Bellingham gives Real Madrid a long-suffering win over Celta

Bellingham, again Bellingham is the opponent of a new triumph of real Madrid in LaLiga, the third out of three. The Englishman scored the goal in the 81′ that gave the win against the whites Celtic in a contested match and where it all happened. They did not allow a goal for the Galician team, Vinicius was injured and Rodrygo missed a penalty. Almost nothing

Balaídos was received in style Celtic and Real Madrid to celebrate the centenary of the Galician team. A reception that prompted Benítez’s men to ‘eat up’ the whites in a frantic start to the game. In the first quarter of an hour everything happened on the Balaídos pitch. To begin with, the controversy with the goal disallowed against Celta in the third minute. Fran Beltrán shot from outside the area, larsen he held it just long enough to dislodge the debutant Kepa It didn’t seem to be on that play, but the Basque goalkeeper complained about a previous foul in that game and the VAR thought so too. He warned the referee to look at the action and ruled that it was a foul on Kepa by Larsen and, therefore, a disallowed goal.

[+] Watch the match summary:

That saved the Real Madrid, even if only for a moment at minute 10Vinicius injured. He ended up leaving at 18′, but the game for that injury was after 10 minutes. The Brazilian, with a bandage on his left leg, tried to hold on, but had to leave. Joselu He came in through Vinicius and, coincidentally or not, the face of Real Madrid changed. He began to dominate the game, to drown out a Celta who saw Kepa’s goal wide. It came, but without as much danger as in the first quarter of an hour. On the white team Rodrygo shining in its own light and in the middle of the field, with Tchouameni in the head, it started working. The goal was lacking and it came in the 43rd minute, but it didn’t go up on the scoreboard because Joselu was clearly offside. Celta got the goal with Bamba’s boot, but his shot went wide. A team, the Galician who saw how Cervi was injured in extra time and Manu Sánchez came in to play until the break, which was reached without goals.

Real Madrid came out in the second half with a new drawing, with a double pivot, and dominated the field of play based on pressure and physical strength. But that wasn’t enough to beat a Celta who were bent at the back, looking for their chance on the counter. Thus the minutes passed and Ancelotti decided to remove the physicality and play more football Kroos and Modric which entered through Tchouaméni and Camavinga. The Italian wanted to make a match and did so in the 68th minute with Iván Villar’s penalty on Rodrygo in the 66th minute. An action protested by the Celta players considering that it was not a penalty because the goalkeeper touched the ball before the collision Rodrygo. The referee did not change his opinion and indicated the maximum penalty launched by Rodrygo himself, but he found a save by Ivan Villar.

That action reactivated Balaídos and with him, Celta disintegrated. quite the opposite of Real Madrid who did not command as much as before the penalty play. But an action comes from a set piece, specifically a corner kick, and it appears bellingham, discreet until then, to score 0-1 in the 81st minute. From then until the end, they faced each other with control, the calm that Madrid was looking for and the urgency of Celta. In the end, Real Madrid won that rivalry and the match.