the Valencian Community.
A goal worth gold
The match plan was different for the two teams, from the first minutes we saw a proactive local team, seeking to attack with speed and breadth, while the Madrid team showed more reactive football. The initial dominance was so great that after the 7th minute of the match, in a good combination in midfield, Iago Aspas He fought for a ball without an owner and hung a cross with music at the far post so that the Greek Douvikas arrived to finish off with a header at will, and opened the can in the Vigo fiefdom.
The first half passed with hardly any chances for any of the teams, those of Claudio Giráldez, They demonstrated one more day their hard work to get the ball out, for their part Pepe Bordalas He took advantage of the injury of his captain Djené to introduce a double change with only 30 minutes elapsed.
The good combinations of the Galician team continued, being very vertical and constantly moving to generate spaces, however these combinations did not exceed three quarters of the field, beyond a shot by Óscar Mingueza. Nothing else happened in the first half, so the players went to the locker room tunnel.
Galician superiority
The second half began with similar sensations, Giráldez replaced Manquillo with possible discomfort and gave way to the young youth squad Javi Rodriguez which would be placed to the left of Starfelt without modifying the tactical system.
Fifteen minutes into the second half, Arambarri missed a foul on the front of the Vigo area, and immediately afterwards the home team put together a good counterattack led by Jonathan Bamba that the genius of Moaña sent to the post of the goal he defended David Soria.
In the 65th minute the defender Juan Berrocalwho had entered the field after Djené’s injury in the 30th minute, saw his second yellow card after a tough challenge in the center of the field and left the team from the south of Madrid with 10 players for the rest of the game. The celestial team was somewhat more comfortable with the numerical superiority and gave way to Borja IglesiasIlaix Moriba and the Orense youth player Hugo Sotelo.
The Panda smelled blood and had several dangerous chances, one of them ended in a goal but was disallowed for offside, and in the final minutes Getafe asked for a possible penalty due to a handball. Marcos Alonsobut the referee was not warned due to a previous foul by Arambarri.
With this result, Celta is 10th, three points away from the top positions. Conference League and Getafe is 16th, just one point above relegation.
Technical Sheet
RC Celta: Guaita, Manquillo, Startfelt. Alonso, Mingueza, Ristic, Sotelo, Beltrán, Bamba, Aspas, Douvikas // Javi Rodriguez ,Sotelo, Borja Iglesias, Ilaix MoribaAllende.
Getafe CF: Soria, Nyom, Alderete, Djene, Diego Rico Milla, Aberdin, Carles Perez, Arambarri, Sola, Uche // Berrocal, Álvaro, Peter, Juan Iglesias.
Arbitrator: Jesus Gil Manzano.
Goal scorers: Douvikas (7′).
Cautioned: Aberdin (27′) Douvikas (24′) Berrocal ( 55′ , 65′) .
Estadio: Abanca Balaídos.
