When he already counted the seconds remaining, Villarreal conceded a goal that keeps him under
the tie syndrome
and prevented him from adding a victory that he already caressed.
Without the ball but without passing excessive danger, Emery's team did not know how to disrupt the last attempt by Real Sociedad that managed to level Dani Parejo's initial goal almost at the end.
Villarreal found the prize on their first approach to Remiro's goal.
Rubén Peña started a brilliant counterattack, put a ball in the area that
Paco Alcácer
caught
.
The defense blocked the striker's shot but the rejection came to Dani Parejo who hooked a dry shot that
embedded himself in the squad
to put Villarreal ahead.
The game had started at full speed.
Pedraza put a cross that Trigueros was about to hook at the goal.
Real Sociedad responded with a great lead from Oyarzabal who assisted Isak whose shot went high after hitting the crossbar.
In fact, Real took the ball and forced Villarreal to run and feel more uncomfortable than normal.
The team of Imanol Alguacil tried with the support of their sides, Zaldua and Monreal, and with the quality of Merino and Oyarzabal to assist.
Isak tried it but Asenjo touched the ball just enough to send it to a corner.
In this more crouched version of Villarreal, Albiol and Pau had more jobs.
The yellow centrals managed to ward off the danger although the Royal Society did not give up and kept trying.
Meanwhile, Emery's were having trouble stepping on Remiro's area.
Paco Alcácer hardly came into play.
Only one ride on Moi Gómez's counterattack gave him the option of connecting a shot that the Blue and White goalkeeper saved without problems.
The yellow striker was about to find the goal after an action by Pedraza's wing that served a center that
Alcácer finished off with an exquisite heel that came out licking
Remiro's
post
.
The goal was also close to Monreal.
An inopportune slip by Coquelin in the front of the area allowed Oyarzabal to assist the side whose shot went sticking to Asenjo's post.
Villarreal tried to reverse the dynamics of the game in the second half.
But Real Sociedad was still hovering around the yellow goal.
Isak continued to play a leading role although the Swedish striker had not quite made the right decision.
The minutes passed and Villarreal could not disturb Remiro.
More work had
Asenjo
who saw how the Real did not give up.
The yellow goalkeeper cleared a hanging ball with his fist.
In the jump, he gave
the scare when he was ostensibly hurt although fortunately he was able to continue
on the field of play.
The game was heading towards its final stretch and Emery looked for solutions from the bench.
The first was to replace a fatigued Coquelin to give Estupiñán entry so that the Ecuadorian side could be more advanced and try to take advantage of his speed in a counterattack.
Imanol, for his part, put everything he had with the entry of Carlos Fernández, the former Granada striker, and the dangerous Januzaj.
Albiol, in another good game for the Valencian defender, saved under sticks a shot from Isak that was already slipping into Asenjo's door.
Facing the
final minutes, the yellow coach opted for Fer Niño
so that the tall forward could drop balls and give his team oxygen.
The one who was tireless was Capoue who ran and ran to multiply.
The same served to cover an incursion by Januzaj as to protect the ball with everything and force a foul.
He could not stop the last arreón of the Real Sociedad that in still had time to hang a ball to the area.
After several shots,
Isak hit a shot that surpassed Asenjo
and left Villarreal with the sour aftertaste of defeat despite scoring a point.
sofian chakla leaves on loan to getafe
Soufiane Chakla,
Villarreal's Moroccan center-back, will play on loan until the end of the season at Getafe, the Madrid club reported on Saturday.
Soufiane,
27,
arrived at Villarreal in July 2019 to play in their subsidiary until in January 2020 he was incorporated into the first team by Javier Calleja to be the fourth central.
The agreement between both clubs includes a purchase option at the end of the season.
This season, with Unai Emery, he had only played three official games - two in the Copa del Rey and one in the League - summarized in 193 minutes of play.
Before signing for Villarreal, Soufiane, an under-20 international with Morocco, played in Second B and Third Division teams such as Atlético Malagueño, Betis B, La Roda, El Ejido, Almería B and Melilla, as well as in Videoton, of the Hungarian First Division.
At Villarreal, the
competition is very high.
With the holders Albiol and Pau, Emery also counts as alternatives to the Argentineans Funes Mori and Foyth.
Mario Gaspar has also come to act as a central defender.
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