At the end of the final round of the Champions League group stage with Manchester United, Villarreal successfully occupied the top spot in the group, with an unbeaten record of six games, two wins and four draws, and advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Don't look at the lack of wins, but in this group except Manchester United, the gap between the other three teams is not as big as imagined, can be unbeaten in six rounds of group stage, and beat Manchester United, Villarreal shows a strong strength, enough to make everyone look sideways.

With the group stage over, the Champions League can be over for the time being, and Villarreal can focus all their energy on the league for the time being.

In the 14th round of the league, Villarreal hosted a goal-to-door challenge from the Madrid satellite city team Getafe.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Villarreal finally managed to get three points with a score of 2:1, Forlan and Van Bizhuang contributed to the team respectively, the former's league goal tally rose to 14, and the average goal efficiency of one goal per game can be called the first in La Liga this season, while Van Bizhuang is still smiling in the scorer list.

A week later, Villarreal travelled to Andalusia to travel to the Estadio Pizjuán and away to Sevilla.

Sevilla FC missed out late last season to finish fifth in the league and have to play in the Europa League, this season, Sevilla FC held their breath and made a comeback, and after a bad start to the league, Sevilla FC quickly adjusted their form and got out of the predicament, and are now unbeaten in seven league games, and now they are third in the league, just two points away from Villarreal and up to three points ahead of fourth-placed Real Madrid.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid has started high and gone low this season, after being drawn by promoted Manumancia in the first round, the Galaxy Battleship ushered in a wave of winning streaks, but it quickly fell to the bottom at random, and it was difficult to find a win in many games, and now they are only in fourth place in the standings, although they are still in the first place in the championship, but the fourth ranking still puts the team under huge pressure from public opinion, and there are even a lot of voices in the market, suggesting that Real Madrid's new coach Juander. Ramos will be sacked by the club shortly after.

Of course, Villarreal has nothing to do with other people's affairs, and their focus is on the upcoming battle for second and third place in the league.

Before the game, although Sevilla is also a traditional strong team in La Liga, and has been in good form recently, more people are optimistic about Villarreal winning away, at least there is no big problem with getting out of the game, the new season, the yellow submarine shows too much form, counting the six group games of the Champions League, Villarreal has been unbeaten in 20 consecutive games.

Manuel Pellegrini's side seem to have a kind of magic, that is, "turn evil into good", no matter how difficult the process of the game, but the final result must be the result that Villarreal wants most.

In view of this situation, in addition to being surprised, the outside world's evaluation of the submarine is a "metaphysics" team, and Pellegrini is nicknamed the "master of metaphysics".

Will a team that is unbeaten in 20 games and "mysterious and mysterious" suddenly stop moving forward? It's not that it's impossible, it's that the hope is too slim. If the opponent were Real Madrid or Barcelona, the outside world might have higher expectations, but Sevilla FC does not look like a team that can stop the submarine.

But things on the football field are so unpredictable, and everything is possible, that's the reason.

Villarreal, who were in full line-up, had an almost fantastic start to the first half early on, when in the third minute, Sevilla defender Squeerraci made a mistake on the return pass, and Van Bizhuang made a quick run to cut off the ball, and goalkeeper Palop had to abandon the goal. Facing the goalkeeper with a single knife, Fan Bizhuang made a deft volley, and the ball went over Palop's head and fell into the net.

Van Bizhuang scored his 15th league goal of the season and Villarreal took the lead.

Everything is so logical, so smooth sailing, anyone can come to a conclusion, the in-form Villarreal will win this strong conversation without surprise.

The first half ended with a score of 0:1, with Villarreal leading and having a slight advantage. But no one expected that the second half would be a sudden change.

In the 47th minute, Sevilla took advantage of a corner kick and Malian striker Canute scored a header, and three minutes later, Canute assisted Fabiano's volley from the edge of the penalty area, and in less than five minutes, the home team completed the good play from behind to comeback.

After conceding two goals twice, Villarreal launched a ferocious counterattack, and the powerful attacking group led by Fan Bizhuang also frequently created threats, and the game quickly turned into a half-time offensive and defensive battle.

Unfortunately, Villarreal were unable to score again until the end of the game, losing the game 1-2 and ending their unbeaten run of the season at 20 games.

This is a big upset in this round of the league, and when everyone thought that Villarreal would continue to extend their unbeaten run, the submarine overturned in the gutter. This has caused a lot of heated discussions in Spanish football, and many media outlets have come out to sing for Villarreal.

“1:2！ Villarreal ushered in the first defeat of the new season! ”

"The Record Terminator has finally appeared, and Sevilla has played the role of a cold-blooded killer!"

"The unbeaten season has finally come to an end, and Villarreal's hot form may be a thing of the past?"

"Prosperity must decline, and prosperity will be accompanied by withering! The first defeat is already here, will the second be far away? ”

"Villarreal stumbled in the lead round of the head-to-head conversation, does that mean they will face Barcelona in a mournful posture? Or will Barcelona become the second team to beat Villarreal this season?! ”

The hustle and bustle of the outside world is a little optimistic about Villarreal's future. The reason is simple, in the next round of the league, Villarreal will host Barcelona at home.

At present, Barcelona is at the top of the league standings, and the hot form is not lost to Villarreal, and most importantly, the shadow of the famous tree, Barcelona is one of the two most powerful super giants in La Liga, which is said to be Villarreal, even Real Madrid may not be able to guarantee that they can beat the Catalan team.

Under normal circumstances, Villarreal may not be able to take advantage of Barcelona, let alone when they have just experienced their first defeat in the league and their form and mentality are unstable.

If you're not careful, Villarreal could be on a two-game losing streak, or even a triple-back, league game - because after the match against Barcelona, Villarreal will travel to Madrid to challenge the Galaxy. This is also a difficult character to deal with, maybe the star-studded Real Madrid will send another defeat to Villarreal.

I have to say that La Liga's schedule is extremely cheating many times, just like now, Villarreal has to face strong opponents in a row, not an ordinary strong opponent, not to mention the battle for the second or third place with Sevilla, even if there is no defeat with Sevilla, Villarreal will not have a good time in the case of consecutive super giants.

But no matter how bad the schedule is, what should come will always come, and what should continue will continue, Villarreal ignored the disturbances from the outside world and concentrated on preparing for the game.

On 22 December, a bus carrying all the members of Barcelona arrived in the seaside town.

In the evening, the Love Song Stadium, which can accommodate more than 30,000 fans, was packed early. Fans created a fiery atmosphere in the stands on all sides, warm-up songs were chanted over and over again, and various portraits and banners were gently swaying under the lights.

This game has a special meaning for the fans of the small town, because it is the team's last game of the year at the Love Song Stadium, after this game, Christmas is coming, and the next round of league games will start after the New Year.

Fans are looking forward to a victory that will give the town a special gift just in time for Christmas, as well as a perfect end to 2008.

In the first half of 2008, they fought hard in the most difficult period and finally won the league runner-up, and in the second half, the team's form was hot, not only did the Champions League achieve good results, but also occupied the top three places for a long time in the league, which undoubtedly made the small town fans happy, but also had more expectations, they hope that the team can come in 09, the team will continue to perform well as always, continue to win.

Of course, Barcelona will also have a game to play, as well as consolidating their position at the top of the league table, they also want to wave goodbye to 2008 with a win.

When the clock hand pointed exactly to 8:30, the referee's whistle pierced the night sky, and the game officially began with the cheers of tens of thousands of fans.

It was Villarreal who kicked off first, and they just ended their unbeaten league run in the last round, and they didn't seem to be affected by the defeat and the skepticism of the outside world, and as soon as they started, they launched a blitzkrieg, using fast attacks to put pressure on the visiting Barcelona.