Celta beats Getafe and breaks its bad streak

RC Celta beat Getafe this Monday (1-0) in the last match of the twelfth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports, a result that allows the Galician team to get closer to the noble zone of the classification and that leaves the Madrid team, that they played with one less from the 65th minute and that interrupted a series of four scoring league games, close to the danger positions.

A solitary goal from the Greek Tasos Douvikas in the first minutes was enough for Claudio Giráldez’s team to take the three points at home and leave behind their last two defeats; In this way, they add 16 units, three away from sixth place. José Bordalás’ men, for their part, are left with 10 points, only one above the danger zone.

Seven minutes after starting the match at Abanca Balaídos, Iago Aspas put a cross from the baseline to the far post that went over David Soria; Tasos Douvikas, attentive, headed into the back of the net to open the scoring.

Before half an hour, the Greek was close to extending the advantage of the Vigo team with a shot that was blocked by the blue goalkeeper. Before, Carles Pérez had responded to the Galician goal with a low shot that went wide.

The problems were accumulating for José Bordalás, who with Djené’s injury decided to change the drawing, bringing in Juan Berrocal and Álvaro Rodríguez. Meanwhile, Óscar Mingueza almost scored before the intermission with a right hand that grazed the post.

The post also frustrated Aspas’s goal in the second half, and Douvikas looked for the 2-0 with a header that licked the crossbar. In the 65th minute, the Madrid team was left with one less due to the expulsion of Berrocal, who received his second yellow card in ten minutes for a harsh challenge on the Greek striker.

Hugo Álvarez and Borja Iglesias, both of whom had recently entered the field, came close to scoring, although the ‘Panda’ managed to do so in the 77th minute, but the referee annulled the goal due to the Compostela striker’s previous offside.