St. Gallen thrashes Villarreal (6-1) in a match that, despite being a training session, has left more than one doubt in the Spanish team. It has been an afternoon in which nothing has come out. Something that was practically seen from the first whistle.
And it’s that in minute 5, witzig He was ahead of the Swiss. Villarreal had barely established themselves in the field and they were already losing to a team that had proposed a high starting pace. And he hadn’t recovered from the first blow then VonMoos I did the second. Two goals and a shot on the post made it clear that the people of Castellón weighed down from the physical work they had done these days.
As the minutes passed, the circulation of the yellow ball got underway and after half an hour they found the prize of the goal. Used to be chukwueze the player who had the honor of opening the pre-season account with an action that that of Quique Setien at the match. But it was not the day of the Castellón defense and the fourth Helvetic chance came the third. This time it was Geubbels who punished again and thus established the 3-1.
And as if to make it clear that Villarreal’s improvement had been a mirage, they still did Schmidt 4-1 before half time. Hard correction for the Spanish team who had been much inferior in the first 45 minutes.
In the second part, Villarreal came out with a completely different eleven but the movie was exactly the same. In three minutes the Swiss had already rolled up half a dozen. forward throughout the second half and a 6-1 that had overtones of a scandalous score.
The pre-season and the associated games should draw conclusions, but at this point the result had become a problem. Too many goals against and a bad image, very bad, for a team that has sold important troops and has not yet strengthened much. That is certainly one of the coaching staff’s readings, that regardless of what happened in a match, Villarreal still needs to strengthen certain areas to fight with guarantees in all competitions.
Another match on Tuesday, this time against Altach. It will be the chance to score a pass where Quique’s team falls far short this time.
The live recap of St. Gallen vs. Villarreal, friendly match for season 2023: videos, lineups, goals and statistics
Full-time. Villarreal lost 6-1 to St. Gallen in their first friendly match. Quique Setién and the sports director have a lot of work ahead of them.
minute 48. St. Gallen goal. Be careful, because this is starting to turn out to be an outrageous win. Karlen has made the sixth for the Swiss team.
minute 46. St. Gallen goal. The fifth for the Swiss, a great goal from Gortler.
Villarreal came out with a completely different team in this second half. Quique Setién plays with Reina; A. Alti, Mandi, Abraham, A. Pedraza; Parejo, Denis Suarez, R. Terrats; Yeremy, Gerard and A. J. Morales.
The second part begins.
Rest. St. Gallen beat Villarreal 4-1. The Swiss team was much better in the first friendly match for Quique Setién’s men this pre-season.
minute 41. St. Gallen goal. The fourth arrives. Schmidt marked it. Hard correction for Villarreal.
minute 36. Calls again to St. Gallen. Goal by Geubbels that makes it 3-1 on the scoreboard.
minute 30 Villarreal shortens distances. You scored Chukwueze. 2-1 for St. Gallen.
11 minutes. Second goal for St. Gallen. Von Moos has scored. Two attacks and two goals for the Swiss who won 2-0. Bad start for Villarreal.
minute 5. gool! St. Gallen takes the lead on the scoreboard via Witzig. 1-0 victory from the Swiss.
The competition starts in St. Gallen.
Villarreal players step onto the field
These are the eleven that St. Gallen disputes
Villarreal’s starting line-up.
Source: Goal