Yeremy Pino lifts Villarreal to 5th in Spain with 1-0 win over Espanyol

Yeremy Pino lifts Villarreal to 5th in Spain with 1-0 win over Espanyol

Yeremy Pino's second-half strike was enough for Villarreal to beat Espanyol 1-0 in a Spanish league game rescheduled from March because of bad weather.

The reaction of Villarreal in the second part, with a much more offensive football, much more cheerful thanks to Pepé's boots, allowed him to knock down a Espanyol with good football and a lot of criteria. Yeremi's both found no answer in Manolo González's painting, which lost his first match after five undefeated days. A defeat that allows Marcelino's team to unblock the Betis from the fifth square, which this season is from Champions.

Back at the top of his art, Nicolas Pépé was one of the great artisans of Villarreal's victory against Barcelona's Espanyol (1-0), this weekend in Liga. The Ivorian international has delivered the decisive pass on the only goal of the encounter, thus confirming his return in great shape after a period marked by an injury. Aligned with entering the right flank, Pépé delivered an impressive performance. Percussive, precise and committed, he made l…

After a balanced first time, the group of Marcelino García took advantage of an explosive start of the second period to open the scoreboard, but failed to close the match and the Espanyol, improved with the changes and held by the stops of Joan García, had options to add until the last moment.The beginning of the match confirmed the dynamics of both teams.The Villarreal failed to find his usual game and barely had the capacity to surprise before…

A goal of Yeremy Pino in the first minutes of the second half has allowed Villarreal to achieve a successful victory, in a postponed match of the 26th day, which returns him to the fifth place before the Espanyol, which sees his good dynamics slowed down in the last few weeks.

Villarreal Beat Espanyol to Strengthen Champions League Push

Villarreal climbed into fifth place in La Liga on Sunday with a narrow 1-0 victory over Espanyol, significantly enhancing their chances of securing Champions League football next season. Yeremy Pino netted the only goal of the match early in the second half, putting Villarreal one point ahead of Real Betis in the standings. The win was particularly valuable given that the top five teams in Spain this season will qualify for Europe’s premier comp…