Villarreal will have to continue rowing to reach the shore that allows them to set foot on Europe again. He was able to do it yesterday against Real Sociedad but he saw how two head butts in the second half ruined his goal. Now he will have a new opportunity this Thursday even if he has to beat Real Madrid leader

Without a healthy nine, Calleja used the young Fer Niño to become the yellow benchmark in attack escorted by the talent of Cazorla, again focused on the offensive side.

Asenjo, who is finishing the season at a superb level, thwarted the first great occasion of Real Sociedad after an acrobatic shot by Isak that the yellow goal diverted to the corner with feline agility.

In fact, the San Sebastian team kept the ball and had more presence in the game against a squatting Villarreal and that in the initial phase of the crash he was not comfortable on the pitch.

The yellow replica bore the Ontiveros mark. The yellow player hooked a ball in the band and dodged as many opponents intimidated him before connecting a thread that Moyá deflected with difficulty.

It was a mirage because Villarreal did not manage to feel comfortable at any time against a Real that had the clearest ideas and that continued to haunt the Asenjo area. In one of those, Barrenetxea connected with Oyarzabal who returned the pass to the young youth player with a header. His partner also defined with another header that went upstairs.

Again it was Ontiveros in charge of replicating with a dry leaf that Moyá repelled with certain difficulties. Cazorla did not succeed either with a drive on the balcony of the realistic area whose shot went off against the post.

The first part did not convince Calleja that he tried to give more verticality to his team with the entrance of Chukwueze even though he was sacrificing the young Fer Niño who had barely contacted the ball in the first part.

And Villarreal improved in this second part in which they began to step on the rival field more against a Real Sociedad that had also opted for Willian Jose and Portu to give more joy to their attack.

And the play went well for Imanol as the striker hit a header in the second half of the hour to overcome Asenjo and put the game uphill for Villarreal.

With both against, the Calleja team was in a hurry but the Real was still well planted in the field and did not grant opportunities. Instead, an error by Albiol was about to spell the sentence with a counterattack in which Willian Jose assisted Zubeldia but his shot was managed by Asenjo with difficulties.

The goal, on the other hand, could not do anything shortly after before a header by Llorente that was 0-2 and left the game in franchise for the Basque team.

Villarreal did not lower their arms and managed to get back into the battle thanks to a lash from Cazorla that slipped in next to the Moyá post. There were still five minutes left and the yellow team had a shot to save a point in a match that seemed impossible. But the Real did not let Villarreal worry Moyá again to achieve a victory that forces the yellows to continue rowing to tie the European ticket.

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