U-Álex Baena ufumene ukugxothwa okuphikisanayo emva kokufaka amanqaku eVillarreal-Almería. Iphiko leqela elityheli liphakamise ihempe yalo ukubonisa umyalezo wombulelo kuJosé Manuel Llaneza, umlawuli wembali weqela le-'groguet' osweleke ngoLwesine odlulileyo emva kweenyanga zokulwa nesifo. U-Baena waphakamisa ihempe wayithwala emva kwentloko yakhe, into evunyelwa yimimiselo ngekhadi elityheli. Ukusuka eBurgos Bengoetxea, usompempe womdlalo, akazange athathwe yimvakalelo yelo xesha kwaye wabonisa umdlali ikhadi eliphuzi ngokungakholelwa kuyo yonke iLa Cerámica Stadium.
Kwimizuzu nje emithandathu ngaphambi koko, u-Baena wabona ikhadi elimthubi lokuqala lokuqubisana noLeo Baptistao, apho umbhiyozo wamlahlekisela ukugxothwa kwakhe kumdlalo.
UPau Torres naye wohlwaywa ngexesha loqhanqalazo, ngelixa uMorlanes, owayekwibhentshi, naye waphela ekhutshiwe.
Ngaphandle kobunzima besohlwayo, nangaphezulu ngenxa yesizathu esifana nentsingiselo, ummiselo kule meko kwicala likasompempe. Ukusuka eBurgos, u-Bengoetxea wasebenzisa intlawulo ngokuchanekileyo ukuze afumane ikhadi elityheli kuba uBaena waphakamisa ihempe phezu kwentloko yakhe. “Umdlali okhulule ihempe yakhe okanye ogqume ngayo intloko kufuneka alunyukiswe,” utsho lo mthetho.
Inqaku likaBaena lenze i-1-1 kwibhodi yokukora kumdlalo apho u-Almería wayeye ngaphambili kwisiqingatha sokuqala ngenqaku likaMelero.
Ngokutsho kukaMartínez Montoro, umpempe we-ABC, "ngomhla wakhe uMedina Cantalejo, kunye nayo yonke intlungu entliziyweni yakhe, kwafuneka alumkise uSergio Ramos, ngokwenza okufanayo kunye nokubonisa umyalezo ku-Antonio Puerta."
U-Álex Baena, owazalelwa kwidolophu yaseAlmeria eRoquetas, wafika kwisikolo solutsha saseVillarreal eneminyaka nje eli-11 ubudala. Ngomnye weyona mizekelo icacileyo yomsebenzi omhle owenziwa nguLlaneza kunye nekwari, okokuqala njengomlawuli wezemidlalo kunye nomphathi weklabhu, kwaye kamva njengomlawuli njengommeli kunye nosekela-mongameli, ekugqibeleni isikhundla asibambe de ukufa ngenxa ye-leukemia.
Iskripthi esingaqhelekanga somdlalo sasisenommangaliso. Ngeshumi, uVillarreal wakhula kwaye waphela ephumelele umdlalo ngenqaku likaJackson kwixesha elongezelelweyo. ULlaneza waba nembeko kubude bomzimba wakhe.
