{"id":209603,"date":"2018-02-03T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T16:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/the-unbeaten-run-comes-to-an-end\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T16:15:06","slug":"the-unbeaten-run-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/the-unbeaten-run-comes-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The unbeaten run comes to an end"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg","alt":"LALIGA","width":1344,"height":756,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1200x675.jpg 1200w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lineups:"},{"type":"list","style":"ul","items":["Real Betis Balompi\u00e9: Ad\u00e1n; Barrag\u00e1n, Bartra, Mandi, Feddal (Camarasa, m. 55), Durmisi; Amat, Guardado, Fabi\u00e1n; Loren and Rub\u00e9n Castro (Sergio Le\u00f3n, m. 65).","Villarreal CF: Asenjo, Mario, Bonera, V\u00edctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa; Castillejo (Javi Fuego, m. 73), Rodri, Trigueros (Cheryshev, m. 65), Fornals; Bacca and Enes \u00dcnal (\u00c1lvaro, m. 35).","Goals: 1-0. Min. 44: Loren. 2-0. Min. 64: Loren. 2-1. Min. 79: Bacca, de penalti.","Referee: Javier Arberola Rojas. Cautioned: Rodrigo (m. 40) and Mario (m. 40) for Villarreal; Barrag\u00e1n (m. 78) for Betis. Sent off: Bonera (m. 30) for Villarreal.","Match Information: Match corresponding to Matchday 22 of the LaLiga Santander between Real Betis Balompi\u00e9 and Villarreal played at the Estadio Benito Villamar\u00edn in front of 50,102 spectators."]}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut. The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations. But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men. After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range. Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead. Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches. Lineups: Real Betis Balompi\u00e9: Ad\u00e1n; Barrag\u00e1n, Bartra, Mandi, Feddal (Camarasa, m. 55), Durmisi; Amat, Guardado, Fabi\u00e1n; Loren and Rub\u00e9n Castro (Sergio Le\u00f3n, m. 65). Villarreal CF: Asenjo, Mario, Bonera, V\u00edctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa; Castillejo (Javi Fuego, m. 73), Rodri, Trigueros (Cheryshev, m. 65), Fornals; Bacca and Enes \u00dcnal (\u00c1lvaro, m. 35). Goals: 1-0. Min. 44: Loren. 2-0. Min. 64: Loren. 2-1. Min. 79: Bacca, de penalti. Referee: Javier Arberola Rojas. Cautioned: Rodrigo (m. 40) and Mario (m. 40) for Villarreal; Barrag\u00e1n (m. 78) for Betis. Sent off: Bonera (m. 30) for Villarreal. Match Information: Match corresponding to Matchday 22 of the LaLiga Santander between Real Betis Balompi\u00e9 and Villarreal played at the Estadio Benito Villamar\u00edn in front of 50,102 spectators.","headings":[],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg","alt":"LALIGA","width":1344,"height":756,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1200x675.jpg 1200w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px"}],"counts":{"blocks":10,"headings":0,"texts":8,"buttons":0,"images":1}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut. The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations. But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men. After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range. Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead. Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches. Lineups:","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lineups:"}],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg","alt":"LALIGA","width":1344,"height":756,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1200x675.jpg 1200w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px"}],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg","alt":"LALIGA","width":1344,"height":756,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6bcfced8f2d2f727d82fd57ded3530a4-1200x675.jpg 1200w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lineups:"},{"type":"list","style":"ul","items":["Real Betis Balompi\u00e9: Ad\u00e1n; Barrag\u00e1n, Bartra, Mandi, Feddal (Camarasa, m. 55), Durmisi; Amat, Guardado, Fabi\u00e1n; Loren and Rub\u00e9n Castro (Sergio Le\u00f3n, m. 65).","Villarreal CF: Asenjo, Mario, Bonera, V\u00edctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa; Castillejo (Javi Fuego, m. 73), Rodri, Trigueros (Cheryshev, m. 65), Fornals; Bacca and Enes \u00dcnal (\u00c1lvaro, m. 35).","Goals: 1-0. Min. 44: Loren. 2-0. Min. 64: Loren. 2-1. Min. 79: Bacca, de penalti.","Referee: Javier Arberola Rojas. Cautioned: Rodrigo (m. 40) and Mario (m. 40) for Villarreal; Barrag\u00e1n (m. 78) for Betis. Sent off: Bonera (m. 30) for Villarreal.","Match Information: Match corresponding to Matchday 22 of the LaLiga Santander between Real Betis Balompi\u00e9 and Villarreal played at the Estadio Benito Villamar\u00edn in front of 50,102 spectators."]}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut. The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations. But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men. After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range. Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. Luck wasn\u2019t on the Submarine\u2019s side and, in the 64th minute, it was Loren again who put the ball past Asenjo with a glancing header to give Betis a 2-0 lead. Ten minutes from time, Barrag\u00e1n took down Cheryshev in the box and the game opened up as Bacca made no mistake with his penalty kick to pull one back for the Yellows. It was too little too late though, there wasn\u2019t enough time left for Villarreal to get a second and as a result the Yellows suffer their first defeat in six league matches. Lineups:","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal, with ten men from the 30th minute on, fall to Betis on their visit to the Villamar\u00edn"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It wasn\u2019t to be. Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. 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Villarreal fell to Real Betis on their visit to the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium in a match that was heavily influenced by the sending off of Bonera, that left with Yellows with ten men from the 30th minute onwards after a high challenge on Rub\u00e9n Castro. The Yellows, depite playing a man down, gave it everything in the second half to get the equaliser, but the green-and-whites sentenced the match with a second in the 64th minute, Loren netting a brace on his debut."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The first half an hour of the match was just as Calleja has predicted: a constant battle for the ball. With the ball being knocked around at speed, Betis looked comfortable against the Yellow Submarine who kept possession well to put a halt to the Andalusian side\u2019s aspirations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But everything changed on the half an hour mark. After the Yellows lost possession in their half, Bonera strode forward to meet the ball and stretched to reach it, but missed and made contact with Rub\u00e9n Castro. The referee showed the Italian a straight red and the match took an uphill turn for Villarreal, who faced the next hour of play with just ten men."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the goal, Javi Calleja put on \u00c1lvaro to keep the Yellows strong at the back and Betis took control of the game. The Submarine held strong against a wave of green-and-white attacking play, but in the last play of the first half Loren broke the deadlock on his debut with an impressive strike from long range."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite the difficult task ahead, Villarreal did not back down and came out in the second half all guns blazing. The Yellows pinned Betis into their area and, in the 58th minute, Bacca came close to equalising but his shot struck the post. 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