UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, December 11, 2014
Villarreal WDWWW 2
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Apollon Limassol WLLLL 0
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Match Report

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Villarreal see off Apollon Limassol to advance in Europa League

Two goals in five first-half minutes sealed victory for Villarreal over Apollon Limassol and sealed the Spanish side's place in the next round of the Europa League.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
3
59.9
Possession
40.1
12
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
549
Accurate Passes
348
626
Passes
426
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
1
28
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.1
39
Long Balls
62
23
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
22
15
Clearances
22

Head to Head

VIL leads series 1-0

Lineups

APL · 4-3-3

  1. 23Isli HidiG
  2. 27Angelis CharalambousCD-L
  3. 16Giorgos MerkisCD-R
  4. 88Giorgos VasiliouLB
  5. 2Dustley MulderRB
  6. 56Rachid HamdaniCM
  7. 70Farley RosaLM
  8. 6Marcos GullonRM
  9. 9ThuramF
  10. 26Fotis PapoulisLF
  11. 77Fabrice OlingaRF

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 16Chechu DoradoCD-L
  3. 20Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 4Tomás PinaCM-R
  8. 19Moi GómezLM
  9. 22Antonio RukavinaRM
  10. 23Gerard MorenoCF-L
  11. 7Luciano ViettoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Goal! Apollon Limassol 0, Villarreal 1. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 40' Goal! Apollon Limassol 0, Villarreal 2. Luciano Vietto (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jaume Costa.
  4. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Javier Espinosa replaces Mario.
  5. 46' Manuel Trigueros (Villarreal) Substitution at 46'
  6. 59' Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Gastón Sangoy replaces Fabrice.
  7. 59' Substitution, Villarreal. Ikechukwu Uche replaces Luciano Vietto.
  8. 66' Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Jan Rezek replaces Fotis Papoulis.
  9. 69' Ikechukwu Uche (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 71' Jaume Costa (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Charis Kyriakou replaces Rachid Hamdani.
  12. 81' Jan Rezek (Apollon Limassol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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