Match Report
| Villarreal CF | Villarreal CF |  |  | Elche CF | Elche CF | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leonardo Mendez | L. Mendez |  | 66 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 | | Ivan Herrero | I. Herrero | |||||||||
| Alejandro Nieto | A. Nieto | | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 66 |  | Rocco R. Marangon | R. Marangon | |||||||||
| Pablo Rodriguez | P. Rodriguez | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 | | Daniel Vega | D. Vega | |||||||||
| Mauricio Calvo | M. Calvo | | 58 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 | | Marcos Soler | M. Soler | |||||||||
| Marcos Fuentes | M. Fuentes | | 54 | D | | 5 | | D | 57 |  | Madjid Ziani | M. Ziani | |||||||||
| Fernando Santos | F. Santos | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 65 |  | Walter Robles | W. Robles | |||||||||
| Alejandro Farinos | A. Farinos | | 64 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Juan-Carlos Cortes | J. Cortes | |||||||||
| Miguel Kiko | M. Kiko | | 59 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 |  | Alex McNeill | A. McNeill | |||||||||
| Eduardo Lorenzo | E. Lorenzo | | 58 | M | | 9 | | M | 59 | | Luis Iglesias | L. Iglesias | |||||||||
| Gianluca Sesia | G. Sesia | | 66 | A | | 10 | | A | 72 | | Nicolas Zamora | N. Zamora | |||||||||
| Pedro Redondo | P. Redondo | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 72 | | Alberto Rubio | A. Rubio | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at El Madrigal where Villarreal CF play host to Elche CF. A crowd of 9,026 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Villarreal CF and Elche CF are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Villarreal CF and Elche CF are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Villarreal CF get the match underway!
6.40
1-0Marcos Fuentes makes a simple pass to Miguel Kiko. Miguel Kiko controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia whips in a cross ball towards Pedro Redondo. Pedro Redondo flicks the ball with his head. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
18.55
1-0Alejandro Nieto kicks a strong pass forward to Miguel Kiko. Miguel Kiko threads the ball through to Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Ivan Herrero easily smothers it!
32.51
1-0Alex McNeill deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alberto Rubio. Alberto Rubio knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
33.23
Alejandro Farinos flicks the ball to his team mate, Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ivan Herrero who gathers it comfortably.
38.06
Alejandro Farinos brings the ball forward. Alejandro Farinos finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
39.52
Alejandro Farinos passes the ball forward to Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia plays a perfect one-two with Pedro Redondo and rushes in on goal... Gianluca Sesia takes a shot at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
42.53
2-0Alejandro Farinos barges into Alex McNeill. Alejandro Farinos is warned by the referee! Alex McNeill hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Elche CF get the second half underway!
49.41
2-0Daniel Vega decides to run forward with the ball. Daniel Vega knocks the ball forward to Nicolas Zamora. Nicolas Zamora shoots from 25 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
55.03
Alex McNeill threads the ball through to Alberto Rubio. Alberto Rubio lofts in a cross ball towards Nicolas Zamora. Nicolas Zamora powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Leonardo Mendez!
57.08
Alejandro Farinos knocks the ball forward to Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia plays a perfect one-two with Pedro Redondo and rushes in on goal... Gianluca Sesia rockets a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
59.48
Luis Iglesias makes a beautiful solo run. Luis Iglesias goes all the way! Luis Iglesias cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
60.10
Juan-Carlos Cortes flicks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Rubio. Alberto Rubio knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leonardo Mendez who gathers it comfortably.
61.21
Pablo Rodriguez knocks the ball to his team mate, Alejandro Farinos. Alejandro Farinos makes a simple pass to Pedro Redondo. Pedro Redondo shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
66.28
Mauricio Calvo knocks the ball to his team mate, Miguel Kiko. Miguel Kiko makes a simple pass to Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Pedro Redondo. Pedro Redondo rockets a shot on goal. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
67.08
Alex McNeill flicks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Rubio. Alberto Rubio controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but somehow Leonardo Mendez manages to keep it out.
71.24
Daniel Vega flicks the ball to his team mate, Alex McNeill. Alex McNeill makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nicolas Zamora. Nicolas Zamora knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leonardo Mendez who gathers it comfortably.
72.25
2-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
75.09
Fernando Santos chips the ball to his team mate, Gianluca Sesia. Gianluca Sesia tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
81.17
2-0Luis Iglesias threads the ball through to Alberto Rubio. Alberto Rubio makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nicolas Zamora but he's offside!
89.54
Mauricio Calvo passes the ball forward to Miguel Kiko. Miguel Kiko kicks a strong pass forward to Pedro Redondo. Pedro Redondo controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
5
2
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
1
2
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.5%
39.5%
Play Area
27.9%
48.8%
23.3%
Scorers