The Celta Herald
Match27 Dec 2028
Cup progress for Celta
A 2‑1 win over Betis, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad1 Jan 2029
9 saves: Cristian Rivero was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match27 Dec 2028
Cruel end for Betis as Celta pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Celta scored in the 93th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Market1 Jan 2029
Marcos Alonso puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Celta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Jeremías Lázaro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Ez Abde is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.37 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Celta
Ferran Jutglà was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market1 Jan 2029
Ez Abde told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ez Abde has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Celta.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Javi Rodríguez shuts the door
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Loan watch Jones El-Abdellaoui counts the days
- Market Héctor Fort has his eye on Europe
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Abdullah Topcu