Celta miss chance to go top

Published October 4, 2015
VIGO (Spain): Getafe’s Santiago Vergini (R) vies for the ball with Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas during their La Liga match at the Balaidos Stadium.—AFP
VIGO (Spain): Getafe’s Santiago Vergini (R) vies for the ball with Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas during their La Liga match at the Balaidos Stadium.—AFP

MADRID: Celta Vigo missed a chance to climb above Villarreal to the top of La Liga, for a day at least, when they failed to spark and were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Getafe on Friday.

Celta demonstrated little of the attacking verve that helped them stun champions Barcelona 4-1 at their Balaidos stadium last month and the match in Galicia produced few memorable moments.

Forward Iago Aspas, who scored twice against Barca, hit the post with an angled shot after rounding goalkeeper Vicente Guaita in the 11th minute and Getafe’s Stefan Scepovic headed against the corner of the goal-frame 18 minutes from time.

Celta’s stumble means they moved only up to second in the table with 15 points, one behind Villarreal who travel to second-bottom Levante on Sunday.

Published in Dawn October 4th, 2015

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