Villarreal scores as a tribute to the DANA victims

Nice tribute from Villarreal to those affected by the DANA with their emphatic 3-0 victory over the Deportivo Alavés to consolidate its good dynamics and place third in the table. Dressed in black as a tribute to the victims of this tragedy, the dark side of the match was the injuries of Kiko Femenía and Ilyas Akhomachwho shortly after opening the scoring had to leave on a stretcher and crying due to a spectacular bad step that affected his knee and we will have to wait for the extent of his injury. In a great match for the locals, the goals of Elias in the 38th minute, Dani Parejo penalty in the 81st minute and grocery store In the 90th minute they decided a disputed match, where Alavés never made it easy.

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The Spanish international Ayoze Perez and the Franco-Ivorian Nicolas Pepe They formed the attacking pair of the locals against a Alavés that put the veteran Kike Garcia as its main offensive reference. He Villarreal He started dominating and after eight minutes he had a great chance to win. Cardona after finishing something forced although he was about to hit the goal.

The set of Luis Garcia Plaza managed to tie up a rival who despite his dominance was imprecise and had a good action of Go ahead who was leaving. At 23 minutes the first bad news arrived for those of Garcia Toral with the injury of Kiko Femeníawith problems in the right abductor and who asked for a change. And the clearest occasion of this first part was a major scare from the Alavéscrashing in the 25th minute Kike Garcia a ball on the crossbar. He began to feel more and more comfortable. Alavés.

At 38 minutes the prize arrived for the Villarreal with the goal of Elias Akhomach: first Pepe He went down the right wing and looked for Eliaswho turned wonderfully and took a great shot at the long post. The joy did not last long because the same player’s leg got stuck and the stretcher had to come to take him away. The scorer’s knee bent in a very ugly gesture.

Villarreal – Alavés, in pictures

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Rest was reached in the Ceramic Stadium in a fast-paced match, where the situation was truly even.

In the 47th minute, the Alavés to score his own in a great play by the Villarreal toward Yéremy Pinowho put a great pass into the area and Abqarin his attempt to clear, almost scored his own.

There was a well disallowed goal Pepé in the 58th minute after Ayoze will fail a very clear heads-up with severewho made a stop and then Pepe He finished the job by scoring the goal, but everything was invalidated due to offside. Ayoze at the beginning of the play.

And again a goal disallowed Pepé in the 63rd minute with a strong shot into the top corner, but the player was in an illegal position. Shortly after it was Gueye the one who received inside the area and his shot crashed into a defender. Alavés suffered greatly. And in the 81st minute came the second goal in the form of a penalty. The referee understood that there was a hand Manu Sánchez in the struggle with Yéremy Pino and decreed the maximum penalty that was imposed Dani Parejo to make it 2-0, in the first penalty goal of the season for the locals. He still had it Brothers in the 83rd minute but his shot went into the side netting. Santi Comesaña He put the icing on the cake in the 90th minute to make it 3-0 after a wonderful left footed shot.