The Sports Union was once again chameleonic. Capable of deserving the victory in the first half, they ended up suffering during the second period and were close to at least scoring. Dinko Horkaš made his debut and saved a penalty. Fábio Silva scored the goal for Las Palmas in a match where he once again missed a clear chance.
Five changes made Luis Carrion regarding last Thursday’s draw against Real Betis. Dinko Horkas, Alex Suarez, Benito Ramirez, Adnan Januzaj y Oli McBurnie they entered instead of Jasper Cillesseninjured, Viti Rozada, Daley Sinkgraven, Enzo Loiodice y Sandro Ramirezinjured.
The Sports Union jumped to the Estadio de la Cerámica with the obligation to get the three points against a great Villarreal, which began by putting the Gran Canaria team in trouble, which little by little recovered to the game and also to the new system of Luis Carrionwhich used a 4-4-2 formation.
In a match that was quite even in its first minutes, the first and very clear chance belonged to Las Palmas. The Gran Canaria team connected in attack, Oli McBurnie gave in to Alberto Moleirowho dribbled and got into the area to reach the bottom line and give the pass of death to Fábio Silvathat he ‘just’ had to push it and that he failed miserably.
The Castellón team tried to react to that first opportunity for the representative. He tried it first Sergi Cardona and later he did Ilias Akhomachbut his shot went wide. Las Palmas tried to control the pace of the game through possession of the ball with Kirian Rodriguez trying to connect with the offensive part.
One of the intentions of Luis Carrion placing the Benito Ramirez as a left back is to try to get oil from his centers and he was about to do it Oli McBurniewho finished off with a spectacular header but found himself with a great stretch from Diego Conde.
Alberto Moleiroonce again this season, was being the lighthouse of the Gran Canaria team. In another masterful pass, he left Fabio Silvawhich came very forced and could not overcome Diego Conde. The ’10’ of the representative team shone with its own light in a match that was gradually slowing down.
In a set-piece action, Villarreal was on the verge of taking the lead in the market. In a cross from the right wing, the ball was loose for Sergi Cardona on the vertex of the area and when he had everything ready to score, the right leg of Dinko Horkas to save Las Palmas with a great stop.
Villarreal took a step forward and looked for the first. Ilias Akhomach tested again Dinko Horkaswhich he resolved safely. Shortly after, Adnan Januzaj He left a flash of quality inside the area and gave a perfect pass of death for Oli McBurniebut a hand appeared Diego Conde so that the ball would not connect with the battering ram.
After this exchange of blows, Villarreal took the lead on the scoreboard. Thierno Barry won a duel in the center of the field against Juanma Herzogto whom he retaliated with an elbow, and began the race to the area without being able to be caught by a Alex Suarez which already had yellow. Already in the area, he gave in to Nicolas Pepewho was at the penalty spot, ran around and shot the Croatian goalkeeper.
Las Palmas did not deserve to lose at half-time and in the second half it took them less than two minutes to deliver some justice. Adnan Januzaj leaked a spectacular pass behind the yellow defense and Fábio Silva He did the difficult thing by hitting the ball over Diego Conde to tie the game.
Even so, the defensive errors do not stop. Immediately afterwards, a long ball Ilias Akhomach was to deliver it Alex Muñoz header towards his goalkeeper, but it fell short and Nicolas Pepe arrived just before Dinko Horkas and he knocked down the battering ram. From eleven meters, the Croatian goalkeeper excelled with a great save from Alex Baena to keep the tie.
Shortly after, in a frenetic start to the second half, he almost scored Adnan Januzajwho received the ball from about 25 meters and did not think about bringing out his left leg, but the Belgian’s shot hit the crossbar and gave way to two Villarreal chances that did not put Las Palmas in trouble.
The yellow coach refreshed his legs, introducing Javi Muñoz y Manu Fuster by Kirian Rodriguez y Oli McBurnie. The ’14’ tried to surprise with a long shot that passed near the right post of the goal. Diego Conde. From there, the suffering of the Gran Canaria team began.
Villarreal took the ball and constantly put it in the island team’s area. In fact, the desire to score Thierno Barry prevented the Castellón team from taking the lead on the scoreboard since Eric Bailly had surpassed with a headbutt Dinko Horkas but the striker pushed her before she entered and was clearly offside.
That mistake was eventually remedied by the Villarreal striker, who with just over five minutes left put the Castellón team ahead. After a good center Alex Baena, Thierno Barry He won the game against the yellow defense and finished completely alone in the small area. The referee had disallowed the goal for offside but the VAR validated the goal.
Already in stoppage time, Villarreal finished putting the game away. With the equipment overturned, Alberto Moleiro lost a ball against Santi grocery storewhich yielded to Alex Baena who sprinted from his own field to enter the area and beat Dinko Horkas with a cross shot.
Villarreal Football Club 3-1 Unión Deportiva Las Palmas
Villarreal: Diego Conde, Kiko Femenía, Logan Costa, Eric Bailly, Sergi Cardona (Juan Bernat, m.87), Pape Gueye (Santi Comesaña, m.77), Dani Parejo, Ilias Akhomach (Pau Cabanes, m.77), Denis Suárez (Alex Baena, m.46), Thierno Barry and Nicolas Pépé (Ramón Terrats, m.87). Coach: Marcelino García Toral
UD Las Palmas: Dinko Horkaš, Álex Suárez, Juanma Herzog, Álex Muñoz, Benito Ramírez (Viti Rozada, m.77), Dário Essugo (Jaime Mata, m.85), Kirian Rodríguez (Javi Muñoz, m.61), Adnan Januzaj (Enzo Loiodice, m.77), Fábio Silva, Alberto Moleiro and Oli McBurnie (Manu Fuster, m.61). Coach: Luis Carrión
Goals: 1-0 Nicolas Pépé, m.44; 1-1 Fábio Silva, m.46; 2-1 Thierno Barry, m.84; 3-1 Álex Baena, m.96
Arbitrator: Mario Melero López (Málaga). He admonished the visitors Álex Suárez (m.28), Dinko Horkaš (m.49) and Fábio Silva (m.51)
incidences: Match played at the Estadio de la Cerámica before 18,159 spectators. Eighth day of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025
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