The defenders Mario Gaspar and Jaume Costa, the goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo and the midfielder Manu Trigueros are the only footballers on the Villarreal squad with options to face Arsenal in the semi-finals of the Europa League that survive from the last semifinal played by the Castellón team in Europe.
The Spanish team played for the last time a semi-final in May 2016 against Liverpool at Anfield where he fell 3-0, with goals from Bruno, on your own doorstep, Sturridge and Lallana, which annulled the victory by the minimum (1-0) achieved in La Cerámica.
In that meeting Mario and Jaume Costa formed in the starting eleven and disputed the ninety minutes, while Trigueros came out in the second half to replace Thomas Pina and the meta Asenjo he was the only one who did not participate.
The technician Marcelino Garcia Toral formed then with Areola, Mario, Musacchio, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Bruno, Denis Suárez, Pina (Trigueros), Jonathan dos Santos (Bonera), Bakambu and Soldado (Adrián López).
These four players must be added to the defense Alberto Moreno that also disputed that semifinal although in the British side. The Andalusian footballer played the ninety minutes.