The Submarine win where only the champions have won before and defeat one of the best sides in LALIGA thanks to a Traoré goal
Villarreal continue on an upward trajectory. Marcelino’s side beat Girona FC (0-1), one of the great revelations of this season’s LALIGA EA SPORTS, at their home stadium, Montilivi, something that only Real Madrid had achieved this season. Bertrand Traoré’s goal at the start of the second half gave the Submarine three points to keep believing in the fight for the European places.
Marcelino came out at Montilivi with a team with a few changes from the one that beat Sevilla 3-2 last week. Santi Comesaña returned to the starting line-up after his suspension and Traoré came in on the right flank in place of Ilias Akhomach.
The first chance of the game went to Villarreal. The Submarine managed to steal a ball in midfield and launched a counter-attack through Guedes, who opened up on the left flank where Sorloth appeared and, in a shooting position, looked for Guedes again with a powerful pass that the Portuguese striker could not reach.
Villarreal had started the game very well. Symptomatic of this was the ease with which they found their way into the opposition box, where Traoré, with a placed shot from the edge of the area, almost beat Gazzaniga to score one of the goals of the week.
Marcelino’s side looked the better side against a Girona side that didn’t trouble Filip during the first part of the game, but managed to wake up after the half hour mark. Míchel’s side, who had a lot of people in the attacking zone, began to generate danger through the constant runs of Savio and Tsygankov down the flanks who, either with individual moves or looking for Dobvyk, intimidated the yellow defence.
