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– Unai Emery’s Villarreal may not be tearing things up in La Liga, but the Basque manager can always call on a European performance to ease the pressure.
– The Yellow Submarine have been in fine form in the Europa Conference League and it took them less than 20 minutes to open the scoring against Austria Vienna. A work of art put together after some nifty dribbling from Samuel Chukwueze, followed by a superb touch and finish from Alex Baena at the back post.
– That set the victory in motion and before half time, Francis Coquelin won the ball back and after a pass from Baena, Arnaut Danjuma got reacquainted with goalscoring for the first time this season.
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– The second half was a simple affair for Villarreal to manage, however Jose Luis Morales took it upon himself to entertain the Ciutat de Valencia, as he has done so many times previously for Levante.
– He came on at half-time for Nicolas Jackson and treated the support to a 12-minute hat-trick as they game came to close. That included a delightful lob of the Vienna goalkeeper, as he got in behind the Austrian defence.
#UECL | 5-0 ⏱ 90'+2' | ¡FINAL!
Pleno de victorias del Submarino en un choque donde fue netamente superior al @FKAustriaWien con goles de @alexbbaena, @Danjuma y un hat trick de @jose1987morales, que ha puesto el partido patas arriba en apenas 12 minutos con tres goles. pic.twitter.com/VpyMDAOmRa
— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) October 6, 2022
– Villarreal maintain their perfect record in the Conference League looks like something of a formality for them now. No doubt Villarreal fans will be asking, quality of the opposition aside, why this attacking flair is not available at the weekend.
