UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 18, 2016
Napoli WWWWL 0
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Villarreal DDWDW 1
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1st Leg · Estadio de la Cerámica · 17,686 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

Denis Suarez goal gives Villarreal slim advantage over Napoli

Denis Suarez's brilliant late free-kick gave Villarreal a narrow lead to take to Italy in their Europa League last-32 tie with Napoli.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
59.4
Possession
40.6
13
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
507
Accurate Passes
322
607
Passes
416
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
77
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
13

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 5Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  8. 18Denis SuárezLM
  9. 8Jonathan dos SantosRM
  10. 9Roberto SoldadoCF-L
  11. 10Léo BaptistãoCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM
  7. 19David LópezLM
  8. 17Marek HamsikRM
  9. 23Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 14Dries MertensLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 36' Substitution, Villarreal. Samu Castillejo replaces Jonathan dos Santos because of an injury.
  2. 38' Mirko Valdifiori (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Villarreal. Cédric Bakambu replaces Leo Baptistao.
  4. 67' José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  6. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces José Callejón.
  7. 73' Substitution, Villarreal. Tomás Pina replaces Manu Trigueros.
  8. 82' Goal! Villarreal 1, Napoli 0. Denis Suárez (Villarreal) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  9. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces David López.
  10. 83' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 86' Mateo Musacchio (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.