Matched in greatness and misery, in ability to score and ease to err, Valencia proved to be the team that best withstood a regional round-trip derby with tie dyes that Ferran undid. The quarry pulled the fang to punish a Villarreal who adds his fifth game without winning penalized for his extreme fragility. [Narration and statistics]

The regional duel was not a game with an owner. For the first time in some years, two teams were shown twinned even by their technical bodies, which are known at the end. If Valencia did not want to pay the effort of his titanic match against Chelsea, he knew that he should dominate the game, run the ball and avoid kilometers . He barely managed a few minutes, which served to make Ferón, supported by Soler and Gayà, Maxi finish high.

Unable to support his approach, Celades' team was diluted. Fluent effect while Villarreal, who came to Mestalla after four games without winning and without Cazorla - low on the last breath - was gaining meters and control.

If Valencia is an elusive luck team, Villarreal does not have it as an ally either. His best option came from the penalty spot, when Gerard Moreno , who had been hit by Mangala, hit the ball without faith at the hands of Cillessen. The error did not sink the submarine, which continued to grow. Anguissa, Trigueros and Morlanes took over the medulla in which Parejo disappeared and Coquelin lived in aid to the centrals. Calleja watched as his team snatched football from a Valencia that barely touched leather.

Celades read that his team was diluted and chose to find solutions on his own eleven, because on the bench there is less than in the infirmary. Soler went on to oxygenate the center with freedom to step on the area and Ferran moved to the left to make room for Rodrigo. The shock therapy worked, at least to match the game and involve Asenjo with shots of Soler, Rodrigo and Ferran, who made him fly.

With the same script, the goals came in the second half. Rodrigo hit first , who slipped between the defenses to catch a pass from Maxi and shake off the demons that tied his boots. Anguissa responded by taking advantage of a loss of Parejo to travel three quarters of the field and beat the Dutch goal.

Villarreal could not sustain his reaction and, when the tie seemed fair, Ferran appeared on the second stick to finish off a Wass center that left the points at Mestalla. The play was born of Soler, loose on the front to weave danger occasions.

The yellow team wanted to react and lock up Valencia in their area, but despite the weight of the Champions kilometers, Valencia turned around. If he could contain Chelsea, he had to be able to withstand the pressure of an opponent who put Chukwueze and Bacca on the field. Little Calleja could be saved when only 15 have been added to the last 15 points in play . Villarreal does not find the way to shake a crisis that has led him to fit 24 goals in a first round which still has days. They are defensive numbers similar to those that ballast the clubs at the bottom of the table. Meanwhile, Valencia climbs to get closer to the objective, a task that will be easier when the infirmary begins to empty.

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