Reduced by the expulsion of Álex Baena in the first half, Villarreal held on for more than an hour with a man less to get a point at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez (0-0) thanks to a stellar performance by their goalkeeper, Filip Jörgenssen, who built a wall that Getafe could never demolish.
Criticized even in the summer after his signing and then in the first days, Jörgenssen vindicated his figure through stops. The Danish goalkeeper saved up to four scoring chances, who emerged as the hero of a team that has not found its way in the first part of the season.
And something is happening with Villarreal, which has not found its way since it got rid of its key players last season. He lost Nicolas Jackson, Pau Torres, Samu Chukwueze or Boulayé Dia to earn 110 million euros. He invested ten to sign Alexander Sorloth and Ramón Terrats and to sign several free players.
With that script, Quique Setién lost his position on the bench after three days. His replacement, Pacheta, also fails to find her way and Villarreal shows an irregularity and nerves unbecoming of very recent times.
He demonstrated it at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum with the expulsion of Álex Baena after 25 minutes in an absolutely unnecessary action. The 'yellow' winger elbowed Stefan Mitrovic in the neck and the VAR was in charge of notifying the referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer to see the images repeated. The red card was non-negotiable and Baena went out in a totally irresponsible manner.
Until that moment, Villarreal was not very precise either. He was erratic, overly dependent on long balls to Sorloth while Nemanja Maksimovic and Mauro Arambarri completely nullified the engine room of Pacheta's team. With Dani Parejo and Capoue missing, Villarreal became a vulgar team.
However, Getafe was slow to take advantage of their numerical and football situation. Bordalás, expelled, walked desperately through one of the press boxes watching as Jörgenssen was in charge of stopping the few opportunities that his players had.
Specifically, two: a double shot by Óscar Rodríguez and Jaime Mata and another by Borja Mayoral after half an hour. All three were saved by Jörgenssen with some commendable interventions, especially that of Mayoral, who required an impossible stretch to prevent Getafe's first goal from getting on the scoreboard.
The blue team, with five changes compared to their previous match against Athletic (Damián Suárez, Djené Dakonam, Óscar, Jaime Mata and Mitrovic came in for Juan Iglesias, Domingos Duarte, Carles Aleñá, Mason Greenwood and Fabrizio Angileri), were not at all comfortable. It was missing a little sparkle and more depth. And, for that reason, he looked for them at half-time with the entry of a finisher like Juanmi Latasa and a dribbler like Greenwood.
Bordalás went for it. He didn't want to let the three points slip away, but the changes weren't effective either. It was the merit of Villarreal, who nullified their rival until they became a flat and predictable team. In fact, until the 63rd minute, Getafe did not come close to scoring again with a header from Arambarri who, once again, caught Jörgenssen with a dove that looked great for the photo.
That was the penultimate occasion. Arambarri also had the last one, with a shot from outside the area almost at the end that, of course, was taken by Jörgenssen. In the end, Villarreal held on with an undoubted effort. He didn't even test David Soria throughout the game, but it was not the day to attack.
Baena's recklessness left a team that survived thanks to the courage of the ten players who stayed on the field and the interventions of Jörgenssen, a goalkeeper criticized when he signed for the Castellón club and hero of the Coliseum to keep both, without options. teams in the middle of the table.
0.- Getafe: Soria; Djené, Mitrovic, Gastón, Diego Rico (Aleñá, min. 82); Damián (Angileri, min. 82), Maksimovic, Arambarri, Óscar Rodríguez (Greenwood, min. 46); Jaime Mata (Latasa, min. 46), Borja Mayoral ('Choco' Lozano, min. 82).
0.- Villarreal: Jörgensen; Foyth (Terrats, min. 72), Albiol, Gabbia, Pedraza (Alberto Moreno, min. 46); Yeremi Pino (Mandi, min. 83), Parejo, Capoue, Álex Baena; Morales (Kiko, min. 46), Sorloth (Brereton, min. 61).
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer (Balearic Committee). He showed a yellow card to Pedraza (min. 5), Jörgenssen (min. 63), Yeremy Pino (min. 67) and Kiko Femenía (min. 75) and sent off Álex Baena with a direct red card (min. 24) by the Villarreal. Óscar Rodríguez (min. 30) and Greenwood (min. 53) were also cautioned by Getafe.
Incidents: match corresponding to the seventh day of LaLiga EA Sports played before 11,255 spectators at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum in Getafe.
