Celta Vigo vs Barcelona LIVE score, La Liga 2024-25: CEL 0-1 BAR; Aspas gets booked for dissent as Raphinha goal stays the difference at halftime

Iago Aspas clearly livid with the referees, who is arguing with him at the stroke of halftime. Moments earlier, he saw a yellow card for dissent after Gerard Martin fouled Aspas but didn’t see a second yellow for it. The half ends with Raphinha’s strike being the difference.

Dani Olmo does well to drop his shoulders at the edge of the box and strike one towards the near post but the opposition ‘keeper is equal to it as he collects the effort.

Great piece of work from Lewandowski to chip the ball into the net but it did come at a cost as the forward strays offside.

Barcelona has now mostly taken control of the game, the midfielders trying to release Lewandowski, who has been quite so far in the opening 40 minutes or so. However, the host does trouble the visiting side’s box from time to time.

Iago Aspas goes almost one-on-one with Pena, but Gerard Martin catches up with him, appearing to slightly push him down inside the box with his elbow. However, the on-field referee says nothingdoing, and VAR too doesn’t intervene.

The host tries to get one back almost instantly as Alvarez takes a shot but Gerard Martin gets an important touch to put it behind for a corner. Moments later, Moriba puts his laces through the ball and a dipping shot troubles Inaki Pena, who puts it over the crossbar for another corner.

The skipper for the night in Raphinha shows calmness in front of the goal and puts Barcelona ahead. A long ball is played from the back, the winger doesn’t stray offside. Raphinha dribbles well, beats Mingueza, and slots it past Guaita for his eighth league goal.

Dani Olmo passes it to Lewandowski, who squares it to Raphinha. The winger cuts inside and tries his luck, but his attempt catches Pedri, who is way offside.

For the first opening minutes, it has been Celta Vigo which has looked sharp. It came close to breaking the deadlock but Iago Aspas’s shot went wide.

Celta Vigo vs Barcelona is underway!

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La Liga 2024-25: Spanish police arrest three over racist insults at El Clasico match

Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal, who is of Equatorial Guinean and Moroccan heritage, was among the players targeted with xenophobic and racist abuse during the game at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

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Hansi Flick’s side has struggled when the 17-year-old is not on the pitch, as the Spain international has become a crucial part of its attacking gameplan.

With Yamal set to miss the trip to Galicia because of an ankle problem, the German coach needs a plan B. Yamal was rested for Barcelona’s visit to face Osasuna in September, with the Catalans losing 4-2.

Appearing as a substitute with Barcelona trailing, Yamal scored a superb late goal to remind Flick of his importance to the team.

Since then, he started every match for Barcelona until injury kept him out of the team that lost 1-0 at Real Sociedad before the international break.

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