Masip saves a point in Zorrilla

It was not the best game of the season at José Zorrilla. Neither Real Valladolid nor Celta made a brilliant match. If the first part were the locals who were closest to getting ahead on the scoreboard, in the second, the Vigoes deserved the victory because, by having greater ball control, they generated opportunities to take all three points and scored a penalty when the match entered its final stretch.

Celta returned to the line of three centrals to reinforce the defensive work that led them to concede only one goal in the last four games, now five, and Real Valladolid presented a more offensive team. With these arguments, the first minutes of the game were slow. Only from minute 20, the blanquivioletas began to haunt the goal of Rubén, goalkeeper who debuted in 2013 at Zorrilla at the age of 17, without great danger. In fact, the most striking occasion, the only one that made the Celtic goal intervene in these first minutes, was a Míchel midfielder that stopped the Galician without problems. The rest were shots off goal. On the other side of the field Masip spent a placid afternoon, in a duel with little rhythm and no danger. Only in the last minutes before reaching the break, the party accelerated its march a little and meritorious actions could be seen. Toni had the clearest chance of the first part after a robbery of Unal in the midfield. The blanquivioleta youth squad advanced, reached the baseline and when he shot he found the Galician goalkeeper, who cleared a corner. Also before the break, the vigueses had their chance in the boots of Smolov, who shot very weakly at Masip's hands.

Change of scenery. The second part began with a little more spice. Guardiola tested Rubén and Aspas, with a very tight shot, at Masip, in a few minutes in which the celestial took command of the operations with the baton of Rafinha. In this way, the Galicians bottled the Valladolid in their area, while those of Sergio González could not get out and see the opposing goalkeeper up close. Fran Beltrán made Masip shine, but not as Aspas. Alcaraz touched with his hand at the exit of a corner and Gil Manzano did not hesitate to call a penalty. Second against the pucelanos after the break, both equally fair. The Celtic captain fired tight to the left post of Masip who took a magnificent hand to keep his team in the game and allow Ben Arfa to enter the field with a zero draw, but the franco-tunisian barely intervened in the match. Despite playing second-point behind Unal, the right side was heavily targeted, he always received very far from the goal and his participation in the blanquivioleta attack was null, like that of the rest of the team that in the second part swam, sheltered in Masip, kept the clothes of a point that comes from pearls, as eight of the drop positions move away, while the celtiñas keep 27 and will still have to row a lot to avoid falling into danger positions.

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Óscar García: “He who does not work and sweats the shirt will not have minutes “

The technician of the Celta Vigo, Óscar García, He assured this Wednesday that his team “is on the right track”, after adding just one point after having been able to achieve three against Real Valladolid, which was not achieved because Masip stopped the penalty kick that was in charge of transforming Iago Aspas.

Óscar García highlighted the good work done by his players, although he acknowledged that the first part “was more even and it was difficult to find those at the top”, but in the second “they dominated the game”.

“We came for the three points and we had him there, But it could not be. On other occasions, Aspas has saved us, and today his pitch has been stopped by Masip, but there have been chances and he was able to win, “said the Catalan coach after adding an important point at the stadium. José Zorrilla.

According Óscar García, “Today Celta was the team they wanted to see, and not the one that played last Saturday against Villarreal, which I did not recognize. Before the break we were fine and, after that first game in the league return, they have shown that they know how to compete and that they are going to do everything possible to leave Celta where it deserves, “he said.

And he sent a message to the fans of Vigo: “Let them know that it is not going to stay for us”, while remembering that, when he arrived at the Celta bench, the team “He was five points from salvation, downhill, and now they are out of danger positions”.

“The squad is giving everything and the players know that whoever does not work and sweats the shirt will not have minutes to play, but in this case everyone is doing things well, “he said.