The FC Barcelona went out dominating from the first minute in front of the Villarreal in Villarreal, marking the guideline of the game and controlling without problems the possession of the balloon in the aledaños of the area of the 'yellow submarine', unable to counter the fast combinations culés.
The Barça has improved a lot of things this season with Ernesto Valverde in the bench, and one of them is the concentration in the starts of party. The blaugrana went out enchufados from the beginning and, with Leo Messi and Denis Suárez like handles of the offensive game, trenzaron some played dangerous to which was missing them precision in the last pass.
In one of the intentonas to approach to the area of Asenjo, Jordi Alba bumped with Mario Gaspar and went to the floor, hurting of the shoulder with intensity and causing that it stopped the party during some seconds, when the referee interested by his state.
Fortunately, the one of L'Hospitalet could continue without problems although visibly sore, by what no descarta that after the party do him some type of proof to check that only it treats of a contusión.
Gerard Hammered, ready to advance to the Barça
The question is that, hardly some minutes after the hit of Jordi Alba, the FC Barcelona was about to to advance in the marker in front of the Villarreal. To the exit of a corner very very bounced by Rakitic, Gerard Hammered advanced to Semedo and finished of head point-blank.
The balloon crashed in the crosshead of the goal defended by Asenjo and went out repelled, turning into the best occasion of the FC Barcelona during the first minutes of meeting in the Stadium of the Ceramics. The Barça followed it trying along the first half hour, but the Villarreal adapted little by little to the Barcelona game and equalised the strengths on the lawn.