Villarreal stuns Barcelona with two clean goals and qualifies for the European Conference
Since Goals from Alfonso Pedraza and Moi Gomez gave Villarreal a 2-0 win at Barcelona to book a place
in the European Conference League after finishing the Spanish Football First Division in seventh place.
After qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals this season, by ousting Juventus and
Bayern Munich during his career, coach Unai Emery’s team entered the last week, threatening
to miss all continental competitions.
After determining the first six places already, Villarreal started the day in seventh place, one point
behind chasers Athletic Bilbao, who faced fourth-placed Seville at the same time.
Since Villarreal needed to win at Camp Nou to secure qualification for the Conference League against
runners-up Barcelona, who played the match without a goal and showed a little seriousness.
Pedraza opened the scoring in the 40th minute with a neat shot after receiving the ball from Dani Parejo
and Moy Gomez confirmed the victory in the 54th minute with a powerful shot from close range after
a mistake by Adama Traore while trying to clear the ball.
Since Atletic lost 1-0 to Seville to finish the competition in eighth place, four points behind Villarreal.
Real Betis and Real Sociedad finished the season in fifth and sixth places and qualified for the European League.
Since The champion Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Seville qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
Alaves, Levante and Granada were relegated to the second division.
Villarreal stuns Barcelona with two clean goals and qualifies for the European Conference
