Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Saturday, 09 May 2026, 21:36 / Updated Saturday, 09 May 2026 21:44
duel Atletico Madrid – Celta Vigocounting for the 35th stage of La Liga, ended with the success of the visitors, score 1-0, who produced the surprise in Madrid. Romanian international Ionuț I'm glad (28) started and kept his goals intact against the Champions League semi-finalist.
A day after finding out that he is on the preliminary list of the new selector Gheorghe Hagi for the friendly duels in June, with Georgia and Wales, the goalkeeper Ionuț Radu had a match in Madrid with Atletico, a team that was eliminated in the middle of the week from the semi-finals of the Champions League.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Atletico were beaten in the second leg in London, where Arsenal prevailed 1-0 and advanced to the final in Budapest on May 30, where they will fight for the big trophy of the most prestigious competition with PSG, who knocked out Bayern Munich.
Atletico's difficult spell continued as they lost at home to Celta Vigo, who are still hoping for a Champions League place now at the end of the season.
Celta Vigo, limited success on the field of Atletico Madrid
The only goal of Saturday night's encounter was scored in the 62nd minute by Borja Iglesias, a superb lob that caught Oblak by surprise.
On the other side, Ionuț Radu remained with his goals intact, and following this result his team scored 50 points. Celta Vigo are now in 6th place, just three behind Real Betis, who occupy the last place in the Champions League with three legs to go.
FINAL » Atletico Madrid – Celta Vigo 0-1
Atletico Madrid – Celta Vigo, the starting teams
Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Pubill, Giménez, Hancko, Ruggeri – Llorente, Koke, Baena, Lookman – Griezmann, Sørloth
Reserves: Musso, Esquivel, Lenglet, Molina, Le Normand, Julio Diaz, Mendoza, Obed Vargas, Iker Luque, Morcillo, Almada, Cubo
Coach: Diego Simeone
Celta Vigo: I. Radu- Javi Rodríguez, Lago, Alonso – Álvaro Núñez, López, Ilaix Moriba, Mingueza – Durán, Swedberg – Iglesias
Reserves: Aidoo, H. Alvarez, Antanon, Aspas, Carreira, Dominguez, El Abdellaoui, M. Fernandez, Jutgla, Ristic, Sotelo, Villar
Coach: Claudio Giraldez
La Liga standings
