If you want to win in Vigo, you cannot be nonchalant but focused until the last second, and Barcelona learned it the hard way tonight! Even though they did not shine, Barca were 2-0 up thanks to Raphinha and Lewandowski until the 84th minute, when the breakdown started.Casado was sent off in the 82nd, giving Celta wings the home team used to level the score and steal a point behind Gonzalez and Alvarez’s goals in the span of two minutes (84th and 86th minute) – 2-2!🔵⚪️ Late on Celta grab a point against Barcelona! (🎥 @RCCelta) 15′: Celta 0-1 Barcelona 61′: Celta 0-2 Barcelona84′: Celta 1-2 Barcelona 86′: Celta 2-2 Barcelona pic.twitter.com/rJs1S4wlu5— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) November 23, 2024 Jonathan Bamba tormented Jules Kounde on the flank, Iago Aspas missed a colossal chance in the opening minutes from close-range, Hugo Alvarez’s effort was deflected wide off the post, while Inaki Pena made a superb save to stop Ilaix Moriba’s long-distance strike.Celta even had more attempts at the break (6-5), but it was not enough. Barca created only one massive opportunity and immediately turned it into an opener when Raphinha exploited Oscar Mingueza’s mistake after a quarter of an hour. For the remainder of the half, the home team was more concrete but without a result.One billion release clause for Yamal!Truth be told, the Catalans could have awaited the break with a man down, given that Gerard Martin perhaps deserved a second yellow, but did not get it. Instead, the ref Cesar Soto Grado showed it to Celta’s captain Aspas, as the forward harshly protested, even refusing to return to the pitch at one point.The second half brought a feeling of deja vu. Celta were initially a better rival, and then after 16 minutes, Mingueza’s errors – not one but two(?!) – opened room for Lewandowski, and the Pole did not reject a gift – 2-0! Yet, Barcelona’s second goal didn’t dishearten Celta. On the contrary, Claudio Giraldez’s men kept playing their game, but also wasting good chances. Rodriguez and Alvarez were – like in the first period – the main threats, but Pena showed class. However, as if those chances indicated the Catalans’ breakdown. How else could one explain getting Marc Casado’s red card and two goals conceded in only four minutes, between the 82nd and 86th?! Celta’s blitzkrieg over Alfonso Gonzalez and Alvarez, who couldn’t miss three times, heated up the atmosphere at Estadio de Balaidos – 2-2!Until the ref’s final whistle, the home team was even closer to the winner but, in the end, deservedly won a point. On the other hand, Barcelona gave Real Madrid a chance to come very close, to only one point, and thus complicated their situation, as they had recently been convincingly first in La Liga.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 14FridayGetafe – Valladolid 2-0 (0-0)/Rodriguez 70, Nyom 73/SaturdayValencia – Betis 4-2 (1-1)/Tarrega 8, Duro 50, 53, Lopez 56 – Duro 14 og, Avila 66/Atl.Madrid – Alaves 2-1 (0-1)/Griezmann 76 pen, Sorloth 86 – Guridi 7 pen/Girona – Espanyol 4-1 (4-0)/Gil 4, Miovski 16, 21, Krejci 27 – Puado 55/Las Palmas – Mallorca 2-3 (0-0)/Essugo 77, Silva 83 pen – Rodriguez 46, Navarro 56, Mojica 90+1/Celta – Barcelona 2-2 (0-1)/Gonzalez 84, Alvarez 86 – Raphinha 15, Lewandowski 61/Sunday16:00: (2.85) Osasuna (3.45) Villareal (2.60)18:15: (2.35) Sevilla (3.25) Rayo Vallecano (3.45)20:30: (7.75) Leganes (4.30) Real Madrid (1.50)23:00: (2.30) Ath.Bilbao (3.20) Sociedad (3.60)***odds are subject to change***
