The subsidiary is good at playing at La Cerámica
Del Moral 29′
Villarreal B get a prestigious victory to move eleven points away from relegation with victory in their second consecutive home win. Alavés did not generate much until the final minutes.
Villarreal knew how to settle better in the game and be more dominating the ball to get their chances. However, the visiting team had a very strong start with occasions like that of Rioja with just fifteen seconds. Also taking advantage of several ball out errors from the subsidiary that ended up being blocked for the yellow defense. However, the grogueta quarry reacted as the minutes passed and almost with their first shot on goal, the goal came. A diagonal from Carlo to Carreira ended in a ball rained into the area that Alavés did not know how to clear forcefully. Del Moral’s arrival from the front served to score the first goal, with some luck when he touched a babazorro defender. Alavés tried to react, but the second goal was closer with a great shot from Sergio Lozano that grazed Sivera’s side of the net on the brink of half-time.
The second period began with the substitutions of García Plaza, bringing in Alkain and Villalibre to try to react. Villarreal B knew how to maintain the type in the attacks of Alavés and in their strong pressure in the first minutes of the restart. The subsidiary won ground in the game against an Alavés that was dissipating. Álvarez’s men brushed against several goals. In the first, a great filtered pass from Lozano to Millán ended in a red card for Tenaglia. After a VAR review, the Villarreal forward was overtaking at the start of the play. The submarine defended itself well and had up to two counterattacks that Millán did not materialize.
Alavés risked it in the final minutes and the closest approach came with a save from Iker Álvarez to a shot from Tenaglia that he saved under the sticks in an unprecedented reaction of reflexes. The play was annulled due to offside, but if it was a goal, it was both legal. Villareal B knew how to stay in the final minutes with a line of three and a clean sheet to celebrate the victory at home.
