RC Celta defeated RCD Mallorca 4-3 at Abanca Balaídos in the match corresponding to the 27th LaLiga matchday. The sky blues, who were ahead on the scoreboard up to three times, managed to take the three points after a goal by Iago Aspas in stoppage time.
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A match in which the sky blues took the lead through Galhardo in what was the Brazilian player’s first goal in the sky blue shirt. The joy would be short-lived in the sky blue parish, because three minutes later Mallorca would get the equalizer through Gio Gonzalez.
Celta did not give up after the equalizer and, after consulting with the VAR, the referee Ortiz Arias would consider Denis’ goal valid after a rebound in the visiting area. A goal that could have been doubled after a great collective play that ended with a great shot from Galhardo that would force Sergio Rico to save.
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After the restart, the equalizer came again after a lateral free kick that bounced unluckily in Aidoo to make the score 2-2. The local reaction would come after the first quarter of an hour of the restart with a goal by Iago Aspas with right foot that, as the minutes passed, seemed to be definitive. However, an end of the match with two penalties for each team, closed with the double of the genius of Moañes from eleven meters, altered the result to 4-3 and gave the three points to Eduardo Coudet’s team.
With this result, Celta remains in tenth position and reaches 35 points after twenty-seven rounds of competition. The sky blues will take on Villarreal CF next Saturday, March 12 at the Estadio de la Cerámica at 18:30 in the twenty-eighth round of LaLiga.
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FACT SHEET.
4 – RC CELTA: Dituro; Hugo Mallo, Aidoo, Araújo, Javi Galán; Fran Beltrán (Renato Tapia, min. 62), Brais Méndez, Denis Suárez, Cervi (Solari, min. 73); Galhardo (Santi Mina, min. 62), Iago Aspas.
3 – RCD MALLORCA: Sergio Rico; Maffeo, Valjent, Raíllo, Jaume Costa; Antonio Sánchez (Battaglia, min. 78), Baba (Salva Sevilla, min. 68); Gio González (Ángel, min. 67), Kubo (Kang-In Lee, min. 67), Dani Rodríguez (Fer Niño, min. 78); Muriqi.
Goals: Galhardo (1-0, min. 13); Gio González (1-1, min. 16); Denis Suárez (2-1, min. 25); Aidoo, p.p. (2-2, min. 48); Iago Aspas (3-2, min. 60); Salva Sevilla, p. (3-3, min. 87); Iago Aspas, p. (4-3, min. 90+6).
Referee: Ortiz Arias, from the Madrid school. Yellow cards for Fran Beltrán, Renato Tapia, Hugo Mallo and Brais Méndez, RC Celta, and Muriqi, Raíllo, Battaglia and Ángel, RCD Mallorca. Hugo Mallo was sent off for a double yellow card and Manolo Reina was shown a straight red card.
Field: Abanca Balaídos, 11,320 spectators.
