Celta, in Claudio Giráldez’s debut on the bench after the dismissal of Rafa Benítez, attacked the Sánchez-Pizjuán by turning the score around in the second half (1-2), which represents a big step in their fight for permanence, the complete opposite of Sevilla, which stops dead and will still have to suffer to maintain the category.
A goal from Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri in the eighteenth minute put Sevilla ahead at half-time, but in the second half Celta, with goals from Carles Pérez and the Norwegian Strand Larsen, made it 1-2 in a match in which they appeared better than the rival in many moments.
The event in the Andalusian capital came at the beginning of the countdown of the tournament, with ten games in which the objective is already beginning to be consolidated or diluted, which in the case of sevillistas and celticos is the permanence in the category after a mediocre season.
After the day began on Friday with the defeat against Real Sociedad (2-0) of Cádiz, a team that marks the penultimate relegation position in the table, this match lost some drama, especially for a Celta that, Regardless of the result this Sunday, there would be a break for the national team matches outside the three cursed positions.
For Quique Sánchez Flores’ Sevilla, six points from relegation, there was an important option of taking the almost definitive step to tranquility, but the rival, with the debut on the bench of the young coach promoted from the reserve team, was to get within five of Cádiz, which he finally achieved.
It was the Galician team that gave the most impetus, dominating the ball and with quick triangulations that made the Andalusian formation retreat, which could be seen running after the ball and after a former Sevilla player like Iago Aspas, activated in the vicinity of the Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nyland .
Sevilla vs Celta de Vigo / José Manuel Vidal
But this disposition of the visitors also gave the locals the opportunity to have spaces on the counter and This is how the Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri rounded the goal very quickly on three occasions, of which he took advantage of the last one by stealing the ball from Unai Núñez and beating Vicente Guaita low.
The score was 1-0 before the first twenty minutes were up and shortly afterwards Celta had another setback when defender Javier Manquillo left the field after injuring his right wrist in a fall, so he was replaced by Carles Pérez.
Despite this, the Vigo team did not give up and pushed hard in search of a tie, as demonstrated by the eight corner kicks and the good options that the Norwegian striker Larsen had against his compatriot Nylan, always very attentive, which meant that the game went to half-time at 1-0.
At the beginning of the second half Aspas, Larsen and Hugo Álvarez had chances to score, without reward, but those actions showed that Celta came out as they finished in the first period, with better ideas than an opponent who relied a lot on their defense and who created little in attack.
Despite this, there were rSevilla’s response, on two occasions by Isaac Romero and another from the Argentine Lucas Ocampos before being substituted at game time along with En-Nesyri, who was very angry, for which he was reprimanded by his coach, which led the Moroccan to even confront Quique Sánchez Flores.
That situation on the bench was not a good prelude for Sevilla, who saw how in seven minutes, from 71 to 78, Celta turned the score around and in the remainder of the crash had no reaction power to recover at least one point.
2024-03-17 15:27:52
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