Prepare a final before playing another one. The groguets closed matchday 8 with half an eye on the visit to the Bernabeu of the next Saturday, and with the other, enter into Champions places. The right to have to catch some air before a big battle, but the duty to continue being that hammer that has once again empowered Villarreal. Two premises with which Marcelino had to face a Las Palmas Sports Union that still not winningwhich maintains that suffocation from seeing that things don’t go well and, above all, with that pressure of seeing yourself already sunk on the board, without caressing the light at the end of the tunnel. La Cerámica was celebrating a match where none of its protagonists are up for jokes.
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And the start would make it more than clear. From a stomp Kirian fruit of the intensity, at a against lightning with Denis Suárez giving Barry a bullseye. The attackerwho had the difficult task of replacing Ayoze, I was alone in the auction. But he sent the ball into Horkas’s gloves. At least he would have the consolation of seeing the flag raised. But the team Carrionalthough he is not at his best, he always pulls out all the stops. And with personality. In what could seem like a scenario of suffering, it would end up being one of control and explosiveness in attack. ANDn a spectacular drive by Moleiro On the left wing, a very good back pass is made, but Fábio Silva, in the small area, is not correct and sends his shot outside. The small details that make the difference, and that are still stuck.
Villarreal, while looking to get out on the right, found themselves more than Moleiro and Benito. A duo that was unstoppable. Depth and precision were combined so that McBurnie finished off a ball that forced Diego Conde to save. It began to make Marcelino nervousbecause the chess game, with two teams in constant attack, is a scenario that is never pleasant when you want to have control. And much less in your house. Scenario, where the first spark could trigger crossfire, which he shouted to Parejo. And he was there to take the reins of the game. In a flash, Barry was again seen alone in the area. to score a goal. But, again, his shot was not in tune.
But the submarine’s sonar would continue to guide the team. Even in a lateral foul. A perfect ball for Baillybut they can’t finish. The ball stays dead in the small area. Sergi Cardona looks to cross his shot, with half a goal loading the animation in the light. But Horkas would hit the table first with a prodigious foot. The kind that makes you forget that you are the substitute. Although the party would not last long because with another stop in the area contradicts a Moleiro who continued to fight, the groguets’ goal would come. Against from the left, Barry ends up winning the fight inside, steps into the area and gives it to Pepe who receives it alone inside the area. He controls, scrambles and finishes the play to send Marcelino to the locker room tunnel with a different face. That of tranquility.
But it would not last long. As soon as he sat on his bench, while executing Baena’s entrance, Fábio equalized the score. Go to the very good space of Januzajwhere the battering ram does get those small details right. With a Vaseline, leaving Conde pinned, Las Palmas added his goal to the light. And the party would go into a wildfire. Because in the next move, the groguets would have a penalty in favor after an error at the start of Álex Muñoz. But Horkas’s ambition was in the goal. AND Baena would run into the Croatian wall. Or rather, the Croatian hero.
The emotional high that a moment like this provokes could be extrapolated into a comeback. Because Januzaj crashed into the crossbar after a tremendous whiplash from outside the area. But the electricity was a constant, and quickly Brothers He would counterattack with a volley that kissed the crossbar. As a result of being the local team, Villarreal would grow more and more. And with set pieces, as last year showed that valuable points can be scored, they would pierce Horkas’s net… offsideeither. Cross to the far post, Bailly’s header went in and Barry pushes it under the goal, offside. He took the goal from his teammate. Incredible
But the master weapon of the highest scoring team in LaLiga is the best Spanish assistant. And the missed penalty wouldn’t make him give up and miss his date. Quite the opposite. Center played from the left so that Barry finally sent the ball in. The goal that would lift everyone in La Cerámica It carried the mention of Álex Baena. And later, leading a 50-meter counter with a pipe to the hero of the night, he would bear his signature. With him, even if he is a substitute, This Villarreal is from the Champions League. Three points that encourage the assault on the Bernabéu. And also, they maintain the clouds in the Canary Islands.
-TECHNICAL SHEET:
VILLARREAL: Diego Conde; Femenía, Costa, Bailly, Cardona; Parejo, Gueye (Comesaña, min 77′); Denis Suárez (Baena, min 46′), Ilias (cabanes, min 77′), Pépé (Terrats, min 87′); Thierno Barry
THE PALMS: Horkas, Álex Muñoz, Álex Suárez, Herzog (Viti, min 77′), Essugo, Kirian (Javi Muñoz, min 62′), Januzaj (Loiodice, min 77′), Moleiro, Benito, Fabio Silva and McBurnie (Fuster, min 62′).
CARDS: Álex Suárez (min 35′) Fábio (min 52′), Horkas (min 50′)
GOALS: Pepé (min 44′), Fábio (min 47′), Barry (min 84′), Baena (min 90+7′)
