Rayo Vallecano have began 2025 in profitable fashion with a 2-1 Friday night time La Liga house victory over Celta Vigo.
The hosts received 3-1 at Racing Ferrol of their opening sport of the New 12 months, to advance within the Copa del Rey, and that was adopted by three factors in league motion.
A win stretches their unbeaten run to 5 league video games, both aspect of the break, as Adri Embarba smashed house his first league purpose of the marketing campaign, inside the primary 5 minutes in Vallecas.
Nonetheless, the guests rallied earlier than the break, as Borja Iglesias slipped in behind to lash house an equaliser.
Rayo had been denied objectives from set items earlier than and after the interval earlier than Jorge de Frutos grabbed his probability to confidently web the winner.
⚡️¡FINAAAAAL EN VALLECAS!
➕3⃣ con goles de @AdriEmbarba11 (4′) y @Jorge_deFrutosS (62′).👏 ¡Gracias rayistas por vuestro apoyo incansable!#RayoCelta #VamosRayo pic.twitter.com/S2XQckXNzx
— Rayo Vallecano (@RayoVallecano) January 10, 2025
Celta’s distress was accomplished in added time, as Marcos Alonso was dismissed for a second yellow card, as Rayo held on.
Rayo now head to Actual Sociedad within the Copa del Rey final 16 on January 16 with Celta at Actual Madrid on the identical night time.
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