2-0, 30-year-old Arsenal former player Nikola Pepe makes a wonderful debut

At 3:30 am on August 16, 2025, La Liga powerhouse Villarreal ushered in the first round of La Liga in the 25-26 season. Villarreal took his home game to face the newly promoted Real Oviedo team led by 40-year-old Villarreal's former player Casorla.

In terms of paper strength, Real Oviedo is not as good as Villarreal, because Villarreal's entire team is worth more than 200 million euros, while Real Oviedo's entire team is worth less than 30 million euros, so more than 80% of fans were full of confidence in Villarreal's home defeat of Real Oviedo.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Villarreal goalkeeper knocked down Shaira and gave the visiting team a penalty kick. Unfortunately, the penalty kick taken by Dalian old player Long Dong was saved. Villarreal escaped.

12 minutes later, Reiner knocked down Guy and was sent off after receiving the second yellow card, resulting in one less player in the visiting team.

1 minute later, the 21-year-old Eyon helped Villarreal to take the lead.

7 minutes later, 30-year-old Arsenal former player Nikola Pepe made a wonderful pass, and Guy helped Villarreal to expand his lead with another goal.

In the end, Villarreal defeated Real Oviedo as he wished and achieved a good start in La Liga in the new season.