Real Madrid achieves long-suffering 2-1 victory over Celta de Vigo in La Liga

Madrid. Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior shone scoring as Real Madrid ended their visit to Celta de Vigo with a hard-fought 2-1 victory on Saturday, as the Spanish league resumed after the international break.

Mbappé punished a loss of the ball in an attempt by the hosts to receive the ball behind the crescent, from where he hit a right foot towards the net in the 20th minute.

Vinícius Júnior was present on the scoreboard in the 66th, after receiving a pass into space from Luka Modric, with which he headed towards the goal to dribble past goalkeeper Vicente Guaita before finishing with an open frame.

Williot Swedberg momentarily equalized for the Galician team with a shot from the heart of the area after a pass from Óscar Mingueza from the right wing in the 51st minute.

The victory leaves the meringues in second position with 24 units, the same amount as leader Barcelona, ​​which hosts Sevilla on Sunday.

Real Madrid reached 42 league games without defeat, remaining one away from the historical mark that Barcelona established between 2017 and 2018. The meringues They could equal that record next weekend in the Clásico against the culés at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

Celta de Vigo did not have any luck in the finishing zone to finish in tenth position with 13 points.

The French star Mbappé took good advantage of his compatriot Eduardo Camavinga’s pass after recovering the ball, with which it was his first goal from outside the area as a Madrid player to reach six goals in the championship (eight in all competitions) .

The merengue goal came ten minutes after Swedberg failed to resolve a one-on-one with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who avoided the goal with a superb reaction to deflect the Swedish striker’s resolution with his foot with a low shot.

Swedberg had the opportunity to redeem himself with Mingueza’s pass that he sent into the nets.

Vinícius scored his fifth goal of the season thanks to the pass from Modric, who had three minutes on the field after coming on as a substitute.

The Croatian veteran celebrated his assist by becoming the oldest player to play a game for Real Madrid, doing so at the age of 39 years and 40 days, to surpass the mark that belonged to the Hungarian Ferenc Puskás (39 years and 36 days) since the campaign. 1965-1966.

Courtois avoided the tie with a new saving intervention in an attack through the center in which Jonathan Bamba finished on goal, but the Belgian goalkeeper deflected with his leg once again.

Celta had the option to equalize during stoppage time with a counterattack in which Anastasios Douvikas received the pass in the center of the area, but his shot went to the side of the goal.

The players meringues They took the field wearing a t-shirt with a legend in support of Dani Carvajal, who in the last duel before the league break suffered a severe injury to his right knee that will keep him away from the field for several months.

Iñaki Williams scored a double in a couple of minutes to shine in Athletic Bilbao’s 4-1 win over Espanyol.

Williams shook the nets at 28 and 30 minutes; Dani Vivian opened the scoring at six, while Álex Berenguer scored the fourth at 55. Álvaro Tejero scored for the visitors in the second minute of stoppage time.

The victory propels the Basque team to fourth position with 17 points; The Barcelona team is 15th with 10 points.

In other results, Betis beat Osasuna 2-1 at home, placing the Betis in 6th place with 15 points. The Navarrese team finished seventh with the same number of points.