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Europa League

Villarreal 4 – Apollon 0

Villarreal: Juan Carlos; Rukavina (Mario Gaspar 14’), Gabriel, Víctor Ruíz, Adrián Marín; Espinosa, Jonathan Dos Santos (Manu Trigueros 62‘), Bruno, Cani; Gerard Moreno, Vietto (Giovani Dos Santos 72’). 4-4-2.
Apollon: Bruno Vale; Stylianou, Merkis, Joao Paulo, Vasiliou (Rezek 48’); Hamdani, Meriem; Papoulis (Thuram 82’), Hugo López (Guie-Guie 46‘), Robert; Sangoy. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 08. Gerard. Picked up Cani through ball and turned shot under keeper’s legs.
2-0. 44. Espinosa. Collected Vietto pass and lifted angled shot over head of Vale.
3-0. 51. Espinosa. Ran on to Vietto pass on corner of area and shot across Vale.
4-0. 81. Gerard. Fired low shot past keeper after good run by Giovani down middle.

Villarreal had no problems seeing off Apollon on Thursday evening, a 4-0 victory taking them to the top of their group. The East coast side had won their last nine home games in European competitions, and within eight minutes they went ahead, Vietto and Cani combining to put Gerard through for him to shoot under the legs of the keeper. Espinosa added two more either side of half time, both from assists by Vietto, and with ten minutes to go Gerard also scored his second of the night after a good run by substitute Gio took four defenders out of the play. The team dedicated the win to their coach Marcelino, who could not be at the ground after his father passed away earlier in the day.