Swedberg rescues Celta in the 96th minute against Betis

2024-01-04 08:38:08

RC Celta achieved a hard-fought victory against Betis (2-1) thanks to a goal by young Williot Swedberg in the 96th minute and a subsequent save by Vicente Guaita with the face Ayoze’s shot after a corner kickto finish the first round outside of relegation thanks to Cádiz’s defeat in Granada.

The Swedish forward, a personal bet of the sports advisor Luis Campos until a few weeks ago, continues to take advantage of the few minutes he is given Rafa Benítez, to whom he gave his first victory as a celestial coach in Almería and to whom tonight, with a great finish in the one-on-one, he gave an unbeatable gift from Three Kings.

Benítez revolutionized his eleven in search of a necessary victory like eating. Waiting for the Brazilian Jailson Marques, whom he caught after ending his contract with Palmeiras, get in shape, the coach placed Fran Beltrán next to Renato Tapia to give more muscle to the midfield.

That’s where it started Celta to win the battle against Betis, unable to get their creative players into play. Not even being five minutes early, behind a big wall between Aitor Ruibal and Isco who finished The first supported Manuel Pellegrini’s team, which did not show signs of life until the last quarter now.

It is true that the Galician team found a gift from Borja Iglesias before the deadline first quarter of an hour. The former sky blue striker He committed a childish penalty by stepping on Larsen inside the area, and Aspas equalized even though Rui Silva guessed his shot.

The tie reactivated Celta, who turned their game towards the wing to exploit Mingueza’s attempts, who sought the comeback with a shot from the front after his teammate Cervi hit into the air within the area. Carles Pérez also appeared there, whom his coach rescued from ostracism in the first game of the new year.

The Catalan winger tried, but he seemed to lack confidence. And his team accuses him. Celta pushed, locked Betis in their field, but only generated danger with distant shots from Larsen and Carles Pérez. Pellegrini refreshed his eleven with three changes, just when his rival began to show wear and tear.

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And one of those refreshed footballers, Sergi Altimira, was close to scoring but his powerful shot was deflected by Unai Núñez’s face when the Beticos were already scoring a goal. Celta breathed, to which the referee Ortiz Arias, after a review of almost ten minutesannulled Larsen’s goal due to a foul by Aspas on Pezzela in the previous play.

Balaídos whistled and Benítez despaired on the bench, but a sensational through ball from Hugo Álvarez left the young Swedberg alone in the race towards the goal minutes later. Campos’ bet faced without fear, he dribbled past Rui Silva and sent it to the back of the net to complete the celestial comebackAyoze was close to watering down but Guaita, with his face, avoided it.