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MundoDeportivo.com
The peace between José Bordalás and Marcelino García Toraltwo technicians with old quarrels of the past, the Getafe and the Villarreal will transfer the war to the grass, where both teams will fight to maintain their options to play next season in Europe.
The bad relationship of Bordalás and Marcelino is already part of the story. He reached its high point in that quarterfinal qualifier of the Copa del Rey that played in 2019 Getafe and Valencia, then led by the Asturian coach. Sparks jumped and later courses came to retire the greeting.
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That ended, the greetings returned and La Paz was gradually installed between both professionals, who even fell mutually, as Bordalás did on the eve of the clash: “He is a great coach,” said De Marcelino.
The Villarreal coach answered that of Getafe with good words: “As we are intelligent people, we have the maximum respect for each other. We will greet ourselves correctly from appreciation and respect, wishing each other the best to each other.”
Now, the fight will move to the pitch and Getafe has a good opportunity to get into the fight to walk its name next season along the continent. Bordalás does not want to hear about that goal. He just wants to close the permanence, nine points away after his last two victories against Atlético de Madrid (2-1) and Osasuna (1-2).
The reality is that Getafe, in 2025, has risen. It has gone from flirting with the descent from almost the beginning of the course to the last 2024 game, to dream of Europe. It is eleventh and although eight points from the sixth place separate him, the possibility that UEFA increases the number of Spanish teams participating in a continental competition next year, invites Getafe to dream.
The Villarreal will be a very complicated scroll for a team that will not be able to count, except surprise, with one of its players more in shape: Ramón Terrats. The midfielder assigned by the Castellón team until June has a clause that prevents him from playing against Villarreal unless Getafe pays an economic amount that seems not willing to pay.
His hole in the right area of the center of the field will be occupied or Allan Nyom or Juan Iglesias, who will bend side with Djené. And Bordalás will also have to replace Christantus Uche, absent by sanction. The corpulence of Álvaro Rodríguez will give Uruguayan a chance, more similar to Uche than Juanmi and Mayoral, who will play the other place in the front.
The rest of the template is available for Bordalás, which probably bet on an eleven very similar to the one that defeated Osasuna last day of the league.
On the other side, Villarreal arrives in Getafe at a key moment of the season, since the Castellón team must defend its European square and, in addition, leave the poor run of results in which they are immersed.
In the last month, Marcelino’s team has lost nine points of advantage over his pursuers, although he still has a postponed pending match. After two consecutive defeats, a new stumbling block in Getafe would be the worst run of the course.
With Betis, stepping on his heels -with the pampering of Peros points with one less match for the Castellonenses -Villarreal must add in this visit Getafe and try to meet again with the good results.
To face the meeting, Marcelino recovers his internationals, although Pape Gueye and Nicolás Pepe have returned headdresses. The first is discarded by its ankle problems, while the second will be doubtful until hours before the game.
On the other hand, the Castellón team recovers the soccer players Kiko Femenía and Gerard Moreno, who return behind the physical problems that have prevented them from playing recent weeks.
– Probable alignments:
Getafe: Soria; Djené, Alderete, Duarte, Diego Rico; Nyom or Juan Iglesias, Milla, Arambarri, Coba or Bernat; Álvaro and Borja Mayoral or Juanmi.
Villarreal: Diego Conde, Juan Foyth, Logan Costa, Willy Kambwala, Sergi Cardona; Parejo, Santi Comesaña, Buchanan, Álex Baena; Ayoze Pérez and Thinher Barry.
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos (Committee Castilla-La Mancha).
Stadium: Coliseum.
Time: 14:00
