Villarreal and Celtic They faced each other this Monday at Ceramics with the aim of sleeping leaders LaLiga EA Sports in the match that opened the third day. Finally, the yellows led an amazing comeback in the middle of a festival of goals (4-3), where anyone could have won. Finally, the duel was decided with a goal from Dani Parejo in the 100th minute after his penalty shot was stopped for the first time by Ivan Villar.
The Villarreal coach, Marcelino Garcia Toralinitially opting for an attack formed by a Danjuma with two goals at the start of the championship against Atlético and Sevilla, and a Gerard Moreno which came from warming the bank to victory in the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuan.
The big surprise to Celtic is the first substitute for the scorer Iago Aspasauthor of two goals in the first two days. His position in the ‘labingsa’ is occupied by Borja Iglesiasin his first league start. The bet of Claudio Giraldez It couldn’t be better. In the 12th minute, a bad start from Diego Condewho moments before had neutralized a shot from bambahe took advantage of it Alfon to overwhelm him and take a shot that was cleared by Sergi Cardona, although the rebound inside the area was caught by Borja Iglesias to make it 0-1. He ‘panda’ thus breaking a long scoring drought. He has not scored since December 6, 2023, when he did so in the Cup against Villanovense. Throughout last season, Borja Iglesias did not find the net in the Liga or the Legs not even included Leverkusen.
He Villarreal He didn’t take long to react. Baena take a corner, Gerard extended with a header at the far post, where he appeared Sergi Cardona only to be pushed into the back of the net (26′). But he is Celtic went ahead again (31′) with a great goal from a direct free kick Mingueza. Second here League of Catalan ‘carrilero’, to be in a state of grace.
On the brink of half-time, Celta came close to third. Alfonreleased, finished after a gamble and Raul Albiol he took under the sticks. At the discount of the fantastic first half, at Villarreal he missed the equalizer with a header from Jeremy Pino that hit the wood.
Once the match resumed, there came a carousel of changes to both teams. Villarreal have been the biggest earners for them with the decisive arrival of three reinforcements this summer.. Thierno Barry, instead of Danjuma and made his debut as a starter, he made it 2-2 in the 60th minute with a header on the first ball he touched. Just four minutes later, the Submarine completed its return. Pepe He put the ball into the area from the right which ended in an own goal from Jailson in his attempt to clear a feud with Ayoze. But he is Celticwho never gave up, equalized in the 80th minute with an unassailable header from the centre-back starfelt after the measured help of Mingueza.
The last few minutes were really crazy. In the 88th minute, the referee disallowed a goal Santi Comesaña for offside, at 90′ Douvikas he shot the post and in injury time, Diego Conde two golden opportunities were miraculously saved Swedberg. At the death of the match, the referee, at the request of VARpunished with the penalty grab of Hugo Alvarez in Barry. Ivan Villar initially halted the launch of peerbut he scored on the rebound. The final 4-3 in the 100th minute drove the team crazy. Ceramics.
Source: La Verdad
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