Chapter 314: Suspense?
A week later, Villarreal traveled to Castile. Baddolid, the capital city of LeΓ³n, away from the city of hosts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Fan Bizhuang also went with the team, but he could only sit in the stands as a spectator. In the last round of the home match against Barcelona, he received two yellow cards for two yellow cards for two strips to celebrate, two yellows and one red, so this round of matches is automatically suspended.
And that's not all, in view of his egregious behavior of overcelebrating and provoking fans after scoring a goal in the game, the league organizing committee discussed and imposed an additional penalty of two games on him, as well as a financial penalty of 10,000 euros.
In other words, in the next three rounds of the league, Van Bizhuang can only sit in the stands and cannot play for Villarreal.
When the league is gradually entering the final stage and the competition for Champions League places is even more intense, Villarreal's thickest thigh is unable to play, which undoubtedly has a great impact and loss on the submarine.
But fortunately, after the game with Barcelona, Villarreal's most difficult sprint period has passed, and in the remaining league games, their opponents are not strong, in terms of strength, Villarreal is enough to put aside the opponent two streets, so, as long as it plays normally, if there are no accidents, next season's Champions League place, the submarine is bound to grab it!
In fact, after the last round of the big game, in order to give the main players more time to rest, but also to give the newcomers and substitutes more opportunities to practice, in this game, Pellegrini sent a starting lineup dominated by substitutes, Riquelme, Cazorla and even Gonzalo and Capdevilla and others have been given the opportunity to rotate, and most of the team's starting lineup are substitutes and young players.
It's Diego. Forlan remained on the pitch, and the Uruguayan is currently the top scorer in La Liga with 20 goals, but the lead is not very obvious, and Real Madrid's Ruud van Nistelrooy is only two goals away from him, so the intention of keeping him is clear, which is to give the Uruguayan striker more time to get the goal and fight for the glory of La Liga goalscorer's net.
In the last round of strong conversations with Barcelona, Forlan did not score, which made him breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief. And in this game, the Uruguayans turned their grief and anger into strength and ushered in a big explosion.
Although it is a mixed lineup of the main force and substitutes, it is still higher than Valladolid in terms of strength, and his teammates also know Forlan's thoughts, so they frequently deliver shells for him whenever they have the opportunity, and Forlan is a good grasp of several opportunities and staged a big four.
He scored two goals with an overhead kick in the first half to help set the foundation for victory from the start. In the second half, Forlan's performance continued, and two more goals helped the team lock the score at 4:0.
One person took all the goals in this game, and Forlan's competitive form was amazing.
After the game, Fran was unsurprisingly elected MVP of the game, and he smiled brightly when he was satisfied. It's really nice to be able to keep your goals on the table while the team is winning.
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"Villarreal are on a path to next season's Champions League! Their speed is unstoppable! β
"It was thought that Fan's absence would affect the team to a greater or lesser extent, but it turns out that the Yellow Submarine already has a tactical system of their own, and under the leadership of the Chilean, they will not stop moving forward!"
"Diego. Fran, the league's strongest contender for the Golden Boot! If he can have the last laugh, it will set a new record in the history of Villarreal club! He will be the country club's first-ever league Golden Boot! β
"I'm very optimistic about them and if we keep up the momentum then next season they will definitely be in Europe! It's time for Europe to see the beauty and power of the yellow submarine again! β
Amid the cheers and praise, Villarreal was not too affected by the "loss" of Van Bizhuang and continued to move steadily towards their goal.
A week later, Villarreal, who returned to their home stadium, welcomed Almeria's goal-to-door challenge.
It wasn't an easy game to play, and in terms of quality, the Submarine were undoubtedly the stronger side of the game, but Almeria have had a pretty good season and are currently eighth in the league, with a big gap between the top four and only four points from the top six. This means that they still have the opportunity to go to Europe, the Champions League can't go, but the Europa League quota can be beaten.
For most small clubs, being able to go to Europe once represents tens of millions of dollars in income and a lot of exposure, which is naturally what they want to strive for.
Therefore, in this game, Almeria, who were fighting for a place in the Europa League, showed tenacity and caused a lot of trouble for the home team.
Facing the turtle shell of the opponent, Villarreal will inevitably feel tricky. Controlled the situation and stormed almost for nearly seventy minutes around the opponent's half, but nothing was gained.
Fortunately, at a critical juncture, the captain of the team, Marcos . Senna stepped up and took advantage of Riquelme's free-kick to head the ball into the visitors' net with a header from just inside the box.
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It was the final score of the game, and it was a tough process, but the result was a good one. A small win is also a victory, and three points are more important than anything else!
With the win, Villarreal have risen to 68 league points, a point that gives them a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League with five games remaining. There is also good news, in this round of the league, Barcelona once again overturned in the gutter, they were upset at home by Espanyol 1:0, the league championship is almost completely hopeless, this is not enough, they have not performed well in recent times, even the second position in the league is not stable enough, Villarreal's consecutive victories, the gap between the two teams has narrowed to only one point, that is, with a small mistake, the submarine can press this super giant.
Many fans are speculating that with Villarreal's current unstoppable trend, maybe when they will completely overtake Barcelona in points, and in terms of games and rankings, the Catalan team will be "double-killed".
It's just that everyone didn't expect that this day would come so quickly. Just a week later, Villarreal won at home to Real Betis and the points rose to 71 points. Barcelona, on the other hand, remained at 69 points, losing again in this round of matches.
This time they lost to Deportivo La Coruna, once known as "Super Laco", whether it was the process of the game or the ending, Barcelona failed to say anything, 3:1, Deportivo simply pulled the second league player off the horse and kicked it to the third place in the league.
It has to be said that Barcelona's competitive form has been greatly affected after the heavy defeat at the Love Song Stadium, or rather, the team has lost the spirit to continue fighting, everyone knows that after the defeat to Villarreal, their hope of competing for the league title is very small, and in this case, it is really difficult for the team to regain its strength.
Coupled with Barcelona's internal instability, the conflict between the club and the manager has become public, and the team seems to be in a state of civil strife.
External and internal troubles are the truest portrayal of Barcelona at present, and they are indeed powerless for the remaining games of the league.
Of course, Barcelona has nothing to do with Villarreal, they don't focus on other people, for the submarine they just need to focus on themselves and be themselves, that's enough.
After another league break, Villarreal have 74 points in the league and are firmly seated in second place.
For Barcelona, their suffering continues, this time they were held to a 0-0 draw by Valencia at the Camp Nou, and the gap between the points and the top two was further widened.
It was at this time that many fans and media were surprised to find that after this period of high-speed sprint, Villarreal had only six points behind the league leader Real Madrid.
It seems like a lot, but to put it bluntly, it is the difference between the two balls, if ...... Although the odds are small, ...... If Real Madrid don't pick up six points in the remaining three league games, while Villarreal continues their winning streak, then the league title ......
You know, the rules of La Liga are a little different from most other European leagues, in the case of the same league points, instead of comparing the goal difference of the two teams, the relationship between the two teams is compared.
And Villarreal's record against Real Madrid this season is one draw and one loss, which means that if there is a small probability of that kind of event, then the league championship ...... It will fall to Villarreal!
"Oh my God! It's incredible! In the middle and late stages of the season, everyone predicted that this season's league title battle would be between Real Madrid and Barcelona, but they didn't expect that it was Villarreal who kept the league title in suspense now! β
"It's amazing how a small city with only 50,000 people and a team from the countryside have come this far!"
"Villarreal, what are they trying to do? Will they be working incredible miracles again? β
Everyone is exclaiming, everyone is sighing!