Highlights and goals: Celta 1-2 Barcelona in LaLiga 2023-24

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End of the match! Barcelona win! Victory for Xavi's team in the end at Celta's home, who remain in the relegation zone. 2-1, the final score.

Yellow card for Iñigo Martínez for Barcelona.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL for Barcelona! Robert Lewandowski! The Pole had to retake the penalty because Vicente Guaita had saved it, but being advanced. In the replay, he charged again to the left post and it went in.

Yellow card for Frenkie De Jong.

PENALTY FOR BARCELONA! The referee calls a foul in the area.

Six more minutes to play in the match... Very monotonous second half up to this point.

Double change in Celta Anastasios Douvikas and Kevin Vázquez in place of Jorgen Strand Larsen and Oscar Mingueza.

Final stretch of the match. Celta is getting much more animated in the last minutes to go in the opponent's field.

Change in Celta. Williot Swedberg replaces Tadeo Allende.

Change in Barcelona. Enter Fermín López in place of Pedri.

There are only 20 minutes left. The match has been more even in the second half, but the actions have been rather few.

It was not a very brilliant game from both teams. Celta's intention to be intense stands out. Iago Aspas is leading very well the home team to want to attack their opponents more.

Change in Celta. Manuel Sánchez replaces Mihailo Ristic.

Changes at Barcelona. Ilkay Gündogan and Raphinha replace Andreas Christensen and Vitor Roque.

It's still a draw for now. Barcelona prepares variants to try to give another dynamic to the game, which now looks too slow.

First minutes of the second half. Despite suffering the tie, Barcelona is incisive in playing in the opponent's field.

GOOOOOOOOOOAL for Celta! Iago Aspas! The captain ties the match after a shot he made close to the area, which ended up deflecting off Jules Koundé to dislodge ter Stegen.

The match restarts at Balaídos. There was a change in Celta; Unai Núñez came on in place of Carlos Domínguez. On the part of Barcelona, Íñigo Martínez came on in place of Ronald Araújo.

The first half ends. Barcelona wins by the minimum against Celta.

Celta came closer. Oscar Mingueza's shot was calmly caught by ter Stegen.

Two more minutes will be played in the first half.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL for Barcelona! Robert Lewandowski! The Pole scores a beautiful goal with a cross shot into the box.

Five minutes left in the first half. The match has lost the intensity it had gained for some passages.

Yellow card. Andreas Christensen was cautioned for Barcelona.

Final stretch of the first half. The score is still level. There have not been many goal actions.

Half an hour into the match at Balaídos. The score has not opened the scoreboard in an even game.

Both teams bet on fast transitions, although Barcelona with a little more elaboration when they can. The scoreboard is still not open for the moment.

Not much happens in these minutes of play. Although the teams try to put a good rhythm to the game.

Yellow card for Tadeo Allende for a hard foul on Pedri.

Jorgen Strand Larsen shot after a cross from Iago Aspas, and ter Stegen caught the ball.

Barcelona had a chance! Lamine Yamal reached the area and shot, but goalkeeper Vicente Guaita made a good save.

First minutes of the match. Not much to highlight for now.

The match between Celta and Barcelona gets underway.

To be confirmed.

Celta and Barcelona players take the field at Balaídos Stadium.

The players finalize details for the start of the match.

13. Iñaki Peña (GK), 31. Diego Kochen (GK), 5. Íñigo Martínez, 11. Raphinha, 16. Fermín López, 18. Oriol Romeu, 22. Ilkay Gündogan, 30. Marc Casadó, 38. Marc Guiu, 39. Hector Fort.

Coach: Xavi Hernández

13. Iván Villar (GK), 4. Unai Núñez, 7. Carles Pérez, 11. Franco Cervi, 12. Anastasios Douvikas, 16. Jailson, 19. Williot Swedberg, 20. Kevin Vázquez, 23. Manuel Sánchez, 24. Miguel Rodríguez, 26. Jorge Carrillo, 30. Hugo Sotelo.

Coach: Rafael Benítez

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This is the start time of the game Celta vs Barcelona of February 17th, 2024 in several countries:

Argentina: 2:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
Bolivia: 1:30 PM on Tigo Sports
Brazil: 2:30 PM on ESPN, Star+, NOW NET e Claro, GUIGO
Chile: 2:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
Colombia: 12:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
Ecuador: 12:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
USA (ET): 12:30 PM on ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Spain: 6:30 PM on Movistar+, DAZN Spain, DAZN LaLiga
Mexico: 11:30 AM on Sky HD and Blue To Go VE
Paraguay: 1:30 PM on Tigo Sports +
Peru: 12:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
Uruguay: 2:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO
Venezuela: 1:30 PM on DirecTV Sports and DGO

In Barcelona, the presence of Robert Lewandowski stands out. The 35-year-old Polish striker is one of the most outstanding players of the team so far in LaLiga where he has 10 goals and five assists in 22 games played, being a starter in 20 of them. He has 1770 minutes in total.

In Celta, the presence of Jorgen Strand Larsen stands out. The 24-year-old Norwegian striker is one of the most outstanding players of the team so far in LaLiga where he has nine goals and two assists in 24 games played, being a starter in all of them. He totals 1910 minutes in total.

These two teams have met 123 times. The statistics are in favor of Barcelona, who have been victorious on 68 occasions, while Celta have won on 25 occasions, leaving a balance of 30 draws.

In LaLiga...

Referring only to the times they have faced each other in LaLiga, we count 115 duels, where the numbers are in favor of Barcelona with 65 victories, while Celta has won 23, for a balance of 27 draws.

If we take into account the number of times that Celta has been at home against Barcelona in LaLiga, there are 57 matches, where the Culés have the advantage with 21 wins over the 20 that the Celtistas have achieved, and the 16 draws that have been given.

After the disappointing 3-3 result against Granada in Monjtuic, Barcelona arrives in a suffocating situation in which losing more points would mean a clear danger in the fight to finish in the top four and go to the next Champions League. 

Barcelona will have to travel to Naples for the Champions League round of 16, which will be next Tuesday. This situation may distract the players from thinking about the only competition they can still "seriously" compete to win.

Celta de Vigo is not doing well at all. The Celeste team, which celebrated its 100th birthday this season, comes into the match in the same situation in the standings that it has been in practically all season, struggling to climb up the table and move away from the relegation zone.

Rafa Benítez's side suffered a heavy blow in their trip to Getafe, conceding a late goal in the last moments of the game.

Celta Vigo is a team that, despite being 17th in the standings, has great players, a great coach, and offensive potential with players like Larsen and Iago Aspas, so they are hoping for a surprise to motivate them for the end of the season.

The Celta de Vigo vs FC Barcelona match will be played at the Balaídos Stadium, located in the city of Vigo, in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. This stadium, inaugurated in 1928, has a capacity for 24,791 spectators.

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