Cádiz, May 27 (EFE) Celta, who seemed to have everything under control a few days ago, has gotten into trouble and will still have to fight to stay in the category.
The Galician team has two more points than Cádiz, but coach Sergio González’s men want to assert the home strength they recovered last week against Valladolid (2-0) and not let Nuevo Mirandilla’s points go.
The yellow team, which in the next and last game of the season will visit bottom and relegated Elche, is aware of the importance of beating the sky-blues, since the last day was not conducive to losing at Villarreal (2-0). and see how Getafe and Valladolid reached him.
Now the three tie at 38 points, although it is the Pucelanos who are in the relegation position due to the worst goal balance. In addition, Espanyol, who is penultimate, subtracted a point away from the yellows, from four to three.
Sergio González will be without the center-back Víctor Chust or the midfielders Brian Ocampo and Álex Fernández, who are long-term injured.
They were joined this week as importantly injured, for which reason they were no longer at Villarreal, the center-back Rafael Giménez ‘Fali’ and the striker Chris Ramos.
The good news for Cádiz is the return of Honduran striker Anthony Lozano, who has already served a one-match ban for accumulating bookings.
Celta faces the challenge of Cádiz, where they have only won once in the First Division -35 years ago-, with many football doubts, the calculator in their pocket and an increasingly evident break between the board of directors chaired by Carlos Mouriño and a wide Celtic sector.
Carlos Carvalhal’s team is the one that reaches the last two days of the course of those involved in the fight for salvation the worst. He has added only one point from the last 15 in play, and his last victory was on April 26 against bottom club Elche with a goal from central defender Aidoo in the 89th minute.
If in March in Balaídos they dreamed of returning to Europe, at the gates of June the threat of relegation has turned on the alarm lights. In the board and in the dressing room there is nervousness, despite the fact that they continue to maintain a two-point advantage over Valladolid, third from last.
The team’s plummet -a victory in the last ten days- has also fueled the debate about the continuity of Carlos Carvalhal, despite the fact that the Portuguese coach has one year left on his contract.
In Vigo, at the moment, everything looks black, despite the fact that the team has overcome worse situations than this. And all because his “savior” Iago Aspas still hasn’t overcome the back injury that prevented him from starting against Girona.
The top scorer from the sky will travel to Cádiz, but his presence in the starting team is not expected, where captain Hugo Mallo will remain, except for surprise, despite suffering a fractured ulna last Tuesday.
Not many more changes are expected regarding the lineup of the last day. The Peruvian Renato Tapia will remain as a defensive pivot and Miguel Rodríguez on the left side. Without Aspas, Larsen will repeat as nine.
– Probable lineups:
Cadiz: Ledesma; Prison, Hernandez, Mere, Hawthorne; Escalante, Alcaraz, Bongonda, Nephew; Guardiola and Lozano.
Celtic: Iván Villar; Hugo Mallo, Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán; Carles Pérez, Tapia, Óscar Rodríguez, Miguel Rodríguez; Gabri Veiga and Larsen.
Referee: De Burgos Bengoechea (Basque Committee).
Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla.
Time: 19.00.