This is the narrative of an outcome announced from the first minutes of the second part. After a smooth and superior first start in which La Real managed to threaten and then score, txuri urdin failed to react to the tactical change of Benitez and they slowly sank into their own mire of impotence until they were punished in the 94th minute with absolute justice.
A handful of reasons can be put forward to justify the realistic debacle in the second half, but what is clear is that neither the players on the field nor the coach on the bench knew how to change an outcome that chewed up the 30,000 present in love
The points that go don’t come back and Real has already lost the chance to collect this start that was considered affordable in three games in the first four at home -Girona, Celta and Granada in Anoeta and Las Palmas away-. There are two more left before the first break and it enters a frenetic dynamic of meetings on Tuesday or Wednesday and Saturday, without Omonia-type ‘Cinderellas’ to provide a break.
Zakharyan and Merino They will be luxury reinforcements in a match in Gran Canaria, on Friday, which is already taking on overtones of extreme importance because, after two blows, after two home games in which victory escaped in the final stretch, the first victory is not this . may take time.
It might be at the Estadio Gran Canaria David Silvathe great nothing, the great miss.
1. Changes are subtracted, rather than added
Celta won with the changes, of the system and of the people, and Real lost with them. Imanol is wrong, although he has no alternatives to refresh the midfield, the most physically punishing line. An erratic Oyarzabal, an unremarkable Sadiq, an outmatched Sola, Pacheco and Cho did not give the team the fresh air it needed in a match like this.
2. Silva and Merino are a sore absence
Silva and Merino, along with Zubimendi, are the ones who have supported the Real machine and, therefore, the whole team in recent years. They are in charge of making sure the squad doesn’t fall even if it is out of control. Without the two, everything is more difficult and their absence is noted. Merino is back now; Silva won’t do it. Zakharyan comes to lend a helping hand, but it’s best not to compare.
3. Battling worst start since promotion in 2010
It is not a drama, because Real have less points at this point than in the two previous seasons and the same as in 20/21. And also, last year, where he was a roller that reached the Champions League, he also drew at home against Girona and Celta. But this (two points from six) was the worst start since promotion along with the 15/16 and 20/21 Leagues, with the aggravating circumstance that both games were at home.
4. Too many concessions: 12 shots, six on goal
It was clear that Real conceded too much to a grown Celta in the second half. It is unusual for txuri urdin to receive 12 shots, less for six of them to go on goal, forcing Remiro to intervene decisively to avoid a worse result. Celta’s expected goal (xG) statistic is 1.33 and Real’s, who have kicked between the three sticks twice, is 0.62.
5. Fatigue seems to be only local, not Galician
Valdano says soccer is a state of mind; that the head is often more decisive than the legs. The royalists seemed very tired from minute 60, they struggled to react, run back, win the duels, but Celtiñas didn’t give that. It’s hot and the preseason is very short, but preparation shouldn’t be an excuse
Source: La Verdad
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