Villarreal He won a very competitive victory to place himself third in the table and maintain the fight for a place in the Champions League with Barça, Real Madrid, Atlético and Athletic Club. The team of Marcelino García Toral They won 3-1 against a Las Palmas team that, despite being bottom, was always competitive in an intense duel, with a fast pace and good chances on the part of both. The goals of Pepé, Barry and Baena They decided a match where the Canaries had possession but not the success, Horkas dressed as a hero by saving a penalty and they sank down the table as the only team that does not know what victory is this season.
The local team went out with the French Thierno Barry and Nicolas Pépé forming the attacking pair against a Canarian team with the Scotsman Oliver McBurbie and the Portuguese Fabio Silva on point.
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The game started just as it ended: with a fast pace and two teams focused on attack. Fabio Silva He tried ten minutes after a spectacular play by Moleiro on the left wing. He was going very well and took a back pass but the Portuguese, in the small area, was not successful and sent his shot wide.
Las Palmas tried again in the 20th minute with a very good cross from Benito at the penalty spot, Januzaj jumped up to cross his header and Diego Conde came out, providential, to stretch and take out a huge hand to avoid the first.
Four minutes later, once again Diego Conde stopped an action by Moleiro who filtered a very good ball into space for Fábio Silva. Villarreal didn’t take long to react but ran into a huge goal Horkas: First Sergi Cardona crossed his shot, but the Las Palmas goalkeeper stuck out his foot to save his team. And then he got a good hand to save the shot from Akhomach. In the 44th minute the home team’s goal came, in a counterattack in which Barry ended up winning the fight inside, stepped into the area and gave it to Nicolas Pepe to score 1-0 against a Canary Islands team that did not know how to capitalize on its chances.
In the second half Las Palmas came out all out and in the 46th minute they tied the score. A pass into space by Januzaj was picked up by Fábio Silva to enter the area and poke it with the outside of his foot. A delight.
The joy did not last long because in the 49th minute, goalkeeper Horkas came out to clear and knocked down Pepe who had arrived earlier to put his boot in. The action earned the goalkeeper the yellow card. However, Horkas himself guessed the direction of Álex Baena’s shot to stop the maximum penalty.
Tremendous save from the goalkeeper. He committed the penalty and saved it. Januzaj sent the ball to the crossbar in the 55th minute in another great dangerous action. With the score tied, both teams revved up but Villarreal focused more on the attack and persistently looked for the goal, which came through Barry’s boots in the 84th minute. Shortly before, Barry himself had had a goal disallowed for offside. Álex Baena put the finishing touch in the 97th minute to get rid of the penalty penalty and make La Cerámica vibrate. Victory for Villarreal to continue aspiring for everything and Las Palmas sinks as bottom.