No margin for error in Switzerland

Emery’s Villarreal already plays without a net in the Champions League, in a group in which they continue to aspire to everything, but who a defeat in Switzerland can be lethal. The Castellón team plays against which at first would be the most affordable rival of the group, But after beating Manchester at home, things have changed. So the yellow team comes to this game as the bottom of the group and, with a single point, which forces them to add on this day as it may. A defeat with the Young Boys would leave the Swiss team with six points, by one point for the Spanish team, which in the absence of three days would force them to win the remaining three games to have qualification options.

Thinking about a hypothetical third place, it seems that in the pairing with the Young Boys that option could be ensured, since the one who wins that double pairing will have a lot of advantage over the other. Although this is a group in which anything can still happen, since Atalanta with four points and Manchester with three, do not make a difference either. The problem for Villarreal was Cristiano’s goal in Manchester, since that tie would have been a good result for the yellow targets.

The best result for Villarreal would be to win and a draw between the Italians and the English, since this combination would leave the group again totally open. While a yellow defeat and a victory for United or Atalanta, would make things very complicated, since it would leave the people of Castellón six or five points from the classification to the next phase, which would force them to win all that remains to play to have options.