The bad news continues to accompany the Galician team, this time referring to its scorer and top figure. The tension takes hold inside the sky-blue team, and Carvalhal is already considering solutions.
when the RC Celtic He was already preparing the final details before facing Athletic Club, some bad news regarding Iago Aspas has fallen. He Forward who has 12 goals and 4 assists this season, will not be able to play this weekend at San Mamés. Apparently, an injury that he has been carrying since last Sunday evolved badly, and caused the player’s disability.
Specifically, the medical department indicated that it is a low back pain, which will leave him out of competition for at least 10 days. Not to mention that on the 29th of this month (the day he returned) he will have to adjust to his physical rhythm again. In other words, Iago Aspas could miss 3 of the last 4 remaining games.
Iago Aspas’ injury fell at the most critical moment for RC Celta
Although the Galician team is still out of relegation, but not out of danger, the 4 remaining commitments are perhaps the most important for the club in the entire season. Right now they are 5 points away from 18th place, and they need to add the rest by 3. The positive is that it only depends on themselves to achieve permanence in the highest category.
Just when Carlos Carvalhal finished oiling his machinery, tightening nuts, and polishing some details, this unpleasant news hits him. Although the Portuguese coach already suspected something wrong with Iago Aspas, from the match against Valencia CF, where he had to replace him at minute 55, due to a blow to his back. 5 days later, his suspicions were true.
This will be the path of RC Celta without Iago Aspas on board
To begin with, the striker from Pontevedra will miss this Saturday’s commitment against Athletic in San Mamés. While the Celtic team needs to win to stay in LaLiga Santander, the lion club will have to do the same if they want to aspire to one of the places in the international competition. The Celtiña team wants to take advantage of the spirited momentum of their rival, who has just been thrashed the previous day by Villarreal CF.
After playing against the team from Bilbao, Girona CF awaits them in Balaídos, Cádiz in Nuevo Mirandilla and the last game will be against none other than the current champion of the contest, FC Barcelona. For this commitment against the culé team, it is expected that Iago Aspas will already be available, as it will be Carvalhal’s best offensive card.