ANDhe Villarreal has suffered another pre-season loss after losing 3-0 to Sporting de Portugal in the presentation match of the Lisboners before their fans.
The Portuguese team has been much superior in the overall match, although those from Quique Setin They have had some moments of lucidity in the first part, in which they have wasted two resounding chances to get ahead on the scoreboard.
Both options featured gerardthat I did not succeed in two heads-up with Adam. In the first he ran into the Madrid goal and in the second with the crossbar.
In that phase of the match, the yellows exploited the counterattack better than the game of possession against an opponent who put good pressure on the ball from Villarreal.
Sporting also had their chances in a first half that, within equality, saw more local presence than visitors in the opposite area. Jorgensen He avoided, with two good interventions, the first Portuguese goal. But he could not do anything in the personal action of Edwardswho ended up scoring on the edge of the break after leaving three Villarreal players.
The second half was a monologue from the Lisbon team, which scored through Pedro Gonalves and Paulinhobut who was able to score several more goals against a very unbalanced team, which was also overwhelmed by a greater intensity from the locals.
Only at the end, with the game already settled, did the yellows have a little more possession of the ball and had a chance in a header from gabby that for the local meta.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Sporting CP: Adn, Esgaio, Coates, Inacio, Quaresma, Reis, Morita, Pedro Gonalves, Edwards, Trincao and Gyokeres. Paulinho, Catamo, Israel, Bragana, Diomane, Cabral and Neto also played.
Coach: Ruben Amorim
Villarreal CF: Jorgensen, Alti, Mandi, Cuenca, Alberto Moreno, Parejo, Comesaa, Terrats, Morales, Gerard and Sorloth. Gabbia, Denis Surez, Capoue, Ben Brereton, Reina, Trigueros, Abraham, Baena, Tasende and Víctor Moreno also played.
Coach: Quique Setín
Goals: 1-0: Edwards (min. 44); 2-0: Pedro Gonalves (min. 71); 3-0: Paulinho (min. 74).
referee: Halim Shirzad. He showed a yellow card to Reis (Sporting) and to Parejo, Cuenca and Gabbia (Villarreal).
Stadium: José Alvalade (Lisbon).
