Villarreal continues daydreaming. The ‘yellow submarine’, which this year is without European competitions, continued its streak by beating Las Palmas 3-1. Marcelino García Toral’s team suffered greatly against Las Palmas despite the result of the score.
The Castellón painting stormed 3rd position of the championship and was placed between Madrid and Atlético, who tied in an embarrassing derby at the Metropolitano. Las Palmas continues anchored in the last position and he still hasn’t won, although he was close to having changed his destiny.
Carrión’s team played very well and made things difficult for Villarreal, who tied with a great goal from Fábio Silva. However, Alex Baenawith an assist for Barry and a goal in the final minutes, put an end to the Canarian’s rebellion, who whistled and bothered his rival until he forced him to shut up.
Pépé strikes first
Villarreal and Las Palmas, two teams that take care of the ball, tried to impose their law on the match and that battle was won by Carrión’s team, which was the first in causing a scare in La Cerámica. At 11 minutes, Mcburnie made a through pass to Moleiro, who made trouble for Kiko Femenía and went to the kitchen to, after raising his head, gift the goal to Fábio Silva. The Portuguese, with everything in his favor, sent the ball out in an incomprehensible way.
There it was 0-1 for the ‘pio-pio’ team, which let Marcelino’s team do it for a few moments. Pépé sent the ball sky high in an action and Ilias Akhomach, who continually exchanged positions with the Frenchman, put in his left leg but his shot went wide.
The visitors’ reply came in the form of a diving header from Mcburnie. The Scot took advantage of a measured cross from Benito into the area to take a direct shot that went to the left post. Diego Conde flew to that side and put in a more than saving hand. Las Palmas appeared more over the local area and Moleiro filtered a ball towards Fábio Silva, who found Bailly and the goalkeeper.
Villarreal, very uncomfortable at all times, found their way towards Horkas’ goal, who was making his debut due to Cillessen’s injury. The Croatian, in the 39th minute, took out a miraculous foot a Sergi Cardonawho captured a rebound and crossed in front of the goalkeeper, who freed his team from the first. The Balkan did not even have time to breathe, because shortly after he rejected a shot from Ilias Akhomach. What he couldn’t stop was Pépé’s shot that, on the verge of half-time, a countercoup culminated of pure Barry power.
Baena’s ‘show’
After the restart, Marcelino brought on Álex Baena and removed Denis Suárez, who was very active in the first half. A smart move because the Almerian the Castellón storm unleashed in the final stretch of the match. But before reaching that moment, Las Palmas gave life to the game with the tie.
Fábio Silvaat 47 minutes, that ‘thorn’ of the initial failure was removed and invented a subtle Vaseline to put the tables. To mention the passage with the exterior of Januzaj from the other end of the field. With that score, La Cerámica began to get nervous until Horkas, in the 50th minute, brought down Pépé. The Frenchman took advantage of a very short drop from Álex Muñoz to the Croatian, who had to take a penalty. Álex Baena took responsibility and the Balkan, with a great stretch, avoided 2-1.
The match opened completely and that allowed us to see scoring opportunities. Januzaj, with a shot from mid-range, was millimeters away from scoring if it weren’t for the woodwork. The Canarian team did not stop in its efforts to score the second and there it was until he lost his way because of Baena.
The midfielder, far from being upset by the penalty miss, gained confidence as the minutes passed and gave way to his particular show. In the 76th minute he served a corner directly to the head of Bailly, who jumped more than his marker and Barry, with an empty goal, pushed the ball into the net. However, the referee ruled it out due to offside by the striker, who made a mistake when putting his leg in.
That moment was a turning point because Villarreal overturned the Horkas area. The goal was a matter of time and in the 84th minute came the blow for UD. Álex Baena threw a measured cross for Barry, who took the weight off take away a teammate’s goal. However, Melero López raised his hand again, but soon changed his mind because he was notified from the VAR room. Álex Suárez got caught up in the action and the Frenchman’s goal went up the scoreboard.
Carrión threw Jaime Mata in desperately without any success. It was Baena, already in 97′, the one who killed the encounter with a steal of the ball by Comesaña. The Andalusian ran from his field towards the opposite area, where he executed Las Palmas with a low shot to the long post. 3-1 and everything seen for sentence. The ‘yellow submarine’ rises to 3rd place and consolidates its position in the Champions League, while the islanders will continue one more day in the last position of the table and without winning, which is the most worrying thing.
