The Villarreal announced on Tuesday afternoon through a statement that the match corresponding to the sixth day of the group stage of the Europe
League that he had to face those of Unai
Emery with the Qarabag is postponed as the Azeri team does not meet the minimum number of players available for said match due to an outbreak of coronavirus in the ranks of the rival of the Submarine
Yellow.
Now the UEFA will have to assess the situation in which said match remains, which was to be played this Thursday, December 10 (9:00 p.m., La Cerámica) and will announce a resolution on the matter in the coming days, when it will confirm whether it is postponement or definitive suspension.
Neither Villarreal neither Qarabag nothing was at stake in this duel, since the Spanish team confirmed the first place in Group I last Thursday in the field of Sivasspor Turkish (0-1), currently second classified, and the Azerbaijanis, who have only added one point in five days, are already mathematically eliminated from this edition of the Europe
League.
They already think about Betis
Pending the final decision of the UEFA, Emery and theirs will be able to focus from this Tuesday on the next league match that has the Villarreal, which comes from drawing against him Elche
(0-0) in their stadium on the last day of LaLiga Santander, next Sunday against him Betis (4.15pm, Benito Villamarín).