VALENCIA 0-1 VILLARREAL
Valencia loses and confirms the perfect day of the Barcelona
Published:23/12/2017 - 18:38h
Updated:23/12/2017 - 23:31h
Valencia, the big perseguidor of the FC Barcelona by LaLiga beside Real Madrid and Athletic, lost in Mestalla against the Villarreal, something that leaves him to 11 points of the Barcelona. The three teams lost, something that approaches the league to Barcelona
Valencia lost an opportunity of gold to open brecha with the Seville in the fight by the classification by the Champions League and also to surpass to the Athletic of Madrid in the classification, to plant like second and of not increasing his disadvantage of points with regard to the FC Barcelona.
The Villarreal turned into his hangman, knowing rentabilizar the goal of Carlos Bacca shortly before the half hour of game to leave to Valencia without points in a party in which both teams finish with a man less. Therefore, good news for the team of Ernesto Valverde, that has half League in the pocket.
Before the goal of the Colombian forward, the party was equalised and both generated danger in the contrary goals. The so much of the castellonenses woke up to Valencia, that generated danger by means of the played of Gonçalo Guedes by the left band of the attack of the team 'che'.
Valencia tightens
Valencia was very upper in the second time. Curiously, the best moments of the team of Marcelino García Toral arrived after the expulsion of Zaza by double yellow in the minute 60. A stick and several clear occasions that did not go in were the arguments of a Valency that deserved empatar.
However, they were not able to do it neither with the expulsion of Trigueros by part of a Villarreal that, of the same way that his rival also remained with 10 men. The 'yellow submarine, nevertheless, knew to keep the advantage of the goal of Bacca to award the victory in the derbi.