Villarreal returned to the path of victories, which deviated from it with two defeats in a row, by defeating its guest, Espanyol, 4-2, Thursday, in the thirty-first stage of the Spanish Football League.

The "Yellow Submarine" team took full advantage of Real Betis' 0-0 draw with Real Sociedad on Tuesday, to return strongly to the struggle for the final fourth place that qualifies for the Champions League.

Villarreal advanced to fifth place at the expense of Real Betis, by a point, while it was five points away from Sociedad, seven stages before the end of the season.

The fifteenth victory was not easy at all for Villarreal, as it faced a fierce opponent struggling to avoid relegation to the second division, and ended the first half, lagging behind with a goal in the final seconds through Javier Boadu (45).

The owner of the land returned strongly at the beginning of the second half, scoring two goals by Frenchman Etienne Capo (53) and Danny Parejo (63), but Espanyol equalized through Joselo (73), who raised his tally to 12 goals this season, before returning Senegalese Nicholas Jackson Villarreal to the fore. (80) Then Capo finally settled matters with his second personal goal in stoppage time (2 + 90).

With this defeat, Espanyol's balance froze at 28 points in the nineteenth place, four points behind the safety zone, to which Valencia climbed with 33 points, after its precious killer victory over its guest, Valladolid 2-1, thanks to a goal in the third minute of stoppage time for Javier Guerra, who entered as a substitute. In the 89th minute.