Real Betis v Celta Vigo was supposed to be the end. But one coach looks like he will still be standing after a dramatic finale
Maybe the best way to grasp what happened on Wednesday night and what it meant is to pause it and watch it back again frame by frame, a thousand things in a single shot, a thousand more in the next. Look at Celta de Vigo: you can actually pinpoint the second where their hearts rip in half. It’s the same second when life floods back into Betis. The clock shows 89.47 and the ball drops to Nabil Fekir, near the penalty spot. Stop it there: everyone’s looking at him, close. Only Iago Aspas isn’t in the area. Of those that are, only Stanislav Lobotka isn’t on him. Just to his right is Sergio Bermejo. The rest stand before him and salvation: Hugo Mallo, Néstor Araujo, Joseph Aidoo, David Juncà, Gabriel Fernández, Fran Beltrán, Brais Mendez and Rubén Blanco. In front of him, a line of five men. Behind them, two more. And behind them, another.
Press play and somehow Fekir’s shot finds a way through them all and into the net.
What a photo https://t.co/Wdd0piKknI
Fekir's last-gasp winner sent the Benito Villamarin wild!
#RealBetisCelta pic.twitter.com/uhMiWWSEqj
Barcelona 5-1 Real Valladolid, Alavés 1-1 Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid 5-0 Leganés, Real Betis 2-1 Celta Vigo, Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1-2 Levante, Valencia 1-1 Sevilla
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