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Celta Vigo Secures Thrilling Home Victory Against Depleted Nice
Vigo, Spain – Celta Vigo triumphed over Nice in a vibrant and eventful match at the Estadio Abanca-Balaídos, part of the UEFA Europa League group stage. Iago Aspas opened the scoring for Celta in the early stages of the match, in the 2nd minute, unleashing euphoria in the stands. However, Nice responded quickly, equalizing the match in the 16th minute with a goal from M. Cho, assisted by S. Abdul Samed.
The match became tense and physical, with several warnings for Nice. The turning point came in the 38th minute when J. Clauss received his second yellow card, and consequently the red card, leaving Nice with ten players for the remainder of the match.
Despite playing with numerical inferiority, Nice tried to withstand the pressure from Celta, who dominated possession of the ball with 65%. Celta took advantage of their superiority and, in the 75th minute, B. Iglesias scored the goal that sealed the victory for the home team.
Celta dominated the match, generating a total of 25 shots, of which 6 were on target, and enjoying 7 corner kicks. For its part, Nice, with 35% possession, managed to make 9 shots, with 3 directed at the goal. The refereeing, by Sander van der Eijk, was very demanding, showing numerous cards. Celta Vigo adds three important points on their way in the Europa League. The game was played on October 23, 2025.
Substitutions nice: at minute 46 M. Cho came in and A. Mendy went out., at minute 70 A. Abdi came in and T. Gouveia went out., at minute 70 M. Sanson came in and C. Vanhoutte went out., at minute 81 T. Louchet came in and J. Boga went out., at minute 81 Kevin came in and B. Nguene went out.
Substitutions celta vigo: at minute 46 H. Alvarez came in and B. Iglesias went out., at minute 66 P. Duran came in and J. Rueda went out., at minute 71 F. Beltran came in and H. Sotelo went out., at minute 71 S. Carreira came in and O. Mingueza went out., at minute 78 B. Zaragoza came in and F. Cervi went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Celta Vigo
Titulares:
Nice
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