Europa League

Villarreal 5 - Twente 1

Villarreal: Diego López; Mario, Gonzalo (Capdevila 71'), Musacchio, Català (Kiko 82'); Cazorla, Marchena, Bruno, Borja Valero (Cani 79'); Rossi, Nilmar. 4-4-2.
Twente: Mihaylov; Douglas, Wisgerhof, Onyewu, Tiendalli; Rosales, Brama (Landzaat 76'), Janssen; De Jong (Janko 31'), Bryan Ruiz (Chadli 61'), Bajrami.. 4-3-3.

Goals:
1-0. 22. Marchena. Far post header after Musacchio headed on Borja's corner.
2-0. 43. Borja Valero. Collected long Cazorla pass and fired shot wide of keeper.
3-0. 45. Nilmar. Headed past Mihaylov after defence failed to clear Mario throw-in.
4-0. 55. Rossi. Picked up Bruno pass and ran on to shoot wide of Mihaylov.
5-0. 80. Nilmar. Turned on Rossi pass and shot past keeper from edge of area.
5-1. 91. Janko. Got behind marker to head Wisgerhof cross wide of Diego López.

What a week for Spanish sides in Europe! Villarreal emulated Real Madrid and Barcelona by winning their Europa League tie by a four goal margin, beating Dutch league leaders Twente 5-1 to virtually ensure a place in the semi-finals. After a brief period of pressure by the visitors, Marchena headed the locals in to the lead after Musacchio headed on Valero's corner. A few minutes later Nilmar hit the post, and with the first half coming to an end Valero and Nilmar added two more. Ten minutes after the break Rossi got in on the act after Bruno set him up, and Nilmar rounded things off with ten minutes to go. The bad news for Villarreal though was a broken leg for Gonzalo following a late tackle by Janko, who was only shown a yellow card for the foul. The striker headed one back for the visitors in injury time, but that is unlikely to change the outcome when the two teams meet again in Holland in a week's time.