Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Sunday, October 19, 2025, 9:31 p.m. / Updated Sunday, October 19, 2025, 9:31 p.m.
Ionuț Radu (28 years old), the starting goalkeeper of the Romanian national team in the most recent action, defended sensationally this evening, in the match between Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad, final score 1-1.
Radu did wonders in goal for the hosts and almost earned them 3 points, but Carlos Soler had other plans. The Spanish international scored in the 89th minute and avoided what would have been the first clean sheet for the Romanian goalkeeper in La Liga.
Pablo Duran opened the scoring for the hosts in the 20th minute, but the balance was broken late in the first half when stopper Carl Starfelt received a second yellow card and was sent off.
With Celta in 10 men, in the second half they played only at Radu's goal. In total, the guests scored 7 shots on goal for the Romanian. They beat him only in the last of them, in the 89th minute, when Carlos Soler headed in Guedes' cross.
Ionuț Radu worked wonders in Celta Vigo – Sociedad, but could not avoid his team's seventh 1-1
The 1-1 goal came 5 minutes after Jones El Abdellaoui had squandered, alone with the keeper, a huge chance to make it 2-0!
In the case of Radu, the double intervention in the 83rd minute was especially spectacular.
Overall, excellent evolution of the Romanian. MARK awarded him two stars, the maximum qualification. Only Ilaix Moriba and Pablo Duran have received it from the host camp. For the guests, with two stars were Gorrotxa, Barrenetxea and Oyarzabal. The Madrid newspaper wrote of the successive interventions at the end that they were “the parades of the afternoon, although he had already made several others”.
Unfortunately, Ionuț Radu remains without a “clean sheet” this season. He conceded a goal in all 9 stages. For Celta, it was the SEVENTH 1-1 of the season, the Andalusian team being the 17th, without a win, with all points collected from draws!
