Real Madrid beats Celta in extra time and with a referee scandal

He Real Madrid andwill be in the draw for the quarterfinals of the CKing’s oppa. After the debacle of the Spanish Super Cup, the whites had to beat Celta no matter what so that the red lights of the crisis did not come on completely. Although they were close to catching on because the white team eliminated Celta in extra time, who came back from 2-0 down with goals in the 83rd minute and in the 91st minute. ANDndrick and Valverde, eIn the second part of extra time, they prevented the cold Madrid night from ending in tragedy. Madrid won, but the truth is that they did so with major refereeing controversy. With 0-0, The moon committed a penalty on Swedberg. The referee didn’t point anything out, neither did the VAR. The action continued and Mbappé He scored the 1-0 with which Real Madrid put the victory on track.

Real Madrid – Celta, in images

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The match against Celta was a test for Ancelotti and the team in a nail-biting Bernabéu that did not hesitate to bully Chouameni y who also whistled at Ancelotti. In fact, the only one who was saved from that ‘burn’ was Asencio, who was a starter. And Ancelotti revolutionized the eleven by removing Camavinga, Valverde. Rodrygo and Bellingham. There was no change of drawing, but they did bring together Modric and Ceballos to have more of the ball in this final for Real Madrid. Celta, for its part, was very clear about what it had to do, hold on and go on the counterattack. Although what the Galician team surely did not expect was Real Madrid’s poor start. In fact, Celta was the first to have a chance, with Starfelt crashing a ball into the crossbar.

That angered even more the Bernabéu fans who were seeing how their team seemed to still be in Arabia. Real Madrid gradually imposed itself and monopolized the ball against a Celta that was getting closer and closer to its goalkeeper and trusting everything to the counterattack. That local control did not mean that clear opportunities arrived. Yes, Real Madrid reached the Galician area, but it was diluted there. Just uncheck them Mbappé and his speed and Brahim’s skill managed to generate danger. And it was the Frenchman who opened the scoring in the 37th minute in a personal move. A play, the one with the goal, that began with a penalty of The moon that the referee did not signal and the OUR He didn’t correct him. All this, in response to the complaints of a Celta who did not understand why Lunin’s penalty had not been awarded to Williot Swedberg.

Some complaints that were of no use because the 1-0 ended up going up on the scoreboard. With the Real Madrid, led by Mbappé, Looking for more goals and with Celta still thinking about the unsigned penalty, the match was reached at half-time at the Santiago Bernabéu.

The second half began with the score 2-0 for Real Madrid. A goal of Vinicius in the 48th minute that was born from a long pass from Brahim, who ended up giving the ball to the Brazilian to score. Celta advanced their lines looking for a comeback, which meant that Real Madrid had space and that is what the white team likes most. Thus, Celta saw Lunin up close, but the clearest chances were for the meringues. Including one from Vinicius with which the Bernabéu licked its lips seeing the 3-0, but Starfelt He avoided it on the goal line.

The minutes were passing with the score 3-0 closer than 2-1, despite the attempts of a Celta that put Lunin in trouble on several occasions. Real Madrid scored 3-0. Its author was Arda Güler in the 77th minute, but it was disallowed due to offside by Vinicius, who had given the Turk the goal. When everything seemed decided, Celta added excitement to the final stretch with Bamba’s 2-1 in the 83rd minute after a tremendous mistake by Camavinga. Fear appeared in Real Madrid and turned into panic with the 2-.2 of Marcos Alonso in the 91st minute when he converted a penalty from Asencio to Bamba.

What seemed impossible became a reality, the Galician comeback in less than 10 minutes. There were no more goals and extra time came into play. Real Madrid started that extra time with more enthusiasm, but without generating scoring chances against a calm Celta, looking for their opportunity to score again. In these, the Galician team claimed a penalty of Rüdiger that the VAR reviewed, but that ended in nothing. With the score at 2-2, the extra time was reached and both teams had 15 minutes left to avoid going to penalties.

Endrick He brought joy back to the Bernabéu with the 3-2 score in the 107th minute, with a left-footed shot from the edge of the area. Celta by no means gave in, but Valverde The white team ended with the 4-2 score in the 112th minute. That goal did hurt Celta and they no longer went with such enthusiasm to look for a new comeback. Real Madrid had a calmer time at the end of the match and Endrick made it 5-2 in the 119th minute with a back-heeled goal. That’s where the game and the white fears ended.