Unai Emery’s side will face Arsenal FC to get their place in the final in Gdansk (Poland)
Villarreal are UEFA Europa League semi-finalists. Unai Emery’s side have reached the last step before the final after beating GNK Dinamo Zagreb (0-1 away from home and 2-1 at home). The Yellows will face Arsenal FC, who beat Slavia Prague (1-1 at home and 0-4 away).
On 29th April, the Submarine will play the first leg at the Estadio de la Cerámica, while the second leg will be on 6th May at the Emirates Stadium. The Yellows will fight for their place in the grand final, which will take place on 26th May at the Gdansk Arena (Poland).
The fifth European semi-final
Throughout their history, the Submarine had previously reached the semi-finals of European competition on four previous occasions. The first time was in the 2003/04 season, when the Submarine faced Valencia CF in the old UEFA Cup after beating Celtic FC in the quarter-finals.
Only two seasons later, Villarreal wrote one of the most successful pages of their history, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals against Arsenal FC, after being Inter Milan.
In the 2010/11 season, Villarreal reached the same stage of the UEFA Europa League, after having beaten Twente in the quarter-finals, coming up against Porto. Finally, the last European semi-final that the Yellows have been involved in was in the 2015/16 season, when they faced Liverpool FC after defeating Sparta Prague in the quarter-finals.
