2024-03-05 21:18:25
Every team dreams of playing European competition, and this year, the Villarreal has the opportunity to get rid of the bad taste of the start arriving at final rounds of the Europa League.
Since the arrival of Marcelino on the yellow bench, the team is in good shape with results and showing that the start of the season was just a blip. The players have shown a improvement in terms of sensations and the results have arrived.
Playing in European competition is another level, and the difficulty increases with each round. After passing the group stage as first, the submarine advanced to the round of 16 without playing the previous round which gave them rest to improve.
Key moment
The groguet set This week the first leg of the round of 16 against Olympique de Marseille is played in a moment of form that had not been seen before this season, which predicts a good result for Villarreal.
Good dynamics cannot lead to relaxation, because the French, with the competition’s all-time top scorer, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, they will put up a lot of face and they will want to show that they are a club with a lot of history in the old continent.
Celebration of Villarreal 5-1 Granada. Villarreal CF
Bad experience at Conference
The yellow team has recently bad experience in Europe last season where, after passing as first in the group, they fell eliminated in the round of 16 Conference League against Anderlecht.
On this occasion, the team was fighting in the league for fourth place that gives you the option of Championsand the shipwreck of Europe did not have such an impact since finally They finished in fifth place which gives you the right to compete for the Europa League.
Trophy for more
The Europa League became one of the favorites in the 20/21 season for the people of Castellón. In this season They lifted the trophy by beating Manchester United in the penalty shootout. and they touched the sky of Europe with the hand of Unai Emery.
This trophy has so far become the most valuable of Villarrealdue to its international impact and how it was achieved, with good game and proving to be among the best teams on the continent.
touch the glory
win in Europa League It was not going to be the final step of that Villarreal. The following season, The club touched glory, being on the verge of the 21/22 Champions League finalfighting in the group stage against Manchester United or Atalanta, eliminating teams like Juventus and Bayern Munich.
This season he consolidated Villarreal among the four best in Europe along with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool, his black beast. A year that many groguets, despite not playing metal, will put above the trophy of the Europa League by competitiveness of the team and the stage of the maximum continental competition.
Gerard Moreno with the trophy. Villarreal CF
Stopped by the English
The yellow submarine has twice reached the semifinals of Champions League, the already mentioned in 2022, where Liverpool did not give in at Anfield and decided the tie.
The previous one dates back to 2006 when a surprising Villarreal beat the greats of Europe and reached the semi-finals of the top continental competition. This time the rival was once again an English team, Arsenal.
Villarreal’s recent history is held back by two English teams, and this time the rival is a Frenchman, although in Europe any rival will stand up regardless of the context or the opponent in front of them.
Don’t live in the past
The submarine usually enters positions that allow it to play in Europe, but it doesn’t always end well. In the season 17/18 The team passed the group stage but in the first round they lost against Lyon, and in 18/19, things would improve by reaching fourth but eliminated by the Comunitat rival, Valencia.
Marcelino’s men will not look back to focus their efforts on defeating Olympique de Marseille and continue his journey in Europa League, without looking at the precedents that say that a Frenchman eliminated them in the round of 16 of this competition.
Good dynamics
He match between French and Spanish would not be very striking If they sold it to you a few months ago when both teams were in crisis of results and they did not play European level football.
In a short time, and with changes on both benchesthe game promises, and a lot. Villarreal arrives after endorsing Granada 5 to 1 and with Sorloth plugged in with a hat-trick. But they are not the only ones in shape, the Olympique de Marseille also won their weekend match 1-5 against Clermont.
Final in Vila-real!
Round match of a much superior Submarine that, with a hat-trick from Sorloth, a goal from Capoue and another from Guedes adds a new victory for Marcelino’s team.
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— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) March 3, 2024
Ticket for the new Champions
A few days ago it became official new format with more UEFA Champions League teams for the 2025 season. One spot will be reserved for the champion of the Europa League, which pushes the submarine to think about the trophy to opt to play matches on the old continent.
Through league classification is too complicatedalthough the team is getting stronger and stronger, but nothing could be further from the truth, if the Villarreal wins the Europa League, I would have a ticket for the 2024/2025 Champions League.
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