Santi Mina brace led Celta Vigo to beat Barcelona by 2-1; thrash Barcelona La Liga title hope.
Celta Vigo Beats Barcelona: Barcelona must recognize Celta Vigo’s superiority with a score of 1-2 in the 2020/21 Jornada 37 La Liga party which took place at the Camp Nou, Sunday (16/5/2021).
Barcelona actually got ahead through Lionel Messi’s goal. However, Santi Mina bought up two goals to bring Celta Vigo to full points.
Thanks to this result, Barcelona has certainly failed to win La Liga this season. Barca are still fixated in third place with 76 points, while Celta is ranked eighth with 53 points.
First round
Barcelona tried to appear aggressive from the start of the first half. Unfortunately, a number of opportunities for Ronald Koeman’s troops still failed to produce goals.
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Barcelona were only able to break the deadlock in the 28th minute with a Messi header following a brilliant pass from Sergio Busquets released from the middle.
Celta managed to equalize the score to 1-1 thanks to Mina’s goal in the 38th minute. The shot of the 25-year-old player managed to trick Gerard Pique and made Marc-Andre ter Stegen just stunned to see the ball go into the net. This score lasts until halftime.
Second round
Returning from the locker room, Koeman brought in Riqui Puig to replace Pedri. Barcelona also still dominates possession even though they are still having trouble penetrating Celta’s defense.
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Various ways have been tried by Barcelona to score the second goal. However, the efforts of Messi never came to fruition. The situation is even more complicated because in other places Real Madrid are already ahead of Athletic Bilbao.
Instead of scoring goals, Barcelona had to concede in the 89th minute. Starting from Augusto Solari’s cross that hit the post, Mina’s rebound was successfully cut into a goal. The 2-1 score for Celta Vigo’s victory was the final result of this match.
