A golazo of the Argentinian Luciano Vietto, in the minute 84, and the intensity of the Villarreal have defeated to the Athletic of Madrid in Vicente Calderón, where the valid champion of League had not lost in the last 27 parties. The ones of Simeone, to seven points of the Madrid
Step backwards of the Madrilenian, that lose bellows with the FC Barcelona and especially with the leader, the Real Madrid. The meeting was marked by the absence of the members of the Athletic Front, that have the entrance forbidden to the stadium from the death of the ultra of the Sportive on 30 November. Good part of the fans did chants claiming his peaceful way to encourage to the team.
Goal cancelled to the venues
In the first-half, there was intensity and some occasion, but the spicy arrived to the second with controversy when the referee Pérez Montero cancelled a goal to the Croatian Mandzukic by presumptive fault on Mario Gaspar. A fault that did not remain at all clear.
The Athletic followed it testing, but had a lot of problems to elaborate occasions. In the meantime, the Villarreal went out in always dangerous contragolpes. Vietto Had a very clear option to open the marker and, shortly after, also Chérysev, that saved Moyà.
Warnings of the Villarreal
To six minutes of the end, the Villarreal did not fail. Big individual action of Vietto, that left velozmente of Godín, planted only in front of the Majorcan goalkeeper of the Athletic and marked.
From here to the end, local impotence with barren centres to the pot. The Athletic remained without the points, that flew to Villarreal of form deserved. The yellow reenganchan in the European zone of the table with 27 points.