This Sunday, Las Palmas achieved its first away victory at the expense of Villarreal with goals from Saúl Coco (m.47) and Marc Cardona (m.51) in a match that, despite cutting back by Gerard Moreno (m.92), showed the problems of the yellows in La Cerámica, where they have accumulated four defeats in five games.
Villarreal, under the good feelings after the suffered victory in the Europa League, faced this league duel against a team that had not yet known the victory away from Las Palmas and that had not scored a single goal until today as a visitor, so they soon tried to undermine their morale with a first chance after four minutes after a cross from Sorloth from the left wing that was finished off by Yeremy Pino and caught by Valles.
But García Pimienta was clear about the cracks in Pacheta's team and where he can make the difference to do damage in attack. Las Palmas took advantage of the distance between the defensive line and the yellow goal to plant themselves in the area with long balls, a strategy that led to a duel between Jorgensen and Javi Muñoz for a high ball in which the Dane won.
Sorloth became the yellow leader in the search for the goal with his imbalance, but was unable to convert his plays into a goal. The Norwegian footballer was inches away from overtaking Villarreal with a header after a corner that came close to the post (m.26) while Yeremy Pino also added his talent, but the Canarian defense blocked his way.
Meanwhile, Las Palmas responded to the hosts with high pressure and retreated quickly to avoid the attacks of Villarreal, who had another chance with a powerful long shot from Capoue that Valles caught in two halves.
Already in added time, Yeremy Pino left the field with discomfort after a foul on Sergi Cardona that Coco served with a shot that entered the entire squad, surprising Jorgensen, who didn't even move (m.47).
After the break, Villarreal practically had no time to recover from the last-gasp goal. Mandi touched the ball with her hand in a clearance and Marc Cardona scored the second from eleven meters with a centered shot (m.51).
Two actions condemned Villarreal, who in the first half had the best chances, but in the second act they began to trail with the goal and Pacheta changed the system to play with three center backs and focus on the attack with the hope placed in Gerard, who He entered in 75.
But Coco used his defense and blurred Sorloth, who was not able to appear with the same intensity while Capoue tried again with a hard shot that Valles cleared. Villarreal only had eleven minutes of added time left to go for the game and Gerard created a great goal to keep the hopes of the locals (m.92), who came close to tying with actions by Alberto Moreno and Morales.
2 - Villarreal: Jorgensen, Foyth, Albiol (Akhomach, m.66), Aïssa Mandi, Pedraza (Alberto Moreno, m.58), Capoue, Parejo, Yeremy Pino (Morales, m.46), Trigueros (Gerard, m. 92), Ben Brereton (Female, m.58) and Alex Sorloth
1 - UD Las Palmas: Álvaro Valles, Alex Suárez, Saúl Coco, Mika Mármol, Sergi Cardona, Javi Muñoz (Perrone, m.76), Kirian, Loiodice (Jonathan Viera, m.76), Munir (Herrera, m.88 ), Pejiño (Marvin, m.58) y Marc Cardona (Sory Kaba, m.58)
Goals: 0-1, m.47: Coco, 0-2, m.51: Marc Cardona (p), 1-2, m.92: Gerard
Referee: Muñiz Ruiz (Galgian Committee). He admonished Yeremy Pino, Parejo, Akhomach and Capoue for the locals and Marvin, Kirian, Sergi Cardona and Sory Kaba for the visitors
Incidents: Match corresponding to the ninth day of LaLiga played at the La Cerámica Stadium in front of 16,249 spectators. Before the game, a minute of silence was observed for the death of Mosén Guillermo, Villarreal's parish priest.
