Great performance by Celta, who showed a great version in Balaídos, where they are usually very reliable, to defeat a Real Sociedad that saw their good streak of six games without losing broken. Pablo Durán with his two goals and the great performance of players like Moriba, Alfon and Borja Iglesias were too much for a fairly dull Basque team, which greatly noticed the absence of Zubimendi and was surpassed from the first minute of play. Celta, at home, is an almost intractable team. Only Madrid and Atlético have been able to beat a squad that has achieved 20 of its 24 points in Balaídos. Celta, at home, is a guarantee of success. And well, Real suffered it, having won their six previous games on this field and leaving defeated without offering practically any resistance. Celta’s good game, excellent in some moments, swept away their black beast. And without Aspas, who, touched, did not play a minute.
2
Vicente Guaita, Carl Starfelt, Javi Rodríguez, Marcos Alonso, Fran Beltrán, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira (Hugo Álvarez, min. 71), Óscar Mingueza (Carlos Domínguez, min. 89), Borja Iglesias (Tasos Douvikas, min. 89) , Pablo Durán (Williot Swedberg, min. 72) and Alfon González (Franco Cervi, min. 83)
0
Álex Remiro, Jon Pacheco, Aihen Muñoz (Jon Martín, min. 45), Igor Zubeldia, Jon Aramburu, Ander Barrenetxea (Orri Óskarsson, min. 45), Luka Sucic, Sergio Gómez, Beñat Turrientes (Sheraldo Becker, min. 45) , Brais Méndez (Pablo Marín, min. 82) and Mikel Oyarzabal (Takefusa Kubo, min. 63)
Goals
1-0 min. 39: Pablo Durán. 2-0 min. 45: Pablo Duran
Referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer
yellow cards
Oyarzabal (min. 19), Beñat Turrientes (min. 27), Sheraldo Becker (min. 55), Javi Rodríguez (min. 60), Carl Starfelt (min. 68), Pablo Durán (min. 69), Zubeldia (min. .70), Take Kubo (min. 82)
Claudio Giráldez found a reward for his proposal. His commitment to the young talents of the youth team paid off against a Real team overwhelmed by Galician vitality. From the first minute, Celta prevailed over the Basque team, saved by Remiro with his saves and Zubeldia’s coverage, but finally surpassed by an unstoppable Pablo Durán. At 23 years old, the forward played three years ago for Porriño, in Regional. Now he is breaking into a First Division attacker. His shot on the first goal was perfect to beat Remiro from the edge of the area. In the second, in the extra time of the first half, he was well placed to finish off a pass from Alfon under the sticks. Celta’s play was a beauty from the start from behind the Galician team. La Real did not give any sign of danger in a very weak first half.
Imanol made three changes at half-time, unhappy with his team’s poor performance. Oskarsson, Martin and Becker entered the field of play. La Real pressed somewhat, but never found a way to hurt a Celta that handled the counterattack very well. Pablo Durán scored the third goal, invalidated by a previous offside by Borja, and it was the home team that continued to enjoy chances. Without answers, Imanol took his captain, Oyarzabal, off the field in a clear sign of surrender. La Real, in one of their favorite fields, couldn’t get their foot in the door. Balaídos burst with happiness with the victory and the good work of a very good-looking team. At home it is very reliable. He suffers more outside, where his young footballers must formalize their period of maturation. There is a future in Vigo, without a doubt, with the European positions quite close.
