MADRID: Celta Vigo came from a goal behind and a man down to scrape a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory against third division Pontevedra in the first round of the King's Cup on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto came to their rescue when he pulled off a fine save in the penalty shoot-out to deny Pontevedra and defender Juanfran netted his team's fifth spotkick to give the visitors a nail-biting victory.
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