In the seventh round of the La Liga competition, Villarreal hosted Athletic Bilbao. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the match, Villarreal, known as the "Yellow Submarine," created more attacking opportunities and opened the scoring first. Santiago Mourinyo took a shot from outside the penalty area, but the ball veered slightly to the right of the goal.
From the left wing, Manor Salomon took consecutive corner kicks. Then goalkeeper Tomas Part saved a shot to the right side, but Nicolas Pepe struck from the left side, hitting the post.
Villarreal continued to face attacks in the penalty area, but the goalkeeper and defenders managed to block the shots. Nicolas Pepe's attack was stopped by the goalkeeper who caught the ball.
Yuri Berchiche took a powerful long-range shot, but it was blocked by defenders. Later, after a shot from the left wing, Gorka Guruseta headed the ball, but it did not hit the left corner of Villarreal's goal.
In the second half, Pape Guye took a shot from close to the penalty area, but the ball went slightly to the right of the goal. In the 77th minute of the match, after a shot by Emmerik Laport, the ball reached Alberto Moleyro in Villarreal's penalty area, and he accurately directed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal with one touch.
After that, Alejandro Rego took a powerful long-range shot, but the ball hit the right post of Villarreal's goal and shook the net. Following this victory, Villarreal shared second place with Barcelona with 16 points.
Athletic Bilbao is currently in seventh place alongside Elche with 10 points. Villarreal won the match 1:0.
A number of key and substitute players took the field for both teams. All details and statistics of the game were published in official sources.
