Valencia v Villarreal – Second half review: La Liga - Part 2
After Ever Banega’s first and Valencia’s third goal of the match, Villarreal adopted a damage limitation approach. Their weak defence was torn apart by Valencia’s fluid football and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oriol-c28659 came
on for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Garrido-c8443 aimed to take a conservative attitude for the rest of the half. In the 67th minute, Ever Banega tried his luck on goal but this time around Diego Lopez was on hand to deal
with the Spanish midfielder’s shot as the score line remained at 3-0 to the home side.
In the 70th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863’s defence on the night. In the 73rd minute, the flood gates opened
for Villarreal as Valencia got their fourth goal. Once again Banega was involved in the buildup play for the home side. He switched the play out-wide towards Soldado.
The ex-Real Madrid striker played in Pablo Hernandez who in return had the vision and the awareness to spot Juan Mata’s run inside the Villarreal penalty area. Mata made no mistake with his shot as Villarreal were put to shame by Valencia’s attacking trio
of Mata, Hernandez, and Soldado. In the 75th minute, things got worse for Villarreal as Valencia got their fifth goal. This time, Mehmet Topal surged forward from his defensive midfield role and played in Roberto Soldado. The Spanish target-man
had the confidence to lob the ball over the on-rushing, Diego Lopez as the score line reached 5-0 at Estadio Mestalla.
Following their fifth goal of the match, Valencia made two substitutions as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aritz-Aduriz-c6516. In the 83rd minute, Pablo Hernandez was cynically hacked down by Olivas Alba
also known as Kiko. The referee was on hand to spot the infringement as he brandished a yellow card for Villarreal’s defender. Thus the match eventually came to a close at the final whistle with a comprehensive win for Valencia.
Los Che’s first goal came in the first half through Roberto Soldado before Juan Mata’s strike in the 56th minute in the second half. Pablo Hernandez, Juan Mata and Soldado added the third, fourth and fifth respectively in the second half to give
their team a firm hold of the third place spot in the Spanish Primera Division rankings.
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