incoming goal Gerard Moreno He brought the victory in the 94th minute. villarreal against him Girona This Saturday in Montilivi (1-2) and confirmed the existence of the team from Castellón. The next edition of the Europa League is in addition to keeping the fourth place and Champions League goal alive.

Painting by Quique SetiénDespite the absences due to the suspension of Pau Torres and Daniel Parejo, It has once again confirmed that it is the best team of the tournament by chaining its fifth undefeated matchday and its fifth victory against the Catalan team in recent weeks.

Míchel Sánchez’s team ended their four-game winning streak without losing, remaining at the expense of their rivals to secure seventh place and a Conference League tier.

The two teams tried to unite and create danger from the first bars. A very controversial first act with initiative and possession alternatives. It took just nine minutes for the first goal to arrive.

Nicolas Jackson took advantage of a serious mistake made by Santi Bueno while trying to clear the ball, He ran alone towards goal and when he stopped in front of Paulo Gazzaniga he passed the ball to his right and Pino celebrated 0-1 as he wished.

Girona thwarted the initially admitted setback, but soon regained his verticality and stepped forward, while Villarreal waited behind his options to capitalize on the speed of Samuel Chukwueze, Jackson and Pino to counterattack and get the duel back on track.

Locals heal and annoy their opponent with Rodrigo Riquelme’s shotAfter a great individual move that Pepe Reina stopped in two stages.

That was the 1-1 last word on a 24 minute free kick that Riquelme personally took, extended by Arnau Martínez and eventually dropped by David López.

Before the break, Villarreal was able to take the lead again with a shot from Pino, a positive as well as negative hero: referee Pizarro Gómez pardoned the second yellow after half an hour of play in an action where he hit the ball. in the stands.

The tie continued to be the dominant note after returning from the locker room, but lost control as the two teams moved forward in search of a win.

Étienne Capoue tests Gazzaniga with a long shot and Girona brought the score close to 2-1 with Castellanos’ missed shot. Just after the Argentine player was replaced by Cristhian Stuani and David López by Yangel Herrera, who has not been released since February 5 due to injury.

Setién also doubled his offensive bet with the participation of Gerard and Giovani Lo Celso, but the goal was closer to local than “groguet”. In the 69th minute, the referee canceled Stuani’s offside goal, assisted by Viktor Tsygankov. Soon after, Reina blasted a hard shot from Riquelme.

Local dominance was unquestionable, but Villarreal cheered at the end. He first reported through Manu Trigueros and Local sadness and guest cheer came after Girona’s free kick and Jackson’s numerous counterattacks in the 94th minute. Gerard finished the ball on the far post from the ’15 for offense Montilivi.