Villarreal debuted in the preseason with a heavy loss against the Swiss team from St. Gallen, more rounded and intense, took advantage of the weakness of the Castellón defense to have a feast in their presentation game in front of their fans.
He Quique Setien’s clotheswho used two different teams in each period, was never comfortable in the match, where he was disconnected in the first 10 minutes, where he scored two goals, and also in the early stages of the second period, where he agreed. two more targets.
Setién bets from the start for an experimental line-up where some regular starters and two of the latest signings, viz comingengulfed by the rhythm of the match, and Ben Beretron, not connected to the game.
The Swiss team, more motivated, intense and deep, did not take long to expose Villarreal, who made water in the defense, especially through the center and his right profile.
Jorgensen with a double save prevented the local team from going ahead in the 4th minute, but could not prevent the first Swiss goal, scored shortly after witzigwho took advantage of losing the ball in a risk zone to score with a cross shot.
The goal unleashed the Swiss team, who five minutes later doubled their lead advantage by Van Moos, who took advantage of Villarreal’s lack of defensive forcefulness to push the ball into the net at the mouth of the goal.
The Swiss hurricane did not stop and in the 13th minute, Gortler, Alone in front of the goalkeeper, he sent the ball to the crosshead in another action born from the left-footed profile of the local attack.
After the initial stampede from St. Gallen, Villarreal managed to slow down the game by stretching possession, although it did not create the slightest danger.
Isolated connection only between Trigueros and Chukwuezewhich the Nigerian solved by dribbling past the goalkeeper and scoring at will, brought Setién’s team back into the game.
The goal seemed to give Villarreal confidence, but St. Gallen another defensive error to score the third through Geubbels, who took advantage of a space pass to defeat Jorgensen.
before the break, Schmidt he found a new corridor in the Villarreal defense to score the fourth with a shot from the corner.
He set of setienfurious, went on the attack in everything, but his attempt to fill the score ended up with a shot from coming on the crossbar, before the break.
Setién changed his entire team in the second half, but Villarreal’s performance could not have been more terrifying.
In the first two minutes, St. Gallen, winner of all individual duels of the match, scored two new goals Gortler and Karlenwho took advantage of the innocence of the Villarreal defense to shoot Queen from within the area.
The local team, with more power and very high pressure on the release of the ball, He made Setién’s team a complete blurwhich only responded to the attack in an action where Morales shot into the side of the net.
As the game unfolded, Villarreal limited themselves to kneading the ball without depth, while their rival continued to fly in the counterattack, taking advantage of Castellón’s passivity without the ball.
Moralesin the final moments, there was an option to build the score after a great play Pine but Ati Zigi He denied the goal to close the Swiss festival and add to the frustration of Villarreal, who were about to concede two new goals in the final minutes.
Data sheet:
6 – St. Gallen: And Zigi; Zanotti, Vallci, Diaby, Schmidt, Fazliji, Quintillà, Görtler, Witzig, Geubbels and Von Moos. Akolo, Karlen, Möller, Sutter, Van der Venne, Nuhu, Schubert and Guidotti also played.
1 – Villarreal: Jorgensen; Kiko Femenía, Hugo Pérez, Cuenca, Alberto Moreno; Comesaña, Capoue, Trigueros, Chukwueze, Danjuma and Ben Brereton. In the second half, Reina, Altimira, Mandi, Abraham del Moral, Pedraza, Parejo, Ramón Terrats, Denis Suárez, Morales, Gerard Moreno and Yeremi Pino played.
Goals: 1-0, min. 5: Witzig. 2-0 min. 11: VonMoos. 2-1 min. 31: Chukwueze. 3-1 min. 36: Geubbels. 4-1 min. 40: Schmidt. 5-1 min. 46: Gortler. 6-1 min. 47: Karlen
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland).
Incidents: Villarreal’s first pre-season match was played at the Kybunpark stadium before around 8,000 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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