Huge surprise Thursday night. Anderlecht snatched the victory (0-1) on the lawn of Villarreal and reached the quarter-finals of C4 thanks to their 1-1 draw in the first leg.
Monumental surprise Thursday evening during the knockout stages of the Europa League Conference. By snatching victory in the last quarter of an hour once morest Villarreal, Anderlecht confirmed their ticket to the quarter-finals of competition (0-1). Moussa Ndiaye and his partnersres, who had held a valiant draw in the match, however suffered at La Ceramica.
Brian Riemer’s players, who were still able to count on their young Senegalese left-back, have indeed suffered the onslaught of the Yellow Submarine. Villarreal dominated for a long time, obtaining several chances and even strikes on the post. But there was an excelslow goalkeeper in front, in this case Bart Verbruggen, to push everything back, especially in the first period.
Returning from the locker room, the Villarreal attackers still stumbled over the very young Dutch goalkeeper, who notably made an exceptional save in front of Gerard Moreno in the second half. In the middle of the storm, the Mauves cooled an entire stadium throughIslam Slimani (73rd). Nicolas Jackson might have allowed Villarreal to snatch extra time, but Verbruggen told him no at the end of the match.
With this result, Anderlecht, which almost saves its lackluster season, therefore joins the quarter-finals of a European Cup for the first time since 2017, when the Mauves were released in the Europa League by Manchester United. For its part, Villarreal suffered a terrible disillusionment and will have to fight in the Championship for a European place next season.
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