San Sebastian (Spain), 18 Feb. Celta, thanks to an own goal from French defender Robin Le Normand in added time, drew a game of great psychological value in their fight to avoid a discount against a Real Sociedad who did not know how to close the match even on the power play when The Galician team lost the Peruvian Renato Tapia by expulsion.
The txuri urdin fans took their seats when their team gave the first signs of danger in the starts of a still incisive Take Kubo and before the fifth minute they had already taken the lead.
A practice by Kubo in which he connected with Mikel Oyarzabal would be the genesis of the first goal. The Royalist international entered the Celta box and, as the defense waited for a pass for Norway’s Alexander Sörloth on the other side, he surprised with a left-footed shot at the near post from Iván Villar’s goal to score a flag goal.
The San Sebastián, the wind in their favor, promised them very happy to find the way to victory at home after the failure of their last local appearance against Valladolid, with which they took one more step to win even more in the Champions and even getting closer to Real Madrid.
Imanol Alguacil’s team had a very serious first half. He played down the danger of a Celta lying down looking for Iago Aspas, but not finding Moaña’s wonderful striker, so Álex Remiro would live in peace.
This calm, however, would be altered after half an hour in the best Galician goal opportunity, started by a cross from Javi Galán and the continuity of the splendid header of the Norwegian Strand Larsen, who forced a good stretch on the goal of the line of the Navarrese Goalkeeper to avoid a tie.
The Swiss Haris Seferovic came on after the break, who was unsuccessful in his brief spell at Real but is used to giving his teams joy when he is on the pitch, and Zubeldia and Le Normand became his shadow because the Locals trusted their ex. -partner between little and nothing.
Celta made a forward pass in the second half, while Real continued to feel bad about the goal they had in front of them as it conditioned their usual controlling and attacking game, he was not at the ease and Aspas almost took advantage with a shot on goal. after a misunderstanding between the blue and white defense and Remiro.
Imanol Alguacil was concerned about Celta’s superiority and strengthened his midfield with the entry of Mikel Merino, which led to an immediate realistic improvement with a goal close to Zubimendi’s shot from outside the box and a one-on-one from Oyarzabal against Villar which the Celta keeper took advantage of.
The expulsion fifteen minutes from the end of Renato Tapia seemed to put an end to any project of equality for the counter of Vigo. Real Sociedad didn’t take advantage of it and in the final stretch they lived so much on the wire that after a shot almost from the center of the field by Iago Aspas which went narrowly wide, they ended up finding the price of their faith in extra time with a cross from the Celta captain who ended up putting Le Normand in his goal when nothing was missing for the end of the game.
– Data sheet:
1 – Real Sociedad: Remiro; Barrenetxea (Sola, m.89), Zubeldia, Le Normand, Diego Rico; Illarramendi (Merino, m.63), Zubimendi, Brais Méndez (Marín, m.83), Kubo (Robert Navarro, m.83); Oyarzabal and Sörloth (Carlos Fernández, d.89).
0 – Celtic: Iván Villar; Mingueza, Unai Núñez, Aidoo, Galán; Beltrán (Tapia, m.68), Carles Pérez (Cervi, m.83), Veiga, De la Torre (Óscar, m.68); Strand Larsen (Seferovic, m.46), Iago Aspas.
Referee: Ortiz Arias (Madrid Committee). He sends off Tapida (min.75) for a double yellow card. He also reprimanded Zubimendi, Sörloth, Barrenetxea, Carles Pérez, Unai Núñez and Seferovic.
Goals: 1-0, m.5: Oyarzabal. 1-1, m.93: Le Normand, own goal.
Incidents: 29,312 spectators at the Reale Arena. Silence was observed before the start of the match in memory of the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. EFE
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