UEFA Champions League

FT Thursday, December 9, 2021
Villarreal DLLWL 3
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Atalanta WDWWW 2
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VIL213
ATA022
New Balance Arena · 11,690 att.

Match Report

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Villarreal beat Atalanta in snow-delayed Champions League game to reach last-16

Villarreal reached the Champions League knockout stages as Arnaut Danjuma's double helped them to a 3-2 win at Atalanta.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
7
1
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
35.8
Possession
64.2
9
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
212
Accurate Passes
466
330
Passes
575
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
9
5
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
92
Long Balls
66
23
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
12
29
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
20
Interceptions
7
29
Effective Clearances
14
29
Clearances
14

Head to Head

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 28Merih DemiralCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 32Matteo PessinaAM
  8. 3Joakim MaehleLM
  9. 33Hans HateboerRM
  10. 91Duván ZapataCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 12Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 8Juan FoythRB
  6. 5Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 6Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 18Alberto MorenoLM
  9. 23Moi GómezRM
  10. 15Arnaut DanjumaCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Atalanta 0, Villarreal 1. Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Parejo with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 42' Goal! Atalanta 0, Villarreal 2. Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
  3. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Berat Djimsiti replaces Merih Demiral.
  4. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Matteo Pessina.
  5. 51' Goal! Atalanta 0, Villarreal 3. Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.
  6. 54' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Marten de Roon.
  7. 57' Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 57' Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Goal! Atalanta 1, Villarreal 3. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joakim Maehle.
  10. 80' Goal! Atalanta 2, Villarreal 3. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a through ball.
  11. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Vicente Iborra replaces Gerard Moreno.
  12. 87' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Alberto Moreno.
  13. 88' Substitution, Villarreal. Boulaye Dia replaces Arnaut Danjuma.
  14. 89' Luis Muriel (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, Atalanta. Davide Zappacosta replaces Joakim Maehle.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Villarreal. Manu Trigueros replaces Daniel Parejo.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Villarreal. Rubén Peña replaces Moi Gómez.

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