JAKARTA - Villarreal destroyed their guests Real Sociedad with a 3-1 victory, in a Spanish League match at the Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal, Saturday.
The victory for the team nicknamed The Yellow Submarine, as reported by Antara, brought them up to third place in the standings with 58 points, overtaking Atletico Madrid who dropped to fourth place. Meanwhile, Sociedad's 11th defeat in the league this season kept them in seventh place with 38 points.
The home team dominated from the start of the match and was able to lock in the victory through three goals in the first half.
Villarreal opened the scoring in the seventh minute, through a header from Gerard Moreno who took advantage of a ball from Santi Comesana in a corner kick situation.
The hosts then doubled their lead in the 15th minute after Georges Mikautadze scored the second goal from a chaotic situation at the mouth of the Real Sociedad goal.
Mikauradze almost scored his second goal in this match from a counterattack, but his shot was wide. Villarreal finally got their third goal in the 23rd minute through a shot from Nicolas Pepe who was deflected by a Real Sociedad player towards the corner of Alex Remiro's goal.
Behind by three goals, Sociedad tried to come back in the second half by making a player change.
Substitute Luka Sucic who replaced Jon Gorrotxategi immediately scored in the 47th minute to narrow the gap to 1-3.
However, until the end of the match, Sociedad's attempt to add a goal was unsuccessful after the Villarreal defense appeared disciplined under the direction of coach Marcelino Garcia Toral.
The line-up:
Villarreal: Luiz Junior, Santiago Mourino, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Nicolas Pepe, Santi Comesana, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze
Real Sociedad: Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Igor Zubeldia, Sergio Gomez, Ander Barrenetxea, Jon Gorrotxategi, Carlos Soler, Goncalo Guedes, Brais Mendez, Mikel Oyarzabal
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