Liga: Real Madrid wins against Celta de Vigo and temporarily sticks to Barça

Here is a special meeting which was played in Vigo this Saturday evening in La Liga. Oscillating between the good and the less good, Real Madrid had no room for error against Celta who are having an interesting start to the season and who had the opportunity to get closer to the top 5 if successful. In addition, the context around Kylian Mbappé certainly did not help in the preparation of this match on the Madrid side. Quoted by the Swedish press in a rape case which allegedly happened in Stockholm last week, it was interesting to see what the Bondynois’ behavior would be this evening. And in the first period, the top scorer in PSG history set the record straight.

Available and in good shape, the Bondynois was among Real’s good players in the first quarter of an hour. However, the Merengues were totally dominated by the locals who started the match flat out. However, the clumsiness of Williot Swedberg (5th, 8th) prevented Celta from building on their excellent start to the match. And with the offensive talent present in front, this lack of finishing is often detrimental. Taking advantage of Eduardo Camavinga’s high recovery, Kylian Mbappé turned around and sent a missile into the top corner of Vicente Guaita (0-1, 19th). After this opening score, Real Madrid regained the upper hand in the game and took advantage of the progressive clumsiness of Borja Iglesias’ teammates to return to the locker room with a ultimately logical score advantage.

Upon returning from the locker room, the meeting got heated. While Real Madrid had accelerated to quickly make the break. Discreet despite good combativeness so far, Jude Bellingham did not target his attempt on the right of the attack (46th). A lack of precision which ultimately proved costly because a few minutes later, Celta de Vigo equalized. In a superb action from their camp, the residents of the Balaidos stadium made their opponents dizzy and Williot Swedberg was forgiven for his numerous failures by equalizing (1-1, 51st). Regaining momentum as the minutes passed, Celta finally saw its ardor quickly calm down.

Indeed, while Vinicius thought he equalized without an offside from Kylian Mbappé (54th), the Brazilian was still dangerous a few minutes later. This time served by Luka Modrić at the right tempo, the probable future Ballon d’Or was quick to score in the empty goal after dribbling past Vicente Guaita (1-2, 66th). Despite this new goal and facing worrying defensive problems, Real Madrid was worried but could count on a vigilant Thibaut Courtois to leave Galicia with the three points. Thanks to this narrow and forceps victory, Real Madrid nevertheless ensures the essentials and temporarily catches up with FC Barcelona in the standings. As a reminder, the Clasico between the two behemoths will take place next Saturday. Celta de Vigo remains tenth and will go to Léganes next week.