4:50 p.m.
Lamine’s shot goes high
Min 32. A teammate arrived, but Rocafonda’s teammate decided to try it himself and his shot went slightly over the crossbar.
4:49 p.m.
Welcome from Lamine
Min 30. He leaves Cardona and places the cross from the baseline, but Veiga was solid down low.
4:45 p.m.
Moleiro’s hard blow on Fermín
Min 27. The former Las Palmas player arrives late to the dispute, but does not see the yellow.
4:42 p.m.
Buchanan’s volley narrowly misses!
Min 25. Cross from the left and the Canadian’s shot from the opposite wing goes very close to the post.
4:40 p.m.
Electric first twenty minutes of the game
Both teams had very clear chances. Villarreal, despite its defeat, is extremely dangerous on the counterattack. Barça is struggling to overcome the strong pressure from the home team.
4:36 p.m.
GOAL CANCELED AT VILLARREAL
La Cerámica has already celebrated it! Koundé sends Cardona’s cross into his own goal, but the referee calls the full-back Groguet offside.
4:34 p.m.
DEPARTING FROM RAPHINHA
What a great start to the match from the Brazilian! Now he sends a left-footed missile which crashes into the crossbar.
4:32 p.m.
Buchanan shoots!
Min 14. Another defeat behind Barcelona, who cannot overcome the high pressure of the groguets.
4:30 p.m.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL BY RAPHINHAAAA
He fools Luiz Junior, who rushes to the other side. Barça makes it 0-1 in the 12th minute.
4:29 p.m.
PENALTY ON RAPHINHAAAAA
Min 11. The Brazilian faces Comesaña and he puts his leg and ends up knocking him down. Few complaints, everything is very fast.
4:27 p.m.
Joan saves Ayoze’s shot!
New defeat for Barcelona at the exit of the ball. Moleiro sees the canary in the center, who cuts and shoots, but Joan Garcia is attentive.
4:25 p.m.
Another one from Villarreal!!
Min 7. Gerard Martín gives the ball to Buchanan and the game ends with a shot from Ayoze in the area which hits Koundé.
4:23 p.m.
Intense start to the match
Both teams are looking to deploy after stealing and there have already been two fouls in the center of the field to cut off counterattacks.
4:21 p.m.
Grandpa was clear!!
Min 2. Counterattack from Villarreal, who flies after Barcelona takes a short corner. Moleiro crosses for Pépé, but the Frenchman does not succeed in his shot.
4:19 p.m.
The game begins!
Barça already takes a corner.
4:14 p.m.
Players jump on the playing field
Good start at La Cerámica, also with a strong presence of visiting supporters.
4:01 p.m.
“Reinforcement in the center of defense”
We will see Gerard Martín again at the back, alongside Cubarsí. Araujo’s absence led Flick to try the Barcelonan in this position and he absolutely accepted it.
3:57 p.m.
🗣️Flick: “We are facing an opponent who is doing very well in La Liga”
Villarreal shows two different faces. They have not yet won a single match in the Champions League and Cup, they lost in the round of 16. However, in the League they are different and have only lost two games.
3:53 p.m.
VILLARREAL LINEUP!
Luiz Junior; Pau Navarro, Rafa Marin, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona; Santi Comesaña, Dani Parejo, Tajon Buchanan, Alberto Moleiro; Nicolas Pépé, Ayoze Pérez.
Rafa Marin He will play in place of Juan Foyth, suffering from muscular problems. Cardona He starts the Cup match in Santander with discomfort. Pépé accompanies Ayoze upstairs.
3:47 p.m.
WE HAVE ELEVEN FROM BARÇA!
Eleventh gala: Joan Garcia; Balde, Gérard Martín, Cubarsi, Koundé; Eric Garcia, Frenkie, Fermin; Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Ferran.
The technician bets on Ferran at the forefront and De Jong replaces Pedriwho was excluded from the call due to discomfort, in the double pivot that he will form with Eric. also plays Ferminso Rashford will have to come out in the second half.
3:44 p.m.
A CRUCIAL MATCH
Real Madrid beat Sevilla yesterday and are currently just one point off the lead. However, if they win, Barcelona could be mathematically winter champion. Villarreal, which has just been eliminated from the Cup by Racing de Santander and in the Champions League he is practically eliminated, he wants more than ever to concentrate on the league.
3:40 p.m.
Greetings, welcome!!
Very good afternoon. We begin the story of Villarreal-Barcelona, 17th day of the League!