VAL 2:1 VLR | Valencia CF - Villarreal CF (LaLiga)

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Bundesliga

Valencia – Villarreal

2:1 (end)

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3:4 (end)

final

Valencia CF

2:1 (2:0)

Villarreal CF

Sunday 23.03.2014, 19:00 • Estadio de Mestalla (Valencia, Spain) • LaLiga

		A dramatic finish, but Valencia held on to the lead and takes three points in the standings. (20:51:15)
	90+2	Game over.
	90	Two minutes to be added on.
	89	Now the ball is in front of Asenjo, right where Valencia wants it.
	88	Valencia does what is the best for them now and every ball that gets to them is immediately cleared away.
	87	Villarreal keeps possession and is doing everything to tie the score.
	86	Another great chance for dos Santos, but he was offside this time around.
	85	La Mestalla is in shock.
	84	Now the momentum is on the Villarreal side, look out for a top-class finish.
	83	Goal for Villarreal! Now there's a twist to this story and we will see a much more dramatic last couple of minutes! GIOVANNI DOS SANTOS was left uncovered in the penalty area and his shot went right where Guaita couldn't get in time to stop it.
	82	Valencia has possession again.
	81	Good cross by Barragán, but Asenjo goes up to collect it.
	80	Not much hope left for Villarreal and the visiting team has started trying long-range shots. Not much of a problem for Guaita.
	79	Cani leaves the field, Gómez goes in for him.
	78	Villarreal went on to a counter-attack immediately, but Cartabia stops it. It was a foul though and maybe worth a booking, too.
	77	Good-looking pass by Paco Alcácer snagged away at the last second by Pina.
	75	It looks like Valencia has the game under control.
	74	Good individual effort by Fuego whose first half was much better than this second half. He fired the ball too high after getting to the good position.
	73	Villarreal is trying hard, but it's not easy for them.
	72	Keita almost scored the third goal of his team. However, he fired the ball over the crossbar from a point-blank range.
	71	Great job by the Valencia defence, Guaita still had nothing to deal with since he entered the field in the twentieth minute.
	69	Uche is done today, Perbet comes in to replace him.
	67	Corner kick for Valencia. Asenjo gets the ball after a cross.
	65	Foul on Costa, Villarreal will be able to go forward.
	64	Uche was trying to get the ball to dos Santos, but Parejo intercepted the pass.
	63	Valencia has been successful at keeping the ball far away from their goal.
	62	Torres is on his way out of the field, Aquino goes in for him.
	61	The shots on goal are 9-2 for Valencia, Villarreal should do something with that if they want to win.
	59	Villarreal has more possession now, but they can't get past midfield.
	57	Very good shot by Santos after Uche passed the ball to him, but it goes just wide of the goal!
	56	Bruno Soriano with a foul, Valencia gets possession.
	55	Torres is offside in a good-looking chance for Villarreal.
	54	Another dangerous cross by Valencia, but none of the home team players got up to it.
	53	Valencia looking to take advantage of open defence by Villarreal by counter-attacking.
	52	A cross found Paco Alcácer in the penalty area, but he missed the goal with the header.
	51	Corner kick for Valencia. Cartabia crossed the ball in, but Asenjo was the first to get to it and he's got it under control.
	50	As expected, Villarreal is looking to gain momentum early in the second half.
	48	dos Santos got to an amazing position, but the linesmen saw that he was off side.
	46	Ruiz will not take part in the second half as the coach substituted him. Vezo replaces him in the lineup.
	46	Start of 2nd half.
		The first half saw quality football with chances on both sides, but it was only the home team who managed to score goals. Twice Asenjo was beaten by the same player, Javi Fuego. Check back in fifteen for second half.
	45+1	1st halftime finished.
	45+1	One minute will be added on.
	45	Pina (VIL) gets a yellow for protests.
	44	Goal for Valencia! Second goal for Valencia following the free kick! Parejo fired from the side of the penalty area and the ball deflected off of the crossbar right to JAVI FUEGO who had an easy time redirecting the ball to the wide-open goal for his second tally of the night.
	42	Mathieu Valbuena looked good along the wing, but he was taken down illegally. Free kick for Valencia.
	41	Valencia has the ball where they want to have it and just calmly passes it around.
	39	Santos was off side after the pass got to him and so there will be nothing out of this.
	37	Valencia has all the momentum right now and is looking to quickly increase the lead.
	36	Goal for Valencia! The home team opens the scoring, finally cracking the tough Villarreal defence! JAVI FUEGO was just inside the penalty area when the ball deflected to him and he one-timed it to the top corner to give Valencia a 1-0 lead.
	35	Pina with a foul on Paco Alcácer.
	33	Valencia has the ball and is looking to create a chance, but the visiting defence has been great so far in this match.
	32	Mathieu can do his job right and he proved that now kicking the ball out of danger.
	31	Villarreal regains possession after another opportunity for Valencia.
	30	Alcácer with a long shot looking to threaten Asenjo's net, but it went well wide of the net.
	28	The momentum is on Villarreal side right now.
	26	Uche received a pass in the penalty area, but he was covered and had no chance to make anything happen out there.
	25	A bad-looking challenge against Cani, but the ref overlooked it and so the play goes on.
	24	Free kick for Villarreal. Cross by Pina into the penalty area dealt with by Ruiz.
	23	After a couple of moments, Costa got back up and he most likely will be okay.
	23	And now another player is down injured. It is Costa from Villarreal who was hit in the head by the ball pretty hard.
	22	After a long stoppage, the play continues.
	20	And now the change is official, Guaita steps in as the keeper of the Valencia goal for injured Alves.
	19	And it looks like he's out for the match.
	18	Alves doesn't look good after he fell awkwardly following a stop.
	17	Soriano was looking for a pass from Santos, but the ball didn't get to him.
	16	Diego Alves had to make a stop against a medium-distance shot. Thank you very much is all he had to say, however.
	15	Another corner kick for Valencia, Cartabia found Keita, but he couldn't make anything happen with it.
	14	The momentum is swinging from one side to the other and back again.
	13	Nice individual effort by Uche who got to a shot from just inside the penalty area, but it was blocked.
	12	A corner kick by Cartabia for Valencia. The cross got dealt with by the defence.
	11	Valencia has got momentum on their side and Villarreal is working hard in the defence.
	10	First highlight of the match, Parejo got into the penalty area collecting a pass. His volley went just inches wide of the upright.
	9	Paco Alcácer almost got himself into a one-on-one battle with goalkeeper, but he lost the ball before he could face Asenjo.
	8	It looks like an even match down there.
	7	Cartabia looked to get past a couple of backs, but he did not succeed and lost the ball.
	6	Valencia looked to establish an offence along the right wing, a cross by Fuego was not accurate enough and so Villarreal is now in possession.
	5	After a shot stoppage, the play resumes. Cartabia should be okay.
	4	Medics have surrounded Cartabia.
	3	Cartabia is down in pain after a battle in the air.
	2	A cross by one of Villarreal players got to the penalty area in front of Valencia goal, but Bernat was the first player to the ball and got it out of danger.
	1	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Valencia CF: Diego Alves (C) – Ruiz, João Pereira, Bernat, Barragán – Mathieu, S. Keita, Fuego, Parejo, Cartabia – Alcácer. Subs: Guaita – Vezo, Romeu, Jonas, Vargas. Villarreal CF: Asenjo – Jokić, Musacchio, Dorado, J. Costa – Pina, Cani, Ó. Torres, B. Soriano (C) – Uche, G. dos Santos. Subs: Juan Carlos – Pantić, Trigueros, Aquino, Perbet, Jonathan Pereira..
		La Liga continues with a 29th-round match between 10th ranked Valencia and 6th ranked visiting team from Villarreal.
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00.

Commentary by

Radoslav Vavřina

Goals & lineups

Goals: 36. Fuego, 44. Fuego – 83. dos Santos

Cards: 45. Pina (VIL)

Valencia CF: Diego Alves (C) (20. Guaita) – Ruiz (46. Vezo), João Pereira, Bernat, Barragán – Mathieu, S. Keita, Fuego, Parejo, Cartabia – Alcácer.
Subs: Guaita – Vezo, Romeu, Jonas, Vargas.

Villarreal CF: Asenjo – Jokić, Musacchio, Dorado, J. Costa – Pina, Cani (79. Goméz), Ó. Torres (62. Aquino), B. Soriano (C) – Uche (69. Perbet), G. dos Santos.
Subs: Juan Carlos – Pantić, Trigueros, Aquino, Perbet, Jonathan Pereira.