HE villareal This Wednesday, they secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory against Celtic A match that looked like it was heading for defeat but ended with Marcelino García’s side holed up in their own half for a seemingly certain victory.
After an excellent first half for the Castellón team, Celta woke up in the second half. I was already losing 3-0He scored two goals almost in a row, bringing back Villarreal’s defensive doubts that were on the ropes but couldn’t finish.
Villarreal appeared determined Quickly erase the bad image created in Madrid and had two clear chances against Sorloth in just five minutes.
While Guaita had a great reaction to the Norwegian player’s header in the first period, he put the ball in too much in the second period and the ball grazed the bar and went out.
With Equal at the head of operations and Álex Baena has infiltrated the midfieldVillarreal took the ball flying and quickly moved it towards the wings; here Ilias Akhomach and Pedraza were almost always the winners of the duels.
Guaita was decisive once again, saving Pedraza’s shot in action that saw Ilias hit the post seconds later.
The yellow avalanche found its reward in less than a quarter of an hour. Pedraza took advantage of Sorloth’s shot and scored with a diagonal shot to the team
The goal woke up Celta, who increased their aggression, took a step forward in their pressure and expanded the positions, but did not experience any real danger.
Romero, who replaced the injured Pedraza, was about to score the second goal after Bena’s new fantasy, but The young player hit the ball into Guaita’s legs.
HE villareal He struck again on dead-ball action. Guaita saved the goal from Álex Baena’s shot at the first moment, but could not prevent Mandi from sending the ball into the net alone in the small area. Passivity of the Galician defense.
Tapia’s shot, already on the verge of halftime, The Celta team’s only offensive response was surpassed on all lines and he was quite moderate in his proposal.
Rafa Benítez decided to step in after the break to get his team back into action with a trio of substitutions, but 20 seconds later the bet appeared to be blown when Kevin scored a penalty for Alberto Moreno, which Parejo converted.
Apparently Celta had fainted. He got caught up in the game after Douvikas’ goaltook advantage of the inadequate clearance of local defenses at the remote post.
Villarreal was suddenly found ghosts appeared and doubts from the past and Celta saw a glimmer of hope when Strand Larsen pulled in to score the second goal shortly after after a great collective effort.
With half an hour remaining, Benítez’s team, guided by Mingueza’s energy, came into play against a stunned Villarreal without Albiol, who was unable to regain control of the game and was forced off the field with an injury.
In the middle of the Galician storm, Jorgensen saved the draw with a superb save after Strand Larsen shot from close range.
Celta now owns the ball. Locked down Villarreal and began to accumulate more and more players arriving and situations such as Manu Sánchez’s shot under Altimira’s goalposts.
The match, which was quite eventful, lasted until the 15-minute stoppage time; In this match, Celta once again came close to a draw with Douvikas’s shot, and never stopped pushing the Villarreal team, which knew how to evade both its opponent’s and its own attacks. fears.