Europe is still far away for Villarreal

To play in Europe next season, Villarreal will still have to go a long way in the three games that remain to be played.

Because yesterday he let a golden opportunity slip away against Sevilla, whom he had defeated in added time with a goal from

.

But then

appeared to tie the match in the last action and leave the yellows with incredulity reflected on their faces.

Emery

bet on

's speed in the face of the casualties in attack and the Nigerian manufactured the first approach with danger for Villarreal when barely a few minutes had been played.

The speedy winger's run came close to connecting with

, but Kounde stepped forward for a corner.

From that corner kick,

's shot came from close range, which

managed to save thanks to his reflexes.

The yellow pressure was effective and Villarreal did not give respite to a Sevilla that looked bottled up.

Chukwueze created the next one and this time the goal did not come because the yellow attacker's shot crashed into the crossbar.

He would have another opportunity after taking advantage of a serious mistake by

, but he missed again with the shot.

Despite their superiority, Villarreral did not make a profit in the form of a goal and Sevilla took advantage of it to go, little by little, waking up and getting closer to

's goal .

stood up to the Argentine goalkeeper, although the action was annulled for offside.

proved it shortly after with a shot close to the post that went wide.

All of Villarreal's danger continued to pass through Chukwueze.

This time the Nigerian found

, who leaned out to connect one of his typical shots, although this time it went wide.

In the case of Sevilla, offensive football went through an omnipresent Papu Gómez, who was looking for a way to escape from the yellow defense.

From a foul against the Argentine, Sevilla produced a shot by

, who did not find a goal either.

The answer was a header from

after a lateral free kick measured by Lo Celso, which Bono deflected with some reflexes that kept his goal clean.

The first half of him was being decisive.

He still had time to parry a close shot from Lo Celso with another decisive action.

The game was getting tougher with the passing of the minutes.

The start of the second half did not help because Villarreal asked for a penalty for a possible foul by Acuña on

, which

ignored.

Yes, he went to see on the monitor the goal that Kounde scored in his own goal while trying to avoid Dia's shot.

The referee annulled the goal due to a tight offside by the yellow striker.

The passing of the minutes did not annul Chukwueze's impetus, which became Villarreal's best argument to look for a goal that would open the match.

But all of his shots crashed into Bono, a behemoth who caught any attempt to outplay him.

Emery moved the bench to shake up the final stretch of the game.

He put

,

and

on the field.

responded with another triple change to give minutes to

,

and

with the same objective: a goal that would unbalance the match in this final stretch.

And the sevillista nine had a very clear chance after a great long pass from Lamela, but his threaded shot missed Rulli's goal and went wide.

Although his position seemed advanced.

The one that went ahead was Villarreal four minutes from the end.

An action by Pedraza down the flank ended with a shot by Lo Celso that, after bouncing off the grass, beat Bono over the top.

The goal seemed to do justice to a Villarreal that had been better, but could not hold on to their advantage.

In the last minute of injury time, Kounde took advantage of a set piece to level the game and leave the yellows chewing on the bitter taste of disappointment.

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