Villarreal, defeated this Thursday by Olympique de Marseille (4-0) at the Vélodrome in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League, suffered worst loss in European competition for the past 13 years.
To find a worse result in European competition away from La Cerámica, you have to go back to the semifinals of the Europa League in the 2010-2011 season when Porto gave him a ‘small hand’ (5-1) in the first leg.
The team led by Marcelino Garcia Toral Saw how his rival put the game to sleep in the first half with three goals from Veretout, Mosquera own goal and Aubameyang, punishment. In the second period, the expected reaction did not come either and the Gabonese attacker scored again, along with expulsion of Alberto Moreno, ended up squandering Castellón’s choices.
Despite all the results at Porto gave him more options than the current one since then So goals scored have double value away in case of a tie, so 4-0 would give the ‘groguet’ team a pass, now needing at least 5-0 to pass.
They also suffered a similar defeat a little while ago, although the defeat took place at La Cerámica. Roma won 0-4 in the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League in the 2016-2017 season, a match that is still the worst defeat in its history at home in European competition.
Source: La Verdad
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