Iago Aspas is looking to snap his disastrous winning streak in 2024

Iago Aspas is not finding the way to the goal in a Celtic which needs it more than ever to try to get out of the ‘pit’ of the table. The forward of Moana He only found the back of the net once in 17 games (15 of them as a starter) that he played here. League. Last November 10 before the Athletic in San Mamesbut his target is useless because those Rafael Benitez They fell 4-3 in a truly crazy match.

Aspas, 36 years old, has barely scored that goal in the last 28 league games he’s played (the last 11 of the last championship and the 17 he’s played so far). Last year, at this point in the campaign, he already had seven goals.

At Celta there are reasons for concern with their franchise player, who also expresses his incompetence on the field of play. Expelled in front of him pomegranate in Balaídos Stadium for the match in Melendo, the ‘Prince of Bateas’ He missed the last game of the year against Villarreal in Cerámica, which ended in a 3-2 celestial defeat.

After completing his suspension against the Castellón team, Iago Aspas will return in 2024 with the desire to reverse his unusual scoring situation, although he will continue. threatened with punishment because he has four yellow cards.

The first match of the new year is match Real Betis in Balaídos, on Wednesday, January 3 (7:15 pm/Movistar LaLiga) and the Moaña striker will try to start it as he did on January 6, 2023, when his goal gave victory to the Galicians on their visit in Elche (0-1) in a season in which he finished scoring 12 goals.

His best campaign wasn’t that far off. He was in 2017-18 and scored a total of 28 goals (three of which were penalties) in 46 games between Spanish national team, Liga and Copa del Rey. He scored two triplets and five doubles. He Celtic more than ever needs to regain the best version of Aspas to continue another season First.