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Villarreal Secures Victory in Cornellà with a Solid 2-0 Win over Espanyol
In a match held at the RCDE Stadium in Cornellà, Villarreal secured an important 0-2 victory over Espanyol in La Liga matchday 12. Despite Espanyol dominating possession with 55% compared to Villarreal’s 45%, the visiting team proved more effective in front of goal.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring for Villarreal in the 43rd minute, assisted by Santi Comesaña. In the second half, in the 57th minute, Álex Moleiro extended the lead for the Yellow Submarine.
Espanyol, despite trying to react with 14 total shots, only managed to direct 3 of them on target. Villarreal, with 9 total shots, displayed greater effectiveness, placing 3 of them on goal. The match also saw two yellow cards for Villarreal, to T. Buchanan in the 61st minute and P. Navarro in the 81st minute. Referee Alejandro Hernandez oversaw the match without showing any red cards to either team.
Substitutions espanyol: at minute 60 P. Lozano came in and K. Garcia went out., at minute 71 Exposito came in and Jofre went out., at minute 71 P. Milla came in and C. Pickel went out., at minute 82 O. El Hilali came in and R. Sanchez went out., at minute 82 U. Gonzalez came in and M. Rubio went out.
Substitutions villarreal: at minute 71 G. Moreno came in and N. Pepe went out., at minute 74 S. Comesana came in and P. Gueye went out., at minute 74 T. Oluwaseyi came in and A. Perez went out., at minute 83 T. Buchanan came in and I. Akhomach went out., at minute 83 A. Moleiro came in and S. Cardona went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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Villarreal
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