It is not done, because on the return, next week in The ceramic, anything can happen; but Villarreal achieved this Thursday a very good result at home against the Dynamo Kiev thanks to which he is already looking to the quarterfinals. The ‘yellow submarine’ brought out its best version, oblivious to the eight games without winning that it accumulates in The league, to surpass those of Mircea Lucescu placeholder image by 0-2. Did not mark Gerard Moreno, which was key in both goals, and neither did the rest of the yellow attackers. The goals were signed by the two centrals that formed at the beginning, a Pau Torres who did not return to the green after the break due to injury and the experienced Raúl Albiol.
Not even the almost 20,000 spectators present in the stands of the Olympic because Ukraine allows 30% of the capacity, nor the cold (-2ºC when the game started) frozen the ideas to the Villarreal. The set led by Unai emery He was more than solvent from start to finish, aware of the importance of the stake and focused on returning home with a beneficial outcome for his interests.
However, and although the Villarreal He was the first to step forward, the first goal was made to wait. It arrived when the half hour of play was about to be completed, and being the continuation of a strategy play. Chukwueze refused to let him Dynamo Kiev thwart the danger in his area, and the Nigerian's header for the offensive action to continue caught him heeled to the left Gerard Moreno, the smartest in the class. The Catalan forward did not score, because he did not have an angle to shoot with expectations of success, but he did cross the ball parallel to the goal line to find a goalkeeper at the far post. Pau Torres that finished off the net to an empty goal.
With that 0-1 the break was reached, and after that the aforementioned did not return Pau, due to problems in the adductors of his left leg. It will be necessary to see the extent of that injury and if it prevents (everything indicates that it does) that it enters the call for Spain what Luis Enrique will announce next Monday. The last before the Eurocup.
Returning to the game, with an advantage on the scoreboard, the Villarreal He did nothing but gain strength and in 52 'he doubled his income through Albiol. Pedraza crossed from the left after being fouled by Equal, Gerard Moreno did not manage to surpass Bushchan in the first instance, but the rejection went to the central, who sent the leather to the net.
From there to the end, Manu Trigueros was really close to achieving 0-3 and Tsygankov (23 years old, looking to be in one of the five major European leagues sooner rather than later) was the only one who somewhat disturbed Rulli. The 0-2, however, no longer moved from the light. You do not have the quarter note in your pocket on Villarreal, but it is already making a hole in your wallet.
0. Dynamo Kiev: Buschan; Kedziora (Karavaiev, m.84), Syrota, Zabarnyi, Mykolenko; Sidorchuk (Andriyevskiy, m.68), Shaparenko (Shepeliev, m.68); Tsigankov, Buyalskyi, Rodrigues and Vesedin.
2. Villarreal: Rulli, Foyth, Albiol, Pau Torres (Funes Mori, m.46), Pedraza, Capoue, Parejo, Trigueros (Jaume Costa, m.85), Gerard Moreno (Älex Baena, m.90), Chukwueze (Moi Gómez, m.85) and Paco Alcácer (Bacca, m.63).
Goals: 0-1, m.30: Pau Torres. 0-2, m.52: Albiol.
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG). He admonished Sydorchuk for Dinamo, and Pedraza and Capoue for Villarreal.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the first leg of the last 16 of the Europa League played at the Olympic stadium in Kiev before 19,700 spectators.