Celta Vigo 1-2 Valencia: Justin Kluivert is happy that he was able to help his team with three crucial points in the fight against relegation. After a month of absence, the Dutchman immediately started in the base at Valencia and was also immediately accurate in the duel with Celta de Vigo.
Mari delivered the winner
The Primera Division match between Celta de Vigo and Valencia on Sunday ended with a 1-2 win for the away team in Abanca-Balaídos. The goalscorers of Valencia were Kluivert and Mari. Valencia opened the score in the 8th minute through Kluivert, with an assist from Diego López. After that, both teams were dry for a while. With almost half an hour to go, Haris Seferovic equalised for Celta de Vigo with an assist from Francisco José Beltrán Peinado. The decisive goal for Valencia was scored in the last minutes by Mari, on a pass from Dimitri Foulquier.
The victory gives Valencia some breathing space again. The Spanish club is now in fourteenth place, three points above the relegation zone. Kluivert missed Valencia’s last matches due to an injury. Once fit, he immediately seized the leading role. The forward said, “We won today and I came back with a goal. I am very happy, also for the fans.”
Although Valencia is certainly not safe yet, Kluivert is confident that his team will make it. “It was a tough game, but in football it’s normal to suffer. We are a real team and have a lot of confidence, good fans and players who can score, as happened today,” he said.
Kluivert is known as a winger, but his trainer put him at the point of attack against Celta de Vigo. And that paid off. “I know I can do that and besides, I scored a goal. We do it all for the fans. They spend I don’t know how many hours in the car. Then you can’t let them return without points. The fans show why Valencia is such a great club,” said Kluivert.
Kluivert convinces Spaniards
In a changeable season, people in Spain are also becoming more and more convinced of the AS Roma loanee. “In the last phase of the season, he has increasingly developed into a player who pulls the cart,” Marca judges. “His acclimatisation under Gennaro Gattuso (at the beginning of the season, Valencia’s coach) was difficult, but in the final phase he takes the team on his back with good goals and the feeling that he is the offensive linchpin of the team. team. A saviour with capital letters.”
