Nightmare in Valdebebas

Villarreal trembles every time he looks back and remembers his only official visit to Alfredo Di Stéfano. The Submarine knows what it is like to really shipwreck in a stadium that tonight will remind you of an old nightmare. In the 2012-13 season, with Villarreal in the Second Division, Castilla destroyed the Castellón team and embittered the premiere of Marcelino García Toral on the bench. The Asturian debuted after relieving Julio Velázquez. He was recruited to try a promotion that escaped Villarreal.

But the first contact could not be worse. Castilla, with players like Jesé, Morata or Cheryshev, passed over Marcelino and his team, which underwent a revolution to change the negative trend. Days later, the Asturian straightened the course and ascended to First. But his first yellow experience was an important blur and left his men very touched.

It was on the 22nd day when Castilla received Villarreal in Valdebebas. The white subsidiary was led by Cheryshev. The Russian was a devil on the left wing and participated in almost all of Castilla's goals. Before the break, the team trained by Toril already dominated 2-0 thanks to goals from Álvaro Morata and Borja García. The real nightmare for Marcelino's team took place between the 73rd and 78th minute. In that small interval of time Mosquera, Jesé and Cheryshev rounded off the little white hand. Villarreal, aside from delaying today the white wing, will try to forget that January 19. A black day at Di Stéfano …