VILLARREAL | SPANISH | Yeremy Pino is a plane

EI Villarreal keeps the pulse in the race for the Champions to Betis, Atlético and Barcelona. And he does it with an iron fist. Against Espanyol he resolved the commitment on the fast track. In 45 minutes he had already turned Vicente Moreno’s menwith a worked pressure and the smell of goal from a gale called Yeremy Pino.

The international winger, who was somewhat overshadowed this year by Chukwueze, unlocked its full potential against a Spanish defense unable to contain him. It had been a long time since such a dazzling individual performance had been seen at La Cerámica. In fact, he is the first player in all yellow history, in the First Division (Toko Ekambi did it in the Cup), who scores four goals in one afternoon. AND he had almost half a game left over. but it wasn’t just the goals. the international he was a constant danger for Espanyolusing his driving skills and his speed to dismantle a defense that seemed to be made up of blue and white cones.

The goals show that in addition to a skilful and incisive winger, Yeremy also has the goal of the best forward. His four goals exemplify it. In the first he won the aerial battle to Cabrera with a prodigious jump, taking into account that the canary measures 18 centimeters less than the Uruguayan. In a second, moved like a mouse in the area to pick up a good dropshot from Capoue and cross away from Diego López’s field. In the third andsprinted to beat his defender, pick up a clearance from Diego López after a shot from Danjuma, and hit the net. And in the fourth, he received in depth, dribbled past Diego López with a subtle touch and scored an empty door.

Villarreal’s good work coincided with a evident apathy of a Espanyol that away from home is a shadow of what it is in Cornellà-El Prat. Loser in duels, with the wrong foot in the exit of the ball and a flan in set pieces. Villarreal scored three in the first half but could well have scored five. Already with Yeremy’s room, Espanyol changed its face somewhat although everything was already lost. At least Baré’s goal showed some bullfighter embarrassment. He was even able to score the second after a bad start by Rulli who managed to touch the ball with his hand outside the area. But on the next play, Boulayé Dia made the fifth. And Moi Gómez, twice, was able to do the sixth.