Huesca
and
Villarreal
were not able to clear the 'x' that pursues them.
The two teams that tied the most in First ended, logically, by drawing a draw (0-0), as happened in the season premiere at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
It is the tenth draw of both in twenty days, a reiteration that is weighing down the race towards the salvation of some and the fight for a Champions League position for the others.
So similar were the exit approaches of
Emery
and
Pacheta
that an anodyne and leaden first half were annulled throughout.
Villarreal is very sorry for the absence of
Gerard
, a footballer who, apart from his goals, brings a great variety of offensive resources.
It could already be verified against Granada and, again, in El Alcoraz, where it was difficult for the Castellón residents to generate chances despite their dominance in possession of the ball.
The
loss
of
Foyth
forced Emery to retouch the eleven and he did so by giving
Funes Mori
entry to
play with three centrals, thus replicating the drawing that Pacheta had raised in front.
At the top, the entry of Paco Alcácer was expected but the one who appeared was
Carlos Bacca
, who enjoyed the best chance of the entire first half in an action invalidated by offside that the Colombian, barely without an angle, had resolved with a fanciful shot of rabona that crashed into the post.
The truth is that Huesca barely left gaps through which to enter a Villarreal in which perhaps a more unbalancing element was needed in the three-quarter zone with which to try to find holes in that five-player barrier with which the team closed Altoaragonés.
Inside it was almost impossible to enter and
Peña
and
Pedraza
had not just gotten it
from the sides.
Neither did Villarreal struggle in defense against a very flat and horizontal Huesca.
The substitution of Rafa Mir and the ownership of
Okazaki
at the top minimized the options of opting for a more direct football.
Some skirmish by
Ontiveros
was almost the entire offensive production of Pacheta's men before reaching the break of a very close game that was timidly opened at the restart.
Huesca wanted to take a step forward, appearing more regularly in the vicinity of the Castellón area and pressing up, causing Villarreal in turn to find spaces to counterattack.
This is how the best chance of the match was forged, after
Parejo led
and Pedraza passed to the penalty spot, where
Moi Gómez
appeared
to finish off first and find the good response from
Álvaro Fernández
.
The reply was a play by Ontiveros with a shot, punctuated by Capoue, which motivated Asenjo's first intervention.
Pacheta wanted to change his plan of attack and sat down his trident in one go, although the entry of
Rafa Mir, Sergio Gómez and Mikel Rico
in a Huesca that has already accumulated four consecutive days without seeing the door did much.
The game was gradually redirecting itself along the paths of the first half, with Villarreal dominating but without finding the formula to dismantle the orderly local defense.
Emery also moved the bench but without altering his drawing, simply changing the pieces, including a
Yeremy
that generated some danger but whose agitation was insufficient in a too predictable Villarreal.
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