UEFA Europa League Preview: Villareal v Club Brugge
Villareal are currently busy preparing for the visit of Belgian outfit Club Brugge later tonight. The match is scheduled to take place at the El Madrigal stadium, where Villareal will be looking to pick up their first points
of the Europa League Group stages.
Villareal managed to get their La Liga and Europa League season off on a bad note. They lost both the opening games in both the tournaments. However the team has managed to get four back to back victories in the La Liga after
that opening day defeat. The team will be looking to reproduce the same run in the Europa League starting tonight.
The Villareal manager, Juan Carlos Garrido, was reported to have said, "Winning this game would open up the path for us to qualify for the next round. We are aware of what we're playing for and the team knows the importance
of the match. As such, I'm sure they will give it everything on the pitch.
"There are still five games left but it's clear that we need to win because to get through we need to get more than 10 points.''
The team's opponents, who will be traveling all the way from Beligum, have had a decent start to their season domestically. The team is currently placed sixth, but considering that they are also participating in Europe, that
is a pretty good position to be in.
Garrido, however, did not wish to take any chances in his game tonight and said that he would be looking at Brugge as the favorites tonight, just so he could get the players to perform even better. He said, "Brugge know that
they are coming to a difficult ground to play against a strong and important team. Therefore they will give it their all to get a positive result.”
"We will try to play our game but whilst always respecting our opponents. Brugge have three or four players of great quality, but we aren't going to face just them, but a whole team that plays at a high level”
Villareal will however have to go into tonight's game without talismanic midfielder and Spanish international, Marcos Senna, who currently serving a match suspension after being shown a red card previously in the tournament.
The experts are predicting that Villareal will pick up the three points in tonight’s game, despite not having their most prized asset. That is of course unless Brugge decide to pull off an upset in the game tonight.
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