HE Valencia are breathing at the table thanks to their painful win at Balaídos this SundayYoung Alberto Marí lost his balance with a header in the 86th minute of the match against Celta, which ended in a bitter loss that evened Kluivert’s goal in the second half but made his future difficult.
Celta’s decline coincided with the fall. Yago Aspas. The Spanish international is far from his best moment, he no longer decides his team’s matches. He played poignantly against Valencia and blamed him. Aspas wants but can’t, and the best example is that he was replaced at the beginning of the second half, something that is not remembered in Balaídos.
The match was a final for both teams. He was noticed in the atmosphere, in the tension that reigned in their bench. Celta faced off without their two undisputed defenders, Aidoo and Javi Galán. And his problems multiplied after a mistake by Cervi, who chose to occupy the left, which Diego López used to put a good cross on Kluivert, defined by quality.
Valencia took control eight minutes later, and that sped Celta. He had the ball, locked his opponent in his own court, but created almost no dangerous positions. The clearest was Carles Pérez’s front shot, which Mamardashvili took with a great stretch.
Celta lacked balance, As the minutes passed, it broke and survived thanks to a good retreat by Peruvian Renato Tapia to prevent Kluivert’s shot into the mouth of the goal. On Diego López’s shot, Iván Villar made a fantastic save with his foot.
Both cases are at the start of the second act, when the clock is already narrowing in Celta. Baraja’s team pardoned and paid for it because Swiss international Seferovic, who had already tested Mamardashvili, soon equalized the duel with a head. Balaídos exploded and rejoiced on the bench of Aspas, who had been replaced by Larsen moments ago.
The sky-blue goal smashed Valencia, a team confused by the qualifying situation. The clash became an idea and it was back, but it was Celta who came closest to scoring a goal. The dam moved the bench, but the panorama of Valencia did not improve. Óscar Rodríguez hit the post with a quarter to go.
But at the 86th minute, Alberto Marí took advantage of a massive defensive imbalance in Celta’s central defenders to beat Iván Villar with a header. A goal worth perpetuating is a victory that prolongs Galicia’s suffering and breathes new life into Rubén Baraja’s team.