Villarreal broke their losing streak and sank Getafe further

Balsamic victory for Villarreal, who produced a vital comeback at home against Getafe to snap their four-game losing streak, while the Quique Sanchez Flores they dropped a bit in the ranking. The visitors did not finish raising their heads, they are still in the relegation zone and the coach of the Madrid team is once again being questioned.

The game started without a clear dominator until Getafe knew how to take advantage of the golden opportunity to get ahead on the scoreboard in the 9th minute of the game. An excellent Enes Ünal header opened the can after finishing off a play that started with a quick Djené break into the area, after a possible foul on Yeremi, and there the Turk finished off a fine header at the far post Reina didn’t do it. reach

The local team tried to react quickly with a good chance from Pau Torres at the hands of Soria, after a good cross from Morales and the penalty spot.

Getafe again insisted on a combined play in the 17′, which Gastón filtered for Maksimovic and he, after entering the area, did not choose well and could not identify or give it to Ünal, and ended up clearing of Pau. In the 30′, Maksimovic tries it with his left foot and shoots forcing Reina to hold and send him to a corner. And there was a save from Reina in the 43′ when Maksimovic shot again at the near post, crashing hard.

However, the goal came to Villarreal on the brink of halftime. the attacker Samu Chukwueze he scored in the 44th minute to level the game thanks to the fact that the yellow player was attentive to catch Soria’s rebound after a shot from Capoue.

Half time was reached with everything open and both teams needing to add the three points.

It didn’t take long for Villarreal to show that they were all out. And in 52′ he turned the game around: great individual play by Chukwueze, when the Nigerian came in from the wing, he entered the area, played the pass back to Morales and the ‘Commander’ scored first with Soria helpless.

in the group of Quique Sanchez Flores It was difficult for them to react to the local goal and, by attacking more in search of an equaliser, Villarreal dominated the game more comfortably. Calm and with a lot of touch, the men from Castellón found more holes, although they were not well in the last meters.

Getafe came close to equalizing in the 89th minute with Borja Mayoral’s shot hitting the crossbar and two set pieces cleared by the yellow defence, but, in the end, it was not possible to score a point for the visitors.

With this victory, Villarreal ended a four-game losing streak in Liga, while the defeat prevented Getafe from leaving the relegation zone.