Celta Vigo Stun Real Madrid in a Night of Chaos at the Bernabéu
What unfolded at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday night felt less like a football match and more like the final act of a dramatic film. Real Madrid were left stunned, the crowd silenced, and Celta Vigo walked out with a 2–0 victory that will be talked about for years. And the way it happened? It was almost surreal.
The decisive moment—the one everyone will remember—came deep into stoppage time. With Madrid already shaken, reduced to nine men, and desperately chasing an equaliser, Celta’s Williot Swedberg drifted through the chaos with an almost casual calm. It was as if time had slowed. The white shirts around him fell away, frozen between confusion and resignation. Courtois slid past helplessly, and Swedberg simply walked the ball into the net. Literally walked it in. At the Bernabéu. In front of a stunned crowd who could only watch the final blow land.
But that wasn’t even his first goal of the night. Earlier, in the 54th minute, Swedberg had opened the scoring with a beautiful back-heeled finish after Bryan Zaragoza drilled a low ball toward the near post. It was the kind of move that had Madrid’s defence scrambling and the crowd gasping—Celta’s intent was clear from the start.
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Madrid, on the other hand, unraveled fast. Jude Bellingham, who had taken a nasty elbow just above his right eye from Borja Iglesias, returned to the pitch with a bandaged face—only to be instantly booked for re-entering without permission. It summed up the night: every small moment somehow made things worse.
Then came the cards. A flood of them. Five in 36 chaotic seconds. Fran García was dismissed after collecting two yellows in under a minute. Alvaro Carreras followed him late on, shown a yellow and then a red within moments. Even players off the pitch weren’t safe—Endrick, sitting on the bench, was sent off too.
Madrid pushed, of course—they always do. Mbappé had his moment, Vinícius wriggled through once, and Gonzalo García came close with a header. But their attacks felt improvised, almost accidental. Celta’s play, meanwhile, was structured, intelligent, and relentless. Borja Iglesias was immense up front, constantly dragging defenders out of position and helping orchestrate attacks with surprising ease.
By the end, the Bernabéu was forced into an unfamiliar role: helpless spectator. Celta Vigo hadn’t won a league match here in nineteen years, yet they controlled this one from start to finish. When Swedberg scored his second and calmly crossed the goal line, it felt like the perfect ending to a night Madrid will want to forget.
And with the loss, Madrid slipped four points behind Barcelona in the league—an unwelcome twist in a season that suddenly feels far more fragile than it did just a month ago.
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