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http://www.footytube.com/video/sporting-gijon-villarreal-oct31-62498
In front of a crowd of 20,000 at El Molinon, the home side Sporting Gijon, watched in horror as their team conceeded a late penalty in the dying seconds in the match that allowed for 10-men Villarreal to salvage a point.
The game was almost to be that of a nightmare for Villarreal in the second half. First in the 69th minute, Villarreal defender Gonzalo, was called for a hand ball that allowed for Sporting Gijon Forward Diego Castro Gimenez to strike a penalty past Yellow Submarines keeper Diego Lopez. That strike by Gimenez was his fourth in eight appearances for Sporting Gijon and brought Villarreal to the brink late in the game. Less than 10 minutes later, Gonzalo was shown his second yellow card of the day forcing Villarreal to finish out the rest of the game a man down. After Gonzalo was sent off, Sporting Gijon stuck two balls on goal, including one that rung off the left post giving Villarreal some hope. The final sequence is that of somewhat of a miracle. After drawing a foul in the attacking third, Villarreal had one last chance to put a bid on goal and the result is not that of a goal BUT A PENALTY IN THE BOX. Sebastian Eguren is shown the yellow for the fraction which ultimately leads to a Giuseppe Rossi penalty attempt. That result was a GOALLLLL!!!!! Rossi tucks away a beautiful penalty in the bottom left corner to salvage an extremely important point for Villarreal and keeping them up towards the top of the table in la liga.
Going forward a big concern for Villarreal is the amount of yellow cards shown to them in a match.In this game a total of four yellow cards were shown to Villarreal including two to Gonzalo who was sent off in the 76th minute. In the last three contests they have been shown a grand total of eight yellow cards (2 of which shown to Borja Valero and a red shown to Mateo Musacchico) . After the match, Villarreal now stands solely in third place with a grand total of 20 points, 2 points behind Barcelona and 3 points behind Real Madrid.
Next up for Villarreal, is an Europa League away contest against PAOK Salonika on Thursday 4th of November at 1900 CET local time.
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At first thought you say to yourself how is it that a team who does not have world-class exposure supposed to become the Spanish Champions in a league that features both Real Madrid and Barcelona? Whenever you watch either team play you are like damn, these guys are filthy. Between the two of the team they have probably two of the best strikers on the planet in Gonzalo Higuain and David Villa, as well as two of the best wingers on the planet in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Both wingers are freaks of nature when it comes to dribbling and their first touches. You go to both their midfields and it is like wait he plays for them too? Especially after signing German international Mesut Ozil, and Benfica scarlet Angel Di Maria this summer, Real Madrid if you can actually believe it, has considered by many, to actually have too many midfielders. That is why Rafael van der Vaart now runs around on a pitch called White Hart Lane. With Barcelona, it is the same story of whose who’s of players and especially with wide speculation of Aresenal Captain Cesc Fabregas being brought back to the Nou Camp. It would seem that there is no chance for a smaller club such as Villarreal to succeed but there is a way to beat the Spanish Giants and that is through taking their attack, attack, like approach and send right back at them.
Spanish soccer is all about tone and who is putting the bids on goal! That is how a team like Barcelona or Real Madrid beats teams. They beat teams early and they beat them often. As a manager when you play these top tier Spanish teams their ultimate goal is to take you out of the game by halftime and that is where Villarreal comes in. After eight matches they currently lie in 2nd place with six wins, one loss, and one draw for a grand total of nineteen points including an impressive clean sheet against defending UEFA Europa League champions Athletico Madrid. In that game, American born Giuseppe Rossi right footed a beautiful ball from the center of the box to the bottom left corner to add some insurance after Cani’s 9th Minute strike. The game ended with a 2-0 finish and more importantly earned Villarreal three points against a very respectable opponent. Next month (November) features two important matches: One against Valencia at home and a match against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Those are the arguably the two most important matches, this season, so far for Villarreal. The way that Villarreal wins those matches is right after tip-off, gain momentum and control of the game because Barcelona’s game is built on possession. Barcelona rarely takes corners with the intent of putting home a header but instead usually they just pass it off to a winger or wing back who puts a shot a goal. If you have possession for roughly 55 to 60 % of the game you deprive a team like Barcelona of the key element to their game and give a team like Villarreal a chance to capitalize. Guys like Giuseppe Rossi and Nilmar need to continue to put their bids on goal and force a world-class keeper such as Victor Valdes or Iker Casillas to make world class saves over and over again. The team that finally takes Barcelona’s game or Real Madrid’s game and tells them to shove it, is the team that actually has the shot to dethrone the Spanish giants.
Can Capdevila help Villarreal raise the La Liga trophy?
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Hello, my name is Matt and I am the new blogger for Villarreal FC for “The Offside”. I am going to do a wide variety of things on this blog. For one thing I am going to preview matches and give you a break down of what you expect to see happen in upcoming games. I will explain what are the keys to victory for Villarreal and how they can effectively shut down their opponents.
I will also be reviewing matches and giving players ratings for matches including but not limited to: League matches, Cup football,and as well as the all important UEFA Europa League.
The point of this blog is to make sure you never miss a beat when it comes to Villarreal FC and hopefully to tell you information you did not already know because let’s be honest, how fun is reading something if you have already heard it about a hundred times? This footballer is with this super model or this footballer was spotted at this night club. This blog will take you out of the stands and put you on the field as the 12th man on the pitch.
Spanish football is a game about momentum and tone. Very rarely do Spanish Primera matches end in 0-0 draws and that is what makes them so much fun to watch and analyze. At at time a tasty bid could be put home by the most unlikely of players from the most unlikely of football backgrounds. Right now, Villarreal, has two American-born footballers on their active roster (Jozy Altidore and Giuseppe Rossi). Though Rossi plays is an Italian International, he still maintains dual citizenship. Both of these strikers are expected to make significant contributions to the club during the 2010-2011 campaign.
The last thing I will primarily do is during the looming transfer-windows months, I will give you some ideas of players who could be brought to the Madrigal; as well as players who might be on the way out of the club.
Stay tuned and VAMOS SUBMARINO AMARILLO!
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We lose to Arsenal at home.
But we can tie the best team in the world. At their home..
Don’t ever change La Liga. Or better yet, Villarreal.
We’ve dropped all the way down to 6th place. Taking on Real Madrid up next.
I’m not gonna lie. The end of the season doesn’t look to bright for us. I just want Barca to win this title. I would hate another R.Madrid winning season.
I want Villarreal to qualify for at least the Champions League now, but maybe that is even asking too much..Europa maybe?
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Should of been a W-W-W IMO. That Rossi penalty miss against Valladolid could of changed things around. That being said, we would of been in…third place if that happened. It looks like once again the race for 3rd, 4th and 5th is on the urge.
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Not that it never wasn’t before. It just seemed like Atletico and us were taking a little vacation before hand. Sevilla had just gone through “hell weeks” which composed of Valencia, Real Madrid, And Barcelona. Not usually a good time for any team that plays all three in a row. This does give us a slight advantage to push on some point and put some pressure on 3rd and 4th place teams. We’ve done that successfully. Gaining 7/9 points isn’t that bad, especially with all the bad luck that we’ve been having.
Senna should be back in ~2 weeks from Saturday. It looks like a case of the hamstrings have been going around lately and Senna is its latest victim. Oddly enough we seem to be pulling another Liverpool. Winning matches without our Captain/Midfielder.
I’m not going to spend much time on this game, mainly because it was such an odd way of scoring both our goals. Hell even the Recreativo goal was odd. It seemed like a bunch of chickens running around with their heads cut off. Nice job defense, but to be fair Javier Camuñas made a pretty sick flick.
Man look at that flick by Cani. I swear he is slowly becoming my new favorite Villarreal player. Such a skill and pace. That flick was all class and at that crazy angle too. Great game by Villarreal. 
Getafe.
What lousy keeping. I’m surprised we couldn’t sink the ball in the back of the net right away. Llorente’s goal was perfect. What a through ball to the back of the net. This is beautiful football. I love it.
So where does that lead us?
Sat. 2 16:00 ET Villarreal v Sevilla FC El Madrigal Spanish Primera División
Sun. 10 11:00 ET Barcelona v Villarreal Estadio Camp Nou Spanish Primera División
Sun. 17 11:00 ET Villarreal v Real Madrid Estadio El Madrigal Spanish Primera División
Sun. 24 11:00 ET Villarreal v Valencia Estadio El Madrigal Spanish Primera División
Sun. 31 11:00 ET Mallorca v Villarreal Estadio Son Moix Spanish Primera División
This is going to be one hell of a month…
Vamos Villarreal!!!
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Sometimes pictures do better then words ever will. I think this is one of those occasions.
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We will be back next year. I’m not giving up on these guys.
Vamos Villarreal!
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Obviously Jose was never in our position.
I can say this much. If we play like how we’ve been playing in La Liga we are absolutely fucked. Losing the last game at home was inexcusable.
Villarreal Málaga
Shots (on Goal) 20(6) 8(2)
I always thought stats don’t say everything about the game, and that shows as proof right here. You figure with 6 shots on goal with a caliber like Villarreal we’d score. Nope. We got robbed with awful set plays and too many close calls. That doesn’t win a match and the Villarreral squad has to recognize that. Hell not even the team, Pellegrini has to realize that. I think all of us were a bit cocky (or maybe it was just me and Pellegrini) going into the 2nd half of La Liga and the Champions League. Well, now its coming back to bite us.
Valencia won their game last weekend and are above us in the Champions League qualifiers. Perfect. If that isn’t motivation then I don’t know what is. We have to show EVERYONE that we belong at the Champions League. If we keep on playing the way we are then we’re going to be nothing but flukes. I for one will not stand for that shit. Seeing this club play on their prime is amazing and some beautiful football is made.
Granted our luck always ends up sucking. With injuries and inconsistency we end up looking like a mid table team like Espanyol. Er, last year Espanyol.
Injuries and all of that lovely stuff
Senna, Cazorla are both out for tomorrow. Cani and Fernandez are back though, and hopefully will bring a positive vibe to the team on the pitch.
As for Arsenal. Almunia, Djourou and Gallas are all out for injury. Not good for either of the sides.
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Main difference though. Wenger has been pressing the boys about winning and how important this is for them. Now I don’t know if this means that Wenger has been taking it easy on us, but we can’t afford to play mind games here. Nice and simple, press, defend, score, defend.
Today’s match would of been completely different for Pool and Chelsea if defense was up. 4-4? Yeah, it was an amazing game (I screamed acouple of times for the goals), but that just shows weakness in the line of defense for the squad. Liverpool’s keeper og was just sad as much as I love the Spainard.
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Emirates Stadium. Are we ready? I sure as hell hope so. I’m praying for you guys.
Vamos Villarreal!
(PS: Believe me. I’m just as disappointed with Villarreal. However, we can’t give up. Theres a reason we’re in the Champions League..)
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Just kidding guys. I hope you enjoyed that April Fools prank. I know the rickroll is a bit overdone, but I figured bringing back the fad would do this site some justice (and some lols). I won’t be able to write a result post after this weekends game against Almeria due to me being dragged to the Kalahari waterpark. Ugh I really DON’T want to go to the worlds largest indoor water park and relax. Not fair. I want my football! Hah, enough of that rubbish, more football.
La Liga
We’ll be taking on 15th place holders Almeria on Saturday. We beat them at home 2-1 last year and did it in a un-smooth Villarreal way. Of course we’re at our prime in the league right now. At least I think so. The fitness and state the club is currently in brings nothing but confidence my way. I say a 1-2 game again with us being the victors.
Sevilla is playing 17th place Recreativo Huelva. Lets hope someone slips up and causes them to lose 1-0. Probably won’t happen but one can hope. With Atleticos last lost we are a good 5 points ahead of them securing a Champions League qualifier spot. If Sevilla loses this match we’ll only be a game behind. So 3rd place is by all means not out of the question. 
Champions League
Well after some looking around, I guess it wasn’t an April fools joke. Cesc is back on the squad and is ready to play again. Great. Arsenal has been playing ok since his injury, but this only gives Arsene more firepower on his side. With him and the new Russian player they have all the firepower they need. Of course we can’t forget about Van Persie, Vela and Nasri. After looking at all of these factor it really makes me scratch my head in how Arsenal isn’t in 2nd or 3rd place. Anyways, maybe all this Cesc to Barcelona talk will distract them. Also he hasn’t even played with the “new” Arsenal yet. We’ll see how he adapts this weekend when they play Manchester City.
Well I’m off to go pack and get mah flippy floppys in the bag. I would post “I’m On A Boat” video but I feel like I already am on the edge with my writing privileges when I posted that Rickroll.
Vamos Villarreal!
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Arsenal/Gunner Apology
First off let me apologize for my whole “voyeur” comment. It strictly was meant for a bit of laughing from the reference from IOSS/Special1TV. So Anon I’m sorry if I offended your club, same goes to all you Gunners. More on drawing Arsenal for the Champions League in a bit. First some great news from La Liga as Villarreal takes the win 2-0 against Athletic Bilbao.
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Mati can fly!
The overall performance of this game was the model on how we have to play. If anyone saw this game I’m sure they’d agree. It wasn’t to the point where we were going all out to score a goal, or so lazy to where the opponent had chances like none other. Villarreal played in a smooth team like formation. Everyone had their roles and executed it perfectly. It was more slow forwarded, but we kept possession and the upper hand.
First Half
Nihat and Rossi make such a great pair. I love seeing them play together. They’re the Torres/Villa of Villarreal. A few minutes after kickoff Nihat had his first shot at goal. Sadly he didn’t have enough power or move on the ball to finish. Great attempt though. Throughout the rest of the first half resulted in one of the sides end field. We defended any chances Bilbao had against us and did our job fine. Couldn’t finish, but I’m sure they were happy not conceding any goals. Especially after facing Atletico and being scored on like nothing.
Second Half
Magic. I love me some football magic. First off the mess up that our Captain made when he was trying (???) to clear the ball out of our backside. Also, the Rossi run in the start of the second half resulted to a great pass to Cazorla. Very simply footie from there on out. A shot on the right side of the goal and it goes in. 1-0 Villarreal. It must of been a bad day for players, or a day of red cards. Susaeta gets sent off for a rough play and ends up putting Bilbao in defense mode. Fernandez’s run down the middle of the box was no match for the defense and the keeper. Great foot work and excellent goal. 2-0.
Highlights
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Final Stats:
Villarreal 2-0 Athletic Bilbao
Cazorla 68
Matias Fernandez 91Shots (on Goal) 16(7) 15(5)
Fouls 21 21
Corner Kicks 6 5
Offsides 4 2
Time of Possession 62% 38%
Yellow Cards 4 1
Red Cards 0 1
Saves 5 5Villarreal: Diego Lopez – Angel, Godin, Fuentes, Capdevila – Senna, Cani, Cazorla, Ibagaza (Fernandez 82) – Nihat (Llorente 65), Rossi (Bruno 88)
Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz – Iraola, Ocio, Amorebieta, Koikili – Javi Martinez, Orbaiz (Ion Velez 86), Susaeta, Gabilondo – Toquero (Garmnendia 56), Llorente
Yellow Cards: Capdevila 6, Ibagaza 21, Susaeta 33, Eguren 60, Amorebieta 74, Senna 79
Red Cards: Susaeta 78
La Liga
So that leaves us at our Champions League qualifier spot in La Liga. Mmmm. Sevilla tore it up today and kept their fancy 6 point lead. Atletico still has yet to play, so the gap between us and them is still undetermined. Lets just hope they…tie. That’s good sportsmanship. Right? Yeah I think so. Somewhere in one of the Champions League discussion things on the side on ESPNsoccernet.com (You know, that really annoying automatic video that plays when you visit the site) started saying how Villarreal doesn’t care about La Liga anymore. That its all about Champions League football. I found that to be a bit…rubbish. We were and still are in a good position in the table. Sure Sevilla is up two games point wise but its not over. We still have a chance to secure a CL spot and that is quite important to us. 4th is not enough for how much we worked for this year. I would love to be all hopeful and say we COULD win the league, but that would require Barca and Madrid to have a losing streak……it can happen…damnit stop daydreaming. Anyways, yes, the Champions League is important to us, mainly because of how well were doing, but by all means does that mean that La Liga is 2nd class to us.
Champions Leauge
Champions League quarter final is coming up guys. Its a big one for a lot of us. If many of you didn’t know, we faced Arsenal in the 2006 Quarter Finals and lost due to penalties. Not my idea of going out in a bang. Its time to show them that were a better team from before (and less Forlanless). Pires is especially excited for this match up being a former Gunner. He says:
“Cleary it’s going to be a special game. It makes me very happy to return there and nowadays, as a Villarreal player, I want to win so I can continue in the competition with my team.”
“It’s going to be a very difficult game. I have no feelings of revenge for that semi-final, right now the only thing going through my head is to knock them out because I’m at Villarreal,”
Special game, I can agree to that. I’m excited for this clash . Goal scorer Cazorla also had some things to say about this matchup with Arsenal from a minor interview from the Villarreal website.
“We’ve shown our true level”
“We had to change, especially the bad image we had in the Vicente Calderón against Atlético. With this important victory, we have shown our true level and won three very important points to follow in the ranking”Quite so. It should be epic and a great game to watch for all. We take the Gunners on the 7th of April. Bonus picture of Pires in a Arsenal shirt!
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Vamos Villarreal!!
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