2023-04-27 21:40:22
- TECHNICAL SHEET OF THE MATCH
- Villarreal: Pepe Reina; Foyth, Mandi, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno (Pedraza, 90′); Parejo, Capoue, Chuchwueze, Lo Celso (Terrats, 93′), Yeremy and Jackson (Baena, 93′). Coach: Quique Setién
- Spanish: Pacheco; Calero (Simo, 75′), César Montes, Sergi Gómez, Óscar Gil; Vinicius Souza (Melamed, 85′), Darder, Keidi Bare; Braithwaite, Puado (Pedrosa, 85′) and Joselu. Coach: Luis García
- Goals: 0-1 Puado (45′), 1-1 Capoue (53′), 2-1 Parejo (63′), 2-2 Joselu (73′), 3-2 Jackson (80′), 4-2 Cape (92′).
- Referee: Soto Grado (La Rioja Committee)
- Yellow cards: Jackson (16′), Calero (40′), Yeremy (58′), Puado (58′), César Montes (62′), Óscar Gil (77′)
- Red cards: Expósito (94′)
- Stadium: la Ceràmica, 16,134 spectators
Espanyol will have to keep rowing bravely to get out of the relegation positions. The white-and-blues left the Estadio de la Ceràmica empty-handed (4-2) in a game in which Pacheco avoided a scandalous thrashing. The goalkeeper extended the life of a team that finished the game with energy, believing until the end in a feat that, in the end, did not materialize. The pride shown by Luis García’s team in front of a much superior opponent, the way to go in the last seven heart attack days. Salvation remains at four points, which separate Espanyol from Cadiz, after Valencia won 2-1 against Valladolid. The game against Getafe, on Sunday, a new final to stay alive.
The first half showed how inexplicable football can be. Villarreal looked for the goal in every possible way. Parejo, Lo Celso, Capote, Chuchwueze, Yeremy, Foyth and Jackson tried, a real siege by land, sea and air that did not help to crack Fernando Pacheco’s wall. The winger completed what is surely the most outstanding performance by a goalkeeper in this League: up to seven saves of great merit in the first 45 minutes.
The locals smelled the goal, but it was Espanyol who ended up finding it, in added time: Puado picked up a ball born of a rebound in a corner and, with a whip, beat Pepe Reina. The Barcelona player, the second white-and-blue hero of the evening, disguised himself as Claudiu Răducanu, the Romanian who scored the only goal of Spain’s triumph at Villarreal in 2004… also with Reina under the posts. The celebration was delayed for a few seconds because the VAR reviewed whether Joselu, in offside, intervened in the play or not. Not only did the striker not touch the ball, he did his best not to intervene.
That Espanyol went to the dressing room with an advantage was a real miracle. Having come this far made Villarreal’s comeback even more painful, as in the resumption Espanyol came back and turned the game around by scoring four goals in 45 minutes. Capoue equalized with a good shot from outside the area and, shortly after, Parejo signed the second. Pacheco stopped the penalty, but the ball bounced off the post and returned to the Madrid player’s possession. The fortune that Espanyol did not have in the 2-1 draw was in the 2-2 draw: a timely slip by Pau Torres led to a Braithwaite counterattack that Joselu solved. When the white-and-blues began to believe again, they received four blows at once: Jackson and Capoue scored the winning goals for Villarreal, Expósito saw red in added time and Valencia scored the goal of the victory Luck continues to turn its back on Espanyol.
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