Real Madrid receives Celta this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu, where they have not won for 18 years, when the team then led by Fernando Vázquez stormed the Madrid stadium with goals from the Brazilian Nené and Jorge Larena. The whites will try to consolidate their leadership of the EA Sports LaLiga and the Galicians will move even further away from the relegation spots.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team comes into the duel with some doubts after the draw against RB Leipzig (1-1), which helped them seal their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, making the goal count in the first leg. However, the German team had many chances to take the tie to extra time.
Against Celta, the Italian coach will not be able to count on the English midfielder Jude Bellingham, due to his expulsion at the end of last day’s match with a direct red card against Valencia for addressing the referee “in an aggressive and shouting attitude”, according to the referee’s report.
Rafa Benítez’s team has not won at the Bernabéu for 18 years. The recent precedent for the hope of the Galicians is in the Copa del Rey, where they managed to eliminate the white team in the 2016-17 season (1-2) in the first leg with goals from Jonny and the Spanish international Iago Aspas.
On Benítez’s return to the Bernabéu, where no one has won in the League, Celta will jump with a five-point margin over relegation, without the Peruvian Renato Tapia and the Serbian Mihailo Ristic due to injury, but will recover the winger Miguel Rodríguez and the striker Iago Aspas.
The match between Real Madrid, corresponding to the twenty-eighth round of LaLiga EA Sports, will be played this Sunday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting can be seen on television on Movistar and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
