Thanks to the goals from Javi Rueda and Ferran Jutglàhe Celta de Vigo has eliminated at home in Europa League round of 16he Lyon Olympicwhich had just been the best team in the regular league of this edition of the tournament.
It is Claudio Giráldez’s great team of youth players already has a place in list of great European nights of the celestial team. Tonight’s victory against a contemporary Champions League classic thus joins the thrashings in the 90s against Juventus and Benfica of the original EuroCelta, that of Víctor Fernández (who also won, for example, at Anfield), the victory at San Siro with Lotina on the bench or, in more recent years with Toto Berizzo in charge, a miraculous comeback in Donetsk before nailing the historic thorn in Old Trafford.
If in the first leg Celta had to play at a disadvantage for more than half an hour due to the double yellow card for Borja Iglesias, in the second leg he saw another footballer for seventy minutesfrom the red to Moussa Niakhate in the 18th minute for a hard tackle with the iron on Javi Rueda. In a similar action in the first minute also on the man from Malaga, this time with a tackle by Tagliafico (who in turn would end up being sent off already in injury time) Inexplicably the referee did not even signal a penalty.
That play was part of a good visitor start before the locals resumed a more predictable script that was blown up with the expulsion. From there Celta took control although it was after the break when they began to do more damage. So, after game time a great combination between Sergio Carreira and Hugo Álvarez ended up on the foot of Javi Rueda who, like his goal in the first leg, ended a play in the small area with a goal rival starting from his position as a winger,
Now The Celtic rival in the quarterfinals will be Freiburgwho beat Genk 5-1 to overcome the 1-0 deficit in the first leg.
