Tapia as an alternative to Aidoo

Josip Aidoo he will miss his third game of the season. Celta has confirmed through a medical report that the Ghanaian has a grade I fibril rupture in his left femoral biceps and is therefore ruled out to face Barcelona in the final on Sunday. Twice that the chief of defense was not there, before Real Madridin it Bernabeuand with him Valenciain balladsA team of Carlos Carvalhal lost. The main alternative to cover the gap is to postpone again Renato Tapia since the Portuguese coach believes that Oscar Minguez it is not central. Another possibility would be the place Hugo Mallo inside and Catalan as foreign.

The last time Celta won without Aidoo was at the start of the 21/22 season, more precisely on September 27, 2021 in Balaídos in a match against Granada that Vigos took with a solitary goal from Denis Suarez in the 94th minute, and since then the lion of the defense has been on the field in all heavenly triumphs, but also in numerous defeats in the last two seasons.

The central defender was injured in the last part of the game last Sunday at Cadiz and though the contest ended, he did so with an apparent limp. It was almost ruled out from the beginning, but confirmation came yesterday, when the club released a medical report showing that the international has a “grao I fibrillary tear in the left femoral biceps.” Although he is leaving does not state he Recovery timeIt could take up to three weeks.

Twice when Joseph was absent this season, Renato Tapia was chosen for Carvalhal. The Peruvian jumped into the limelight at the Bernabéu and later repeated it at home against Valencia, where he was also one of the highlights. Considering that Bracarense does not see Mingueza as a central player and sees Carlos Domínguez as a left winger, everything points to the Peru international being selected again, especially if Fran Beltrán starts in the defensive center position. Sesenjanin has not done full work with the group yet, but he is aiming for the game.

De facto, Tapia became the team’s third central defender. In the absence of Unai Núñez, the coach placed him on the right central defender, and he moved Aidoo to the left (in the meeting with Atlético in Vigo), and in the absence of Ganca, the Peruvian directly took his place. “He was a central defender in many games. In Holland, he probably played more as a central defender than as a midfielder. It’s a natural situation for him,” commented the Portuguese on the Peruvian’s central position.

The alternatives They would go through deploying Mingueza at centre-back, moving Hugo Mallo into the centre, freeing up the right wing Kevin Vazquez or minguez or make a contribution Carlos Dominguezwho hardly had a leading role during the entire season in the First League.

Another option would be to recover the defense of the five, which Carvalhal has not done so far, except for a few minutes in Getafe, despite the galloping crisis that is shaking the entity. In this scenario, Mingueza could operate as a wing-central player, as he did several times before the injury, Tapia would operate as a free agent, and Unai would take care of the left flank.

Bask trusts all his companions: “Whoever plays will play well. We all trust each other. We have to win and whoever plays will do their best, both those who start and those who come off during the game.”

The men from Vigo have not kept a clean sheet since they beat Elche in 1989 with a goal from Aidoo. Since then, they have played six games and conceded goals in all of them. Against Barcelona, ​​the first step must be to close the goal firmly.