Parejo puts the finishing touch to a match to remember

Seven goals, penalties, goals disallowed, controversy, villains, heroes… Villarreal and Celta put everything in the cocktail shaker to leave a match to remember at La Cerámica. In the end, he took the Submarine a duel that anyone could have won. All honours to Marcelino and Giráldez, two coaches who like to move and who did not stop suffering until the match was in the 99th minute and Parejo decided after collecting a rebound after missing a penalty. A duel that allows Villarreal to sleep as leaders could not have ended any other way.

The madness left Celta without first place, but it will serve Giráldez to support his idea, which is good and attractive. The match saw 44 shots, 18 of which were on target. It was a roller coaster ride where anyone could have taken the win after the exchange of blows. Villarreal trailed almost the entire match, but blew the match away with the changes. Williot, before Parejo appeared, missed the 3-4 on a couple of very clear chances. Hugo Álvarez, at the last minute, brought down Barry, so that Parejo could seal the victory.

Villarreal and Celta did not disappoint in their performance. Both play with their chests open, with the ball as their flag. And that almost always leads to a goal. Without time to settle, Diego Conde already pulled off a miraculous shot after a shot from Alfon that was deflected by Bamba. Celta was in control and with a great ball from Ilaix from far away, Alfon got behind Cardona and Bially to face Diego Conde, who came out and misjudged. Cardona took the ball off the line, but Borja Iglesias appeared to catch the ball. Fifteen months later, the Panda scored again.

Villarreal responded with the Baena-Gerard duo. Villarreal’s BG is dynamite and they didn’t stop until they equalised the match. First, the Almería native ran into Villar after a one-two with his best partner. In the next play, a corner taken by Baena, a header by Gerard to the far post and a goal by Cardona. Everything was equal and it was back to square one. But Celta, who have an easy time scoring, struck again thanks to a direct free kick by Mingueza. Diego Conde failed to position himself in the wall and the full-back, in full form, scored the second. Albiol miraculously got the third off the line after a classy play by Alfon. Villarreal did not give up and Yeremy closed the first half with another header against the post. The madness of the first half ended with 25 shots between the two teams, ten of them on target. Pure spectacle.

When Marcelino shook the bench, the effect was immediate. Thierno Barry took less than a minute to win over his new fans. His first contact with the ball ended in the net with a great header.us 195 centimeters in full splendor to equalize a match in which Celta, for the first time, felt outclassed. The festival and the reaction of the yellows was completed by Pépé, another change introduced by Marcelino. In five minutes, the winger, with a great play on the right, put a ball into the heart of the six-yard box for Jailson, before Ayoze finished, to score the 3-2. The yellows’ surge did not end there because Pépé, in a counterattack, had the fourth shortly after. That was the cardinal sin that Villarreal committed, not killing the game when they could.

Celta, capable of impossible comebacks, tied the game with a great header from Starfel, After another great assist from Mingueza, Celta were the ones who almost took advantage of that momentum to win the match after a shot from Williot that Diego Conde saved with difficulty. Villarreal did not have their last word and still had time to see how a goal was disallowed for offside after a shot from Gueye that Villarreal saved and Comesaña, in an offside position, made it 4-3 but it did not go on the scoreboard. And the possible 4-3 almost became 3-4 with a shot from Douvikas that hit the post. Diego Conde, with doubts, appeared in stoppage time to save Villarreal from defeat. with two great saves, one on one, against Williot. Conde’s performance was the icing on the cake that was missing from the blessed madness of La Cerámica before Parejo put the finishing touch to a match that will be remembered.

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