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Dani Parejo’s goal midway through the second half gave Villarreal a narrow 1-0 win at home to Celta Vigo in Spanish La Liga to strengthen his side’s chances of playing in Europe next season.
An entertaining match that could have gone either way was decided by the midfielder’s finish after an excellent backheel assist from midfielder Manu Trigueros.
Dani Gomez saved a point for Levante with an 80th minute equalizer at home to Espanyol. Gomez had only been on the pitch for two minutes before cancelling out Javi Puado’s 50th minute opener for Espanyol, although the point does little to ease Levante’s position at the bottom of the table.
Levante were furious after what looked like a good 89th minute appeal for a penalty was turned down.
Fidel Chaves’ 11th minute goal and a series of excellent saves from Edgar Badia gave Elche three points in their battle to avoid relegation at the expense of Granada, whose new coach Ruben Torecilla suffered a defeat after succeeding the sacked Robert Moreno in the dugout.
