Abanca Balaídos Stadium

Randal Kolo Muani escaped his marker, attacked the delivery, and powered his header beyond Andrei Radu, and Juventus was up two to one.

The Balaidos fell silent.

Celta had completed admirab- Celta had competed admirably for more than ninety minutes.

One defensive lapse had surrendered the equalizer.

Grainger, for the ones who get it done.

Juventus delivered a masterclass in tactical discipline and efficient European game management, edging past Spanish hosts RC Celta de Vigo with a gritty 2-1 victory in the UEFA Champions League league phase at Balaídos.

From the opening blast of the referee's whistle, the Italian giants established a structured, compact defensive block designed to frustrate Celta Vigo's intricate passing combinations while remaining lethal on quick transitional attacks.

The electric atmosphere inside the iconic Galician stadium reached a fever pitch as the home side dominated early possession, probing through the central channels and forcing Juventus into deep defensive organization across the pitch.

Every single time Celta Vigo attempted to push their defensive line high up the pitch to sustain pressure, the Bianconeri systematically exploited the open spaces behind the fullbacks with precise vertical passes.

The first half unfolded as a tactical chess match of high intensity, allowing the visitors to capitalize on their openings and secure a valuable advantage before the halftime interval arrived.

When the teams returned to the pitch for the second half, Celta Vigo emerged with immense urgency, ratcheting up their attacking pressure and eventually finding a well-deserved equalizer that sent the Balaídos crowd into raptures.

Rather than panicking under the mounting wave of attacks, Juventus demonstrated remarkable resilience, absorbing the heavy pressure and instantly restructuring their lines.

The games have been enjoyable to watch more so than maybe even in the last couple of years, even though, as you said, that attack-miningness of the teams in the lower part of the league has been improving over the last... over the last few seasons so yeah it's been a really good start to La Liga and a really interesting start to what we believe is the best league in the world

Yeah Kelv and maybe something to touch about because I think you mentioned that I think the attacking part of the league has been improving Kelv but some of the defending Kelv to be honest like if you look at Racing's games I think they take a lot of risk and I don't know if it's like I think the naivety if you look at the game they were demolished at the Kamnu And also the game, I think, against Celta at Balaidos.

And you look at those games, man, look at the level of defense.

It was really poor.

I feel like he's gonna, um, blossom into a, into a really, really top player.

Um, elsewhere on match day seven, there was a big scoreline at Balaidos, Celta Vigo with a 5-0 victory, the perfect way to claim their first win of the season against Racing de Santander and Racing [sighs] seven goals conceded in the last two games.

Obviously, they had that heavy defeat to Barcelona.

It's 21 goals now conceded in seven matches this season, so a great result for Celta.