From the Champions League to the Segunda…and back again? El Centrocampista takes a look at this season’s surprise package as newly-promoted Villarreal enjoy a return to the top-flight. May 18...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/02/villarreal-the-yellow-submarine-keeping-its-head-above-water/
Villarreal are next up in our look at the three teams promoted from the Segunda, as Calum Nolan asks whether ‘The Yellow Submarines” can stay afloat in Spains top division. Villarreal CF. A c...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/07/from-segunda-to-la-liga-villarreal/
It didn’t just go downhill for Villarreal last season, it ended with them actually falling headlong off the cliff. From a Champions League semi-final and a second place La Liga finish four year...
It was all looking up for Giuseppe Rossi just twelve months ago. Hot property on the transfer market with both Barcelona and Juventus interested, he was also a key part of Cesare Prandelli’s ne...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/07/what-next-for-giuseppe-rossi/
GETTY IMAGES Spanish football is in mourning today after receiving the sad new that newly-appointed Villarreal coach Manuel ‘Manolo’ Preciado has died in Valencia of a heart attack. Emerge...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/06/new-villarreal-coach-dies-of-heart-attack/
REUTERS As you all surely know by now, Villarreal’s 12-year stint in the Primera Division ended with a whimper, as the Yellow Submarine lost at home to Atleti while Rayo Vallecano scored a d...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/villarreal-prepare-for-life-outside-spains-top-flight/
AFP PHOTO/ JOSE JORDAN Given Villarreal’s astonishing penchant for conceding last-gasp goals this season, it was somehow appropriate that yet another injury-time smash and grab denied Miguel...
Villarreal picked up three crucial points at Gijon’s El Molinon on Tuesday and now stand on the brink of survival with two matches to go. Three consecutive 1-1 draws for the Yellow Submarine ha...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/villarreal-edge-closer-to-survival-after-season-to-forget/
Villarrealcf.es Contrasting Styles Although generally uninteresting from a tactical perspective, the game did showcase the two differing styles of football by both teams. Unsurprisingly, Villa...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/04/villarreal-1-1-osasuna-three-short-observations/
MalagaCF.com It’s been a roller-coaster ride for Villarreal fans this week as the yellow submarine went from the bad, a lacklustre 3-1 defeat at Betis, to the sublime of a 2-1 victory over h...
GETTY IMAGES Saturdays 3-1 loss at Real Betis was a very poor result for Villarreal who suffered their first defeat under new boss Miguel Ángel Lotina. The away side enjoyed considerably more ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/04/misfiring-submarino-sunk-by-buoyant-betis-tactical-analysis/
Since the start of this season the bottom five La Liga clubs as of this week had all changed their coach at least once (Villareal and Racing have done so twice). So how have the new men got on ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/04/five-new-la-liga-coaches-evaluated/
EFE Villarreal continue to strengthen its defence under Miguel Ángel Lotina, and a 0-0 draw with Espanyol meant the Submarine have now not conceded a goal for over two matches. Many people s...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/04/substance-over-style-as-villarreal-edge-closer-to-safety/
EFE The Yellow Submarine celebrated only its second away win of the season last Sunday with a 2-0 triumph at Rayo Vallecano. It wasn’t all beautiful, flowing football — in fact, very little...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/resurrection-man-lotina-drags-villarreal-back-to-life/
EFE RAYO VALLECANO 0-2 VILLARREAL: Tactical Analysis Villarreal built on their morale-boosting mid-week draw against Real Madrid to record an impressive 2-0 victory over Rayo Vallecano in the hos...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/villarreal-continue-to-rise-as-rayo-slump-again/
PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP Villarreal have always been known as a well-managed organisation, not given to hasty moves, so it was a shock when immediately after another loss, this one to Levante...
A few weeks ago it seemed Villarreal was turning the corner, but consecutive losses to Mallorca, Zaragoza and now Getafe have everyone asking again what is wrong with this club. And with a trip t...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/villarreal-in-crisis-after-getafe-loss/
EFE After four and a half months of waiting, Real Zaragoza’s long-suffering supporters finally got their second home win of the campaign yesterday afternoon, and only their fourth in 25 league ...
GETTY IMAGES Given how poor many of the early games have been on Sundays, it was a pleasure to see Villarreal and Athletic Club engage in a spirited 2-2 draw at El Madrigal. As an astute reader...
EFE Just as things were beginning to get comfortable around Vila-real and supporters were starting to dream of a return to Europe, Villarreal returned to earth—or at least the bottom places of ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/02/misery-for-molina-as-the-villarreal-revival-hits-the-rocks/
Getty Images It was a strange game at El Madrigal last weekend. It was always going to be difficult for the Submarine with both Bruno and Gonzalo suspended and Musacchio a late scratch through il...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/02/yellow-submarine-continues-to-rise-from-the-depths/
Getty Images Finally. It had only been 11 months since Villarreal last won away from home in the league (at San Mamés in March) but the duck was finally broken last weekend, but were Villarreal ...
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It was a strange week in Vila-real. Everyone was expecting Nilmar to be sold to Sao Paolo and Gio Dos Santos to arrive from Tottenham Hotspur to take his place, but—nothing happened. The next...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/02/villarreal-latest-news-3/
AFP Photos/Alberto Saiz On Monday night Villarreal faced fellow stragglers Sporting Gijón in a huge match at El Madrigal, and the Yellow Submarine came away with a comfortable 3-0 win. Sportin...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/01/villarreal-look-onwards-and-upwards/
Last week the mood in Vila-real was upbeat, but not after a horrible road defeat this weekend. Coach Molina seemed confident in the lead up to Villarreal’s match with Atletico Madrid in the Vic...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/01/another-game-another-disaster-for-the-yellow-submarine/
The José Molina coaching era got off to a good start on Sunday, nearly a dream start, if Valencia’s Aduriz hadn’t scored a late equalizer. Former coach Garrido could have filled out the Yell...
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