Gerard Moreno scores Villarreal’s first victory at Mallorca

The Vermilion team prioritized defense in the first 45 minutes and although they attacked with everything in search of an evenness with a strengthened win, they were unable to beat Swedish goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen. They also had the misfortune of losing their captain, Antonio Raillo, due to injury in the last minutes of the first half.

Son Moix’s first three-pointer moves Mexican Aguirre’s teamThe only innovation at Las Palmas that decided to repeat their drawn eleven (1-1) was captain Antonio Raillo for Uruguay’s Giovanni González.

“Vasco” left Mallorcan midfielder Sergi Darder on the bench once again. The ex-Espanyol player and great transfer of the season is a surprising decision, at least for some of the Mallorcan community.

The Aztec coach stayed true to his style as well. defense of five players against a Villarreal in possession of the ball (65 percent in the first minutes), but lacking punch in the final meters.

Mallorca defended itself with order. In vain last season, the defensive blocks showed great solidity with thirteen games without conceding a goal.

However, Kosovo striker Vedat Muriqi was very lonely at the summit. Aguirre saw this and sent Darder and Samu Costa to warm up, who came for Manu Morlanes and Amath Ndiayé after the restart, before the halftime was over; then Cyle Larin and Javi Llabrés entered.

Quique Setién picked the offensive eleven with a trio of debuting Chilean international Ben Brereton to try to break the statistics on the yellows’ visits to Palma (VIllarreal had not won on the island since 2009). the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth and the Spaniard Gerard Moreno.

On the pitch, the Castellón team was unsuccessful offensively in the first half; Parejo, Terrats and Baena touched the ball hard but did not connect with their forwards.

The decisions of referee Alberola Rojas, who showed a yellow card to Mallorca’s Omar Mascarell in the first minute of the first half, where the match was almost never played, drew attention. They also ignored a possible handplay from Jörgense while clearing a ball off the field, a decision widely protested by the local bench.

railwayreappearing in the starting 11, He left the field on a stretcher after spraining his ankle in the 45th minute.; he was replaced by Uruguayan Giovanni González.

Mallorca stepped forward in the second half and managed to maintain the balance despite losing a charismatic player like Raillo. The vermilion’s top attack came with a goal from cold-water pitcher Gerard Moreno for the local fans.

Spanish international striker the referee manually cancels a goal, He rebounded after the corner and put his team ahead.

Referee Alberola Rojas showed Mallorcan player Omar Mascarell a yellow card in the first minute of the game, and also ignored a possible handplay by Jörgense as he cleared a ball from off-bounds, a decision much protested by the local bench.

Re-emerging in the starting 11, Mallorca’s captain Antonio Raillo left the field on a stretcher in the 45th minute after spraining his ankle during the fall; he was replaced by Uruguayan Giovanni González. From then on, Villarreal had the best chance of sealing the match against progress in Aguirre’s team’s lines, determined to at least push a draw.

Winger Pablo Maffeo was the most accurate player in the Balearic attack. Catalan’s speed put the visitor’s defense in a tight spot, despite knowing how to handle the most dangerous situations.

Villarreal has been suspended several times. Most obviously, it was Capoue’s head that forced Rajkovic to make a fantastic interception to avoid 0-2 as the match ended.