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Business Upturn
04-05-2025
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Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo: Can Los Blancos recover after Copa del Rey final loss?
By Aman Shukla Published on May 4, 2025, 09:39 IST The stage is set for an exciting La Liga matchday 34 showdown as Real Madrid host Celta Vigo at the iconic Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, May 4th. With both teams chasing crucial points for different reasons, this promises to be a high-stakes encounter. Match Preview: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo Real Madrid, currently second in the La Liga standings with 72 points, will look to recover quickly from a heartbreaking 3-2 extra-time loss to Barcelona in last weekend's Copa del Rey final. Despite their strong domestic form, that defeat will still sting, and Carlo Ancelotti's men will be eager to return to winning ways on home turf. On the other hand, Celta Vigo are coming into this match full of confidence after a commanding 3-0 win over Villarreal, where they capitalized on an early red card to dominate proceedings. With goals from Fernando Lopez, Borja Iglesias, and Iago Aspas, the Galicians climbed to seventh place with 46 points, keeping their European qualification hopes alive. Real Madrid Possible Starting XI: Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Tchouameni, Fran Garcia Valverde, Ceballos, Modric Bellingham Vinicius Jr., Mbappe Celta Vigo Possible Starting XI: Guaita; Lago, Dominguez, Alonso Alvarez, Rodriguez, Moriba, Mingueza F. Lopez, Iglesias, Gonzalez Prediction: Who Will Win? Real Madrid, despite the Copa del Rey loss, are likely to dominate this clash given their superior squad depth, form, and home advantage. Celta Vigo may offer resistance, but the attacking firepower of Madrid should be enough to secure all three points. Prediction: Real Madrid 2-1 Celta Vigo Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Yahoo
09-03-2025
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Barcelona on alert as defender addresses transfer speculation
Oscar Mingueza is having a fine season, and because of this, the former Barcelona defender has started attracting strong interest from clubs across Europe. Because of this, Celta Vigo could have a very tough job on their hands to retain his services for the 2025-26 campaign and beyond. Clubs in England and Germany have been credited with an interest in Mingueza, who is available on the market for €20m, as that is the value of his release clause. Barcelona will be monitoring the situation as they have 50% of the 25-year-old's rights, meaning that they would pocket half of the transfer fee – or equally, they can sign him for €10m, which could be a good idea given that they are in the market for a new right-back. Despite all of this speculation, Mingueza is solely focused on Celta. He is keen to have a good final few months of the season, of which he should play a big part for Claudio Giraldez's side. 'I've always said that I'm very happy here. Things have been talked about this winter market, but personally I have been focused on my own thing, on doing my job as best as possible to help the team. I really want to have a good year, to finish this season very well.' Mingueza also spoke on Celta's 2-1 victory over Leganes on Saturday, during which he scored his third goal of the season – it is also a result that has seen the Galicians move into eight place in the La Liga standings. 'In the second half we didn't have as much control of the game, but we were better defensively. We are on the right track, but we have to take it game by game because there is still a long way to go.'
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08-03-2025
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La Liga Round Up: Celta Vigo push for Europe as Leganes and Valencia fight on in relegation battle
Saturday's early La Liga games featured three matches involving the relegation battle and the fight for European qualification. Celta Vigo boosted their late season push for a top seven finish, with a home win over struggling Leganes, and the visitors remain in danger alongside Valencia and Alaves. Let's take a look at how Saturday's action unfolded… Celta Vigo 2-1 Leganes With seventh spot expected to be enough for a place in Europe next season, Celta's recent run of form could prove to be very timely, as they move level on points with Rayo Vallecano. The Galicians end the weekend unbeaten in their last five league games, via three points against Leganes making it three home wins on the bounce. Both sides were bright in the opening stages as Valentin Rosier slotted Leganes 1-0 up, and Oscar Mingueza equalised, all before the half hour mark. 8 – Celta de Vigo's Óscar Mingueza has been involved in eight goals in 24 LaLiga games 24/25 (three goals and five assists), just one less than in his previous four seasons in the competition combined (nine, four goals and five assists in 105 games). Motivated. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 8, 2025 However, in a chaotic end to the first half – with Celta Vigo controversially denied a penalty – Alfonso Gonzalez grabbed his chance to tuck home the eventual winner. Alaves 1-0 Villarreal In the fight to avoid relegation, Alaves hauled themselves out of the bottom three, thanks to a 1-0 home win over Villarreal. Manu Sanchez's good fortune allowed him to prod home early on but it was Alaves' grit that got them over the line. Goalkeeper Antonio Sivera was sent off on the hour mark, after he scythed down Ayoze Perez just outside his box, and Alaves dropped deep to defend their slender lead. Rough enough for Antonio Sivera – takes a knee to the head, looks out cold briefly. When he gets back to his feet he's sent off. Hopefully there's no concussion. — Ruairidh Barlow (@RuriBarlow) March 8, 2025 Despite having a player advantage, Villarreal struggled to break Alaves down, with Antonio Blanco's late red card meaning the hosts ended the game with nine men. Valencia 2-1 Real Valladolid Battling Valencia also dragged themselves out of the relegation zone with a 2-1 fightback win over rock-bottom Real Valladolid. Giorgi Mamardashvili's error gifted the visitors an equaliser after the restart but a scrappy goal from Umar Sadiq snatched victory for Carlos Corberan's hosts. ⚽️ GOAL: Umar Sadiq 🇪🇸 Valencia 2-1 Real — Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) March 8, 2025 Images via Getty Images/One Football
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09-02-2025
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Newcastle United star wanted by Celta Vigo
Celta Vigo have had an indifferent season up until now, and there has been some concerns that they could be dragged into the La Liga relegation battle, especially because they failed to sign a new striker during the final days of the 2025 winter transfer window. Celta got rid of wantaway marksman Tasos Douvikas on deadline day as he joined Como, and they had wanted to bring in a replacement to compete with Borja Iglesias, who is on loan from fellow La Liga side Real Betis. A considerable number of targets were lined up, but in the end, nothing came to fruition. ED have detailed Celta's striker search, reporting that Chris Ramos was high on the shortlist. However, Cadiz failed to let him go as they did not consider a loan deal, which is the only arrangement that the Galicians wanted after letting Douvikas go. The report highlights information from El Desmarque that Celta identified two more targets in England. First, they made an approach for Newcastle United forward Will Osula, who has struggled for minutes at the Premier League side since his summer move from Sheffield United, while they also failed to bring in Elijah Adebayo from EFL Championship club Luton Town. However, all is not lost for Celta, as they could still get their man/men in the summer. They will be targeting at least one striker signing during the next transfer window, and the names mentioned are expected to remain on their shortlist for that time. It will be interesting to see whether Celta rue not bringing in a new striker on deadline day. They did not struggle to score goals on Saturday as they came from behind to defeat Betis 3-2 at Balaidos, but it could be a problem for Claudio Giraldez's side as the season goes on.
