Celta secured a 0-5 victory over Salamanca UDS at the Helmántico Stadium to book their place in the second round of the Copa del Rey, thanks to braces from Ferran Jutglà and Williot Swedberg and a goal from Andrés Antañón.
Claudio Giráldez’s side, featuring several Celta Fortuna players in the starting eleven and Germain Milla making his first-team debut, started confidently and took control from the outset. Jutglà scored the opening two goals in the 15th and 23rd minutes, before Andrés Antañón made it 0-3 in the 39th minute to give Celta a comfortable lead at half-time.
After the break, the Celestes continued to control the game against a Salamanca side that were reduced to ten men in the 61st minute. With the advantage firmly in their hands, Giráldez made several substitutions, handing Vladimir Silva his debut and giving Williot Swedberg the opportunity to extend the lead with two more goals in the space of just two minutes, in the 80th and 82nd minutes.
With their place in the next round secured, Celta now turn their attention to LaLiga EA Sports and their visit to the Santiago Bernabéu next Saturday, 21 November, determined to keep adding points.
MATCH DETAILS:
0 – Salamanca CF UDS: Unai Ayala; Markel Ucín (Larry Opara, min. 46), Javier Murúa, Máximo Levrand, Sergio Rivas, Imanol Torre; Adur Alsua (Willian Peña, min. 46), Carlos Cristeto (Óscar León, min. 76), Jon Ander Barriga; Urki Txoperena (Iker San Vicente, min. 64) and Álex Caramelo (Luis Bilbao, min. 65).
5 – Celta: Altay Bayındır; Abdoulaye Faye, Yoel Lago, Hugo Burcio; Germain Milla (Pablo Durán, min. 65), Aleix Febas, Andrés Antañón (Williot Swedberg, min. 79), Javi Galán; Ángel Arcos (Couhaib Driouech, min. 78), Hugo González (Vladimir Silva, min. 73) and Ferran Jutglà (Iago Aspas, min. 73).
Goals: 0-1, min. 15: Ferran Jutglà; 0-2, min. 23: Ferran Jutglà; 0-3, min. 39: Andrés Antañón; 0-4, min. 80: Williot Swedberg; 0-5, min. 82: Williot Swedberg.
Referee: Alejandro Quintero González (Andalusian Referees Committee). Booked Yoel Lago (min. 72) for Celta, and Javier Murúa (min. 54) and Larry Opara (min. 89) for Salamanca UDS. Sent off Máximo Levrand with a straight red card in the 61st minute.
Match venue: First-round Copa del Rey fixture played at the Helmántico Stadium.
