Celta and its 10 minutes of "misfortunes": "It is not an easy situation, but there is a lot of unity and positivity"

“There are already several games in which we need to know how to be in the final minutes”. That was the reflection of the soul and captain of RC Celta de Vigo, Iago Aspas, after being defeated in San Mamés with a penalty in the 98th minute of the match by the hand of Mingueza. On this occasion, the man from Moaña did not throw the VAR monitor in anger because, although “he was 50 meters away”, it seemed to him that “he just raised his hand and hit him.”

Athletic took the victory on the last day by 4-3 and further sank a Celta that is in decline with just seven points in 13 games. “The way we compete is enough for us to go out, but we have to win no matter what,” added Aspas.. If we put both of the captain's reflections together we can cite the bad luck that the light blue team has in the final 10 minutes: in seven of the 13 games played they have lost points.

If we look back at the loss of Celtic points, we also find ourselves with a defeat in extremis in Montilivi after a goal by Yángel Herrera in the 91st minute.. Las Palmas' comeback in the 97th minute with a goal from Marc Cardona. The 10 minutes of madness (from 80 to 89') in which they lost a two-goal lead against FC Barcelona in Montjuic and the narrow defeats against Mallorca (Muriqi's goal in the 85th minute) and Real Madrid (both from Bellingham in 81').

Rectification by the VAR

To recover the outburst of the Vigo player regarding the VAR, we must look back at the match that Celta and Sevilla tied in Balaídos on the penultimate matchday. The people of Seville equalized in the 84th minute (again the last minutes), but the celestials would have had the chance to win the game if Hernández Hernández had kept his decision to give a penalty for a grab by Navas on Douvikas. After going to the VAR he rectified his decision.

“It's not me who has to say if there is a black hand or not, but for another week we are surprised by the referee's performance,” Rafa Benítez, the coach of Celta de Vigo and with a three-year contract, begins to see that for a few reasons or for other reasons, the lack of results can end your position. At the moment, one of its enemies, like Aspas', is the VAR.

The light blue coach declined the possibility that the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) offered to the First Division coaches on Tuesday to comment on some plays from the first 13 days of LaLiga. Although it is true that the club already met with the CTA a few weeks ago through its president, Marian Mouriño.

80 years later

At the institution they are “frustrated because the results are not coming”. “The team competes, fights and plays well and the fans value it,” RC Celta sources explain to EL MUNDO. Precisely, the attitude on the field is what causes the “union” between fans, players and club to be maintained despite this “series of misfortunes”. “There is confidence and optimism in the face of a situation that is neither easy nor desired,” the same sources conclude.

Since the 43/44 season, Celta had not had such a bad start in domestic competition. In that season, they barely added 5 points after 13 games, with one victory and three draws (this time they have only obtained one more draw). It must be remembered that in those times the games won added up to two points and not three.

“It is complex to say what the main feeling is with everything that is happening, but above all it is uncertainty. “We can't find any explanation for what's happening.”. These are the words of the director of operations and institutional relations, Carlos Cao. They have two thirds of the season left to find out. Normally, salvation is set at around 40 points so Celta should get at least 33 points of the 75 available.