Dec 22, 2025
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Alberola Rojas ejected Renato Veiga for a tough fight with Lamine Yamala.Very exaggerated red because the entrance was not high even with heels in front
Villarreal 0-2 Barcelona
The referee and Joan Garcia hide the bad Barca
League |17th day
Alberola Rojas pushed out Renato Veiga for a rough fight against Lamine Yamal.Very exaggerated red because the entrance was not high, even with the heels in front
Pique was restrained as he approached the referee, shouting at him, "How easy is it to whistle a baby?"
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This was an important game for Barça, a confirmation of the good feelings - or at least the best ones - of the last few games, because Marcelino's teams are a bad deal for the type of football that Flick plays.They don't make mistakes, they don't leave spaces,... they are quick on the counterattacks.Villarreal entered the game as the team with the fewest goals in the championship, although it is true that with another not so flattering statistic: only 25% of their shots usually go on target.The La Ceramica stadium is beautiful, it shows that they are rich in the region.Cloudy afternoon, between blue and gray, in a mild winter in a warm country.Eric Garcia still wears a mask.Juan Garcia is back in goal for Barça.
Villarreal 0-2 Barcelona
La Liga match 17
- Villarreal: Luiz Junior; Navarro, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, S. Cardona; Buchanan, Comesaña, Parejo (Carlos Maciá, minutes to 75), Moleiro; Pépé (Oluwaseyi, minutes to 75), Ayoze (Mikautadze, minutes to 65).
- Barcelona: John Garcia;Kunde (March Casado, Eric Garcia minutes (Marc Bernal, minimum 66), Jong, Rafinha, Ferran (Lewandowski, 62 minutes).
- Goals: 0-1, min.12: Raphinha (lch).0-2, min.63: Laimín Yamal.
- Referee: Alberola Rojas (Castile-La Mancha school).Warned De Jong (min 59) and Buchanan (min 73).Renato Veiga was sent off (min. 38).
And the script began to play out according to that trend: quick against Villarreal, squandered by the lack of a goal.As for Barca, and although it is one of Flick's favourites, it must be made clear: De Jong's transitions are too slow, but not because he doesn't run, but because he has to think long.More local control than from outside, more yellow intensity, less focus on Barca.Ayoze was slow and once again without goals in his shots and when he was half right it was Juan Garcia.There was the impression that when Villarreal tired and the game stabilized, Barca would have their best moments and Marcelino would regret not being more effective earlier.And it didn't even need an improvement in the game, because it all ended with a clean penalty on Rafinha, which he converted himself and put his team ahead.
Organization flexibility to Rafinha LALLIGAenDAZN ⚽com/Nxz6OX39P.
— Dazn Spain (@dazn_es) 21 December,
Villarreal did not give up and they continued to compete but everything else failed. Winning the ball back did him no good as his forwards failed to finish between the three posts at times. Too much wear is useless;Barcelona narrowly won.Raphinha was a brilliant inspiration and hit the crossbar.Villarreal needed a goal from Kounde for their goal, but the game was ruled out for offside.Neither Barcelona nor Villarreal added anything, but the goal of this sport is to score goals.
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Sergi Font and Ricard López had a bad first half for Barça, Flick was frustrated by too many lost balls, no defensive control, no elegance in attack except for some flashes from Rafinha, but Villarreal could not realize their superiority and clearly let their opponents.Balde player for Barça No, but Joan Garcia is the best goalkeeper we have seen in a long time.Alberola Rojas - terrible all afternoon - sent off Renato Vega with a straight red card for a hard tackle on Lamine Yamal.Very red because the entry with the heel before was not even high.The refereeing error was not corrected by VAR and clearly decided the fate of the fight.Barca best, the result;Bad, everything else.The worst thing about Villarreal is its inability to score and the best thing is its clear superiority.
Red card for RNATO VEIGA 🟥
— Dazn Spain (@dazn_es) Hakihea 21.
Alberola Rojas sends him into this fight against Lamine Yamal #LALIGAenDAZN ⚽ pic.twitter.com/9P8YxI1ktS
The second half started a little like the first.Barca was not only weak in defense, but also in attack which was not very successful.They didn't have as many chances as the opponent, so they didn't feel like they were missing everything, but success didn't come.Lamin appeared only with his usual resource, which is in the middle and outside.An important resource, very good, but not enough if you are the star of the team and at an incredible price.The superiority of numbers did not translate into dominance in the game, and this was Villarreal's characteristic no less than Barca's shortcomings.Fermin, weaker than usual.Flick pulled Lewandowski and Rashford to stop flirting and score.Those who were sacrificed were Fern - nothing - and Fermin.But the one who scored the second one was believed after the absurd riots in the area.Finish on time.Bernal replaced Eric.
Joan Garcia made one of the saves of his life, responding to Rafa Marin's close-range shot in stratospheric fashion.Then, because he served too quickly, he lost the ball and took a penalty that was clearly not given by the referee or VAR.That's normal when you play against big teams, but it would be unfair to deny that the referee and VAR clearly disadvantaged the locals.
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