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Our first defeat of the season, but one
that was done with “cojones”. Cristiano opened the scoring after 8 minutes with
Madrid on top early on before Danilo put the visitors 0-2 up against the run of
play in the 23rd minute. Despite Clos Gomez’s best attempts to ruin the game
with Cabral’s red card, the team showed spirit and fired back with Nolito’s
thunderbolt in the 85th minute to beat the unbeatable Keylor Navas. Marcelo
wrapped it up late on but this was a performance that we can be proud of.
Real Madrid dominated the first 15 minutes,
but after that Celta were the team in the ascendancy even with ten men. As
Nolito said, we could’ve scored four or five in the game if it wasn’t for
Keylor Navas. Once again, we failed to give up despite the adversity we
suffered and we can only be proud of that. Whether we are playing minnows or
greats, be it Deportivo or Madrid, we impose our game plan on the opposition
and take the initiative to win the game. The team were at one with the fans,
signified by Aspas’ robbery gesture, and with that we can only look to the
future with positivity.
Nolito, madre mía. I’ve run out of words to
describe him, he’s probably the best Spanish player right now. Yes, even better
than Lucas Perez. It was going to take something special to score past the
Costa Rican and that is exactly what we got. A great strike into the top corner
from 25 yards brought us back into the game and in the end we could’ve
equalized with Guidetti’s chance. Nolito has recently stated that he can’t see
himself leaving Vigo in January which is a massive boost. If he does indeed
sign a new contract the only question we should be asking is whether his statue
will be made of Silver or Gold.
I’m not one who usually blames the referee
for decisions but Clos Gomez dealt us a bad hand from the start. In what had
been a relatively mild-mannered game, the fiasco of showing four yellows and a
red in the space of twenty seconds is one that I can’t seem to figure out. The
incident may have looked to be getting out of hand but that was mostly down to
the referee. I have watched it back a few times now and there was no aggression
in the protests to begin with and without being disrespectful, his childish
reaction to questions was way over the top and could’ve easily ended the
spectacle. Whether it “Clost” us the game (I’ll get my coat) is unclear but
when simply talking to the referee became a bookable offence I’m not quite
sure.
Next week we face what could be a
complicated challenge at the Anoeta but one that we can win. David Moyes’ team
have performed below many people’s expectations so far this season and this
could be the perfect time to play them with the pressure growing on the Scot. Nevertheless,
La Real have a more than capable team and we will have to be at our best get
the three points, especially without Augusto. Fontas should be fit to fill in
for the suspended Cabral and hopefully we can get back to winning ways.
Best regards and come on Celta!
¡Saludos y Hala Celta!
¡Saudos e Ala Celta!
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