Villarreal defeat Bayer Leverkusen in an exciting UEFA Europa League encounter
Manager Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904, to take on Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Round-of-16 clash at BayArena on Thursday, the 10 of March, 2011. The Yellow Submarines registered a thrilling 3-2 victory
over the home side.
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The away team got the half underway and the home side were in with an early chance after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arturo-Vidal-c6760 missed the goal as early as in the 4th minute. The game then started to flow in the midfield and Mateo Pablo Musacchio became the first man to
be booked in the 18th minute after committing a foul on Derdiyok.
Both teams looked a bit untidy as Vidal got himself booked in the 29th minute after he pushed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Borja-Valero-c7889 from the back. Leverkusen started building a little bit of pressure and it paid off almost immediately in the 33rd minute after
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michal-Kadlec-c25422 netted in the game’s first goal.
The Yellow Submarines got forward a number of times in search of an equalizer and got the fruit in the 42nd minute when Rossi scored resulting from some bad defensive error. The referee blew the whistle as both teams ended the half on level terms.
Villarreal started the second half with some intent but were held on by the home team’s defence. The Submarine’s coach Juan Carlos Garrido made an inspiring move by replacing Rossi with Nilmar in the 69th minute. The result of that move came as
early as in the 70th minute when the Brazilian guided in his shot past Rene Adler to give his side a vital 2-1 advantage.
The game entered into its most exciting phase as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gonzalo-Castro-c15105 equalized for the home team in the 72nd minute. The game entered into the three minutes of injury time with things all level at 2-2. Nilmar was there to haunt the home team after
his effort finished in the net giving the visitors a massive win in terms of away goals and leaving Bayer with a lot of hard work to be done in the second leg of the tie.
Both these teams will take on each other on Thursday, March 17, 2011 when the German outfit will travel away to El Madrigal, Villarreal.
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