Defeat for RC Celta at Abanca Balaídos against Atlético de Madrid in a match that would be decided in the last moments with a goal by Memphis Depay.
The first half was marked by chances for both teams, who recurrently sought the opponent’s goal with dangerous approaches. Morata, for Atletico, and Carles, for RC Celta, were the ones who generated the most incisive chances during the first 45 minutes. Carles himself, named as MVP of the match for his great performance, insistently looking for the opponent’s goal with incision.
The second half would already come plagued with sky blue chances, with an insistent Iago Aspas, who had the best chances after halftime, where Oblak put some saving hands to prevent the sky blue goal. In the final minutes, Seferovic would enter freely in three quarters of the field, being knocked down by Savic, which would lead to the expulsion of the Montenegrin and a subsequent free kick that the player from Moaña crashed into the woodwork. In the final minutes, came the goal that decided the match, scored by Memphis in the 88th minute of the game and that moved the three points to Madrid.
Celta, which ends this day with 23 points in 15th position, will travel next Saturday to San Sebastian to face Real Sociedad and try to bring back to Vigo the three points.
TECHNICAL SHEET:
RC CELTA: Iván Villar; Mingueza, Aidoo, Tapia, Javi Galán; Carles Pérez, Fran Beltrán (Paciencia, min.91), Gabri Veiga (Óscar, min.86), De la Torre (Cervi, min.86); Aspas and Strand Larsen (Seferovic, min.63).
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID: Oblak; Molina, Savic, Hermoso, Reinildo; Llorente (Witsel, min.66), De Paul, Koke (Saúl Ñíguez, min.86), Barrios (Carrasco, min.46); Griezmann (Correa, min.66) and Morata (Memphis, min.61).
GOALS: 0-1, min.89: Memphis.
REFEREE: Figueroa Vázquez (C.Andaluz). Yellow cards to Aidoo (min.4) and Gabri Veiga (min.8) for RC Celta and to Reinildo (min.41), Diego Pablo Simeone (min.72) and Nahuel Molina (min.87) for Atlético de Madrid. Savic was sent off (min.70).
STADIUM: Abanca Balaídos.
INCIDENTS: Before the match, a minute’s silence was held in memory of those who died in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. RC Celta players took the field with a T-shirt to encourage Marchesín. Before the match, Iago Aspas received the XII Manuel de Castro Award by Estrella Galicia.
