FC Twente Enschede versus http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Villarreal-CF-c40899 – Europa League preview
FC Twente Enschede will clash with Villarreal CF in the return leg of the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals at De Grolsch Veste on Thursday, 14 April.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede
The Tukkers will come into this match with an aim to upturn the 5-1 loss of the first leg from the Yellow Submarines. It will be a mission impossible for the home side, as the Spanish La Liga outfit are playing superbly in the Europa League this season.
The reigning Eredivisie champions are unbeaten in their six European games in front of their home crowd, winning twice and drawing four encounters. They have also performed impressively in the Eredivisie this season, as they have lost only once at De Grolsch
Veste.
However, the Tukkers have to work wonders if they have any ambition to overturn the four-goal deficit.
Michel Preud’homme, the Tukkers manager, believes that his side has not much chance of progressing through to the next phase of the competition. However, he has demanded a good performance from his troops on the field in the upcoming encounter to redeem
their lost confidence.
Villarreal CF
The Yellow Submarines would be thinking that they have already progressed through to the semi-finals, after defeating the Tukkers 5-1 in the first leg. However, they have to remain focused in their European campaign, as the Tukkers are a dangerous side in
front of their home crowd.
The La Liga outfit have not tasted defeat in their last seven Europa League encounters and will be looking to keep their good record intact in the upcoming encounter. The Yellow Submarines have also remained unbeaten in their last three European encounters
while playing away from their home soil.
Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-CF-c40864 on Sunday. Los Che hammered the Yellow Submarines 5-0 at Mestalla. Despite the poor show
against Los Che, Garrido is looking extremely confident to secure a win in the upcoming encounter and see his side play in the semi-finals of the Europe’s secondary club competition.
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FC Twente Enschede
Preud’homme will have the clean bill of health in his squad for the upcoming encounter except http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marc-Janko-c23484. The prolific striker has a dislocated shoulder and will be unavailable to play for the next couple of weeks.
Probable Line-up: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956 and Nacer Chadli.
Villarreal CF
Garrido will have to do without the services of his two star players, Gonzalo Rodriguez and Angel Lopez. Rodriguez has a torn calf muscle and Angel has torn knee ligaments that have ruled out both of the players for the remaining action of the season.
Probable Line-up: Diego Lopez, Mario Gasper, Kiko, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giuseppe-Rossi-c15027.
Players to watch
The prolific playmaker, Theo Janssen, will be looking to create as many opportunities as he can if he wants the Tukkers to progress through to the next phase of the competition. If the Tukkers emerge victorious in this fixture, Janssen will be the key player
in achieving the victory.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nilmar-c28044 scored a brace in the first leg and will be looking to score again in the upcoming encounter. He has scored 17 goals in 36 appearances in every competition this season. It will be hard for the Tukkers to restrict the prolific striker from finding
the back of the net, as he is in supreme goal scoring form this season.
Prediction
It will be a tough encounter between the two sides. The Tukkers are in excellent form playing in front of their home crowd, having lost only once so far in the season. It will be a 3-2 win in favour of the Tukkers.
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