11 people in a row! The Europa League winner fights: Champions League die Bayern + give up La Liga to compete for 4 qualifications! Last season's Europa League winner Villarreal fought for the Champions League. They simply gave up the La Liga qualification, directly rotated 11 players to start in this round of matches, and played La Liga with a substitute line-up, which Emery did only to give the main players a good rest, and then beat Bayern in the Champions League. I have to say that Villarreal is really an expert in playing European games.
11 people in a row! Europa League winner Villarreal fought
In this round of La Liga, Villarreal plays At home against Athletic Bilbao. Emery directly replaced all the 11 starters against Bayern, and even replaced the main goalkeeper Lully, using substitute goalkeeper Asenjo. On the front line, Danjuma, who scored the winning goal in the last round of matches, did not enter the starting list for this game. He didn't play until the 61st minute of the second half. In addition, moreno, Cochrane, Foyce, the main players, also played only after 60 minutes in the second half of the game. In this match, although Villarreal made a large rotation of the lineup, they still drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao.
Judging from Emery's platooning, he has made up his mind to go to baying bay in the Champions League. In the first leg of the meeting, Villarreal won 1-0 at home to Bayern, taking advantage of the promotion. In the second leg, they only need to hold a draw to advance to the final four of the Champions League. For a team like Villarreal, it is undoubtedly a dream thing to reach the final four of the Champions League, so any La Liga competition for four can all be put aside. It doesn't matter if you play in the Champions League next season, this season you can play in the Champions League first.
Abandoning the 4 qualification, Villarreal has only one way to win the Champions League next season
Currently, Villarreal is 7th in La Liga, and since they have only scored one point in this round, they are already 11 points behind fourth-placed Atletico, and if they want to play in the Champions League next season, they only have one way to go to win this season's Champions League. It's almost a perilous road.
It is worth reminding that Villarreal has already eliminated Juve in the previous knockout rounds, and it would be amazing if they eliminated Bayern this time. Emery can be crowned even if he does not win the Champions League. Many fans also ridiculed Emery, who seems to be very good at coaching midstream and upper-middle teams, not giants. From Greater Paris to Arsenal, he has not been as successful as he was in Villarreal and Sevilla.