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The Dynamo got a rival in the 1/8 final of the Europa League. He was the representative of the Spanish championship “Villarreal”. Here are ten important facts about Kiev’s closest European rival.
– Villarreal is led by Unai Emery, a specialist who won the Europa League three times with Sevilla. In particular, he played against the Ukrainian Dnipro (2014/15 season, in the final) and Shakhtar (2015/16, in the semi-finals);
– In the group stage of the current Europa League, Villarreal played Maccabi Tel Aviv, with whom Shakhtar Donetsk competed in 1/16. At home, the Spanish won 4: 0, but on the road they led the game to a 1: 1 draw;
– In the group stage of the current Europa League in one of the matches, “Villarreal” received a technical victory. After all, “Karabakh” did not make it to the match on matchday six due to the coronavirus outbreak; that fight had no practical significance in a tournament;
– Villarreal continue their eight-game unbeaten streak in the Europa League. Seven games in this series are victories, one game is a draw. It should be noted that all the fights in this series were played in the current season. And before, for the last time, Villarreal played in the Europa League in the spring of 2019, after having taken off from Valencia 1: 3 and 0: 2;
– In the Spanish championship at “Villarreal” the streak of six consecutive defeats continues. Five games in this series – draws, one game – defeat;
– The “Villarreal” in the current Spanish championship took points to the two current leaders of the classification “Atlético” (0: 0) and “Real” (1: 1). But they lost to Barcelona 0: 4 and Sevilla 0: 2;
– At “Villarreal” Gerard Moreno is one of the top scorers in the Spanish championship. In nineteen games for Examples, he scored fourteen goals. Only Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez have better performance;
– “Villarreal” – the calmest team in the Spanish championship. In 24 games it has thirteen draws, the closest pursuers of this indicator are Levante and Huesca (ten draws each);
– Carlos Bacca, who scored Dnipro in the Europa League final with Sevilla, plays for Villarreal. In addition, the “submarine” has players like Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Pau Torres, Raúl Albiol, Etienne Capu. The total cost of the train exceeds 246 million euros;
– The “Dynamo” has already faced “Villarreal” in European competition. In the 2004/05 UEFA Cup, the teams met in the 1/16 finals, followed by the representative of Spain. After a 0-0 draw in Kiev, Villarreal won 2-0 at home.
Let us remember that in the 1/16 final of the Europa League, “Dynamo” beat “Bruges” (1: 1 and 1: 0), and “Villarreal” was stronger than “Salzburg” (2: 0 and 2: 1). The first match of the confrontation will take place on March 11 in Kiev, the second leg – on March 18 in Villarreal.
