Nilmar shines as Villarreal thrash FC Twente to strengthen hopes of a semi-final berth: UEFA Europa League news
Juan Carlos Garrido’s Villarreal thrashed Dutch side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Borja-Valero-c7889, Carlos Marchena and Giuseppe Rossi scored a goal each.
The match was played at the Estadio El Madrigal on Thursday, April 7.
The away side had the better start to the match as they made surging runs into the home side’s box and winning a couple of corners in the process. Villarreal found their feet in the match after 15 minutes and dominated possession
after that with some brilliant passing.
The hosts took the lead in the 23rd minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikolay-Mihaylov-c28019 to give his side the lead. It was a string of attacks from Villarreal
after that with the likes of Nilmar and Rossi threatening the Dutch side’s defenders.
Nilmar had a brilliant chance to double the lead at the half hour mark but the Brazilian's superb chipped effort was denied off the post. But the Tukkers’ resilience came to an end two minutes from the interval with Valero scoring
for the Yellow Submarine. The Spaniard was played through brilliantly by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505 and he made no mistake to put his shot in the bottom corner.
Nilmar scored his first goal of the match in the dying moments of the first half after some miserable defending from the visitors. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Wisgerhof-c29829 made a mess of things in the Twente box and the striker scored an easy goal to make
it 3-0.
The Spanish side returned better in the second-half, taking advantage of the opposition’s lacking confidence. Mario Gaspar’s effort just went inches over the post after just two minutes into the second period.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giuseppe-Rossi-c15027 scored his ninth goal in the campaign, scoring a stunner in the 55th minute after his curling effort found the top corner. The Italian is the second highest goal scorer in the competition behind FC Porto’s
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276.
The hosts were rewarded for playing positive offensive football in the 81st minute as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nilmar-c28044 completed his brace for the night. The Brazilian’s powerful volley found the net as Mihaylov had no chance whatsoever to stop
the bullet shot. The Dutch side got a late consolation goal in injury time with Austrian striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marc-Janko-c23484 scoring a good header from Wisgerhof’s cross.
Villarreal play the return leg next week on Thursday, April 14, at the Grolsch Fortress in Enschede, Netherlands.
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