MADRID (AP) – Teenager Ansu Fati scored again to give Barcelona a moment of consecutive victory to start the Spanish league season with a 3-0 win over Celta de Vigo on Thursday.
Barcelona won comfortably despite betting more than part of the match with 10 men after the expulsion of defenceman Clement Lenglet before half-time.
“I’m proud of the team that played in this match,” Barcelona coach Ronald Koeguy said. “We played with a lot of field with a guy on the ground. “
Fati also scored twice to lead Barcelona to an opening win over Villarreal on Sunday. The 17-year-old striker discovered the goal against Celta with a blank touch with his foot from outside the area after a hand from Philippe Coutinho in the 11th minute.
Fati, who joined the first team this season, temporarily took over as scorer for striker Luis Suarez, who said goodbye through the club and joined rival Atlético madrid.
“Ansu is still very young, but he showed that he deserved to play,” Sergi Roberto of Barcelona said. “He has scored goals and I am very satisfied by him because he works very hard in matches and training. I hope it stays that way because it’s helping us a lot.
It was The First Defeat of Celtic, who had won and tied two in his first three games. He had not lost to Barcelona at home for five years, with three wins and two draws in League matches.
Barcelona lost a boy in ’42 after Lenglet won a yellow card moment for punching Denis Suarez in the face while opening his arm to prevent Celtic’s player from overtaking him.
Barcelona had almost knocked a guy to the ground by 35 when Gerard Piqué held Suarez to avoid a getaway, but an offside call caused the card to reverse.
Despite the disadvantage of man in torrential rain at the Balaodos de vigo stadium, Barcelona advanced to the 51st for a purpose contrary to his appearance of defenseman Lucas Olaza, who redirected the ball to his own after Lionel Messi overtakes two defenders and crossed the area.
Roberto closed the scoring with a shot from inside the area after more of Messi’s preparation match due in the time off.
Messi had an offside overridden purpose at 59 after a one-shot rebound through Coutinho that hit the post.
SEVILLA WINS LATE
Sevilla, the warplanes of Barcelona in the next round, won their consecutive match by beating levante at home 1-0 thanks to the purpose of Youssef En-Nesyri two minutes after the time off.
En-Nesyri headed to a center in Jess Navas.
Like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Sevilla had their first two leagues postponed due to their participation in European competitions in August.
NINE-MAN C-DIZ WINNINGS
Promu Cádiz won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao despite finishing the tie with nine men per red card.
The winner came with a goal contrary to his in the 57th minute from Atlético Midfielder Unai López, who scored twice on Sunday to lead his team to victory at Eibar.
He had lost two of his first three games and had expelled Carlos Akapo in the already Alvaro Negredo in the 70s.
Real Madrid beat Valladolid 1-0 on Wednesday, while Atletico Madrid faced Huesca in a goalless draw.
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