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Greetings groguets! It's bittersweet, admittedly, but I wanted to start off by mentioning our former player Borja Valero, who scored yesterday in Fiorentina's 3-1 win at AC Milan. If you'd like to read a report on the game and see how Gonzalo Rodriguez is doing, go here:
http://www.violanation.com/2012/11/11/3630934/milan-1-3-fiorentina-makin-it
and Borja's goal is here:
Gol de Borja Valero en la conquista de San Siro - LAOTRALIGA.NET
Now, to Villarreal. Jose Luis Lizarraga analyzed yesterday's match and puts his finger on the problem--not enoug scoring. When Senna leads your team with four goals, all from set pieces (three penalties and a free kick) it's not hard to figure out where the problem lies.
La falta de gol castiga a un muy buen Villarreal - Deportes - El Periódico Mediterraneo
He does, rightly so, praise the efforts of Villarreal overall, but when you don't finish opportunities, it's easy for a bad bounce, or in this case, a golazo, to cost you points. The game writeup makes some of the same comments:
Sin pegada y firmeza es imposible - Deportes - El Periódico Mediterraneo
Some nice photos from the match are here.
It was a weekend of draws for our top three teams, with Villarreal B drawing 0-0 at Huracan Valencia and Villarreal C drawing 1-1 with Castellon. A report on the latter match:
Finally, it seems like a good time to report on yellow card accumulation, as we have a few players getting close to a one-game ban for their fifth card. According to Soccerway:
5 Mellberg (ban already served)
4 Cani, Jaume Costa
3 Hernan Perez, Toribio, Senna, Musacchio, Joan Oriol, Manu Trigueros
2 Mario Gaspar, Walter Pandiani
1 Javi Venta, Moi, Bruno, Lejeune
Let's hope all those players with three spread their next two cards out a bit!
We will have another podcast up soon, but use this thread to comment on happenings during the week. ENDAVANT VILLARREAL!!!