"Marcelino Garcia Toral came bounding down the steps like an excited schoolboy when the bell goes. He flew past the substitutes and staff, skidded left, and sprinted up the line all wide-eyed and excited, shaking his fists and beaming. He had gone 15 or 20 metres, maybe 25 when he realised just a fraction later than everyone else that something had gone wrong again."
"They had been playing 16 minutes and the goal Villarreal had scored, the goal Jules Kounde scored for them, wasn't a goal at all. Just as the chance they made after 80 seconds wasn't, Nicolas Pepe putting wide from a yard out. Just as Ayoze Perez's opportunity on six minutes wasn't a goal, Tajon Buchanan's effort on 13 wasn't, and Raphinha's on nine minutes was."
Marcelino Garcia Toral enthusiastically celebrated what he thought was a Villarreal goal but realized moments later that something had gone wrong. Villarreal created several clear chances that were not converted, including Nicolas Pepe, Ayoze Perez and Tajon Buchanan. Jules Kounde's apparent 16th-minute goal was ruled out. Raphinha scored early for Barcelona from nine minutes, and Barcelona eventually won 2-0. Renato Veiga received a red card for a challenge on Lamine Yamal, leaving Villarreal with ten men. Multiple subsequent Villarreal attacks repeatedly missed narrowly, with shots bouncing off players and the posts, leaving Marcelino frustrated.
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