Celta Vigo – Fribourg: Balaidos turns into a nightmare as Celta chase a European miracle 
Celta Vigo host German side Fribourg. The Galicians are trying to claw back a tie that’s already gone badly wrong. The first leg was a hammering for the visitors. The two clubs are now separated by three goals. With the Spanish crowd behind them, this should kick off at full tilt.
Galicia’s wall on the brink of cracking 
Celta come into the second leg with confidence badly dented. Last week’s trip to Germany ripped them apart. The club are in a rough patch, with three defeats in their last four. The recent thumping at Real Oviedo only piled more misery on Vigo fans. At the back, they’re leaking goals and there’s no sign of quick relief. Even so, Celta Vigo have won four European home games. The coaching staff need to shake up the attack if they want to salvage some pride. Let’s not kid ourselves: the comeback looks like a mountain too high.
Fribourg’s steel 
Julian Schuster’s side arrive in good physical shape and in full control. Fribourg travel to Spain with a three-goal cushion in the bank. They’re coming off a convincing win over Mainz in the league. The away defence has kept two straight clean sheets in all competitions. The Breisgau-Brasilianer have handled their European trips perfectly well this season. One win on the road was enough to put them in charge. Their team shape snaps into attack with nasty pace on the break.
Probable lineups
Celta Vigo : Radu ; Rodriguez, Aidoo, Alonso ; Mingueza, Vecino, Moriba, Carreira ; Lopez, Swedberg, Iglesias
Fribourg : Atubolu ; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart, Makengo ; Eggestein, Manzambi ; Beste, Suzuki, Grifo ; Matanovic
Football Prediction Celta Vigo vs Fribourg
Fribourg to win
Celta Vigo’s lack of belief should hand Fribourg plenty of room to break at speed. If Celta throw everyone forward, they’ll leave themselves wide open.
Fribourg’s tactical nous should put the fire out at Balaidos early on. They’ll punish every counter and finish Celta Vigo off on Thursday night.
The Germans’ overall quality should see them through to another routine win and a place in the last four.
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