{"id":220092,"date":"2021-06-09T07:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/ahmad-the-kuwaiti-mad-about-the-yellows\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:36:34","slug":"ahmad-the-kuwaiti-mad-about-the-yellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/ahmad-the-kuwaiti-mad-about-the-yellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmad, the Kuwaiti mad about the Yellows"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans."}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League. Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans.","headings":[],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"counts":{"blocks":8,"headings":0,"texts":7,"buttons":0,"images":1}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League. Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans."}],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans."}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League. Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans.","headings":[],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. It\u2019s not just admiration of the club from outside of Spain, but Villarreal is the most important thing in my life. It controls my life, as victory makes me happy until the next match, and if we lose, I hate watching football. In the Arab world, supporting Villarreal is a strange thing, and people always ask me why I support the club. But I have been in love with the club for 17 years, and every day my love and passion for the club increases. I share news in Arabic on Twitter and I run a WhatsApp group talking about the Submarine with fans from across the Arab world.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here at Villarreal CF, through the series \u2018Yellows Around The World\u2019, we are telling the stories of some of the Submarine\u2019s biggest international fans."}],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg","alt":"||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ba7d6e5a602dea4f7ecc64d1f347c90.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ahmad went viral on Twitter for his celebration of the Europa League win"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kuwaiti-based Villarreal fan Ahmad, known to his friends as \u2018Villarreali\u2019 has been following the Yellows since 2004. He says the link with Argentinean players led him to support the Submarine: \u201cI was a fan of the Argentine national team, and Villarreal had a lot of players from there, such as Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Juan Pablo Sor\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez, \u2018El Vasco\u2019 Arruabarrena, Mariano Barbosa and Luciano Figueroa. 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I started to follow Villarreal every week, and I got attached to them, and it became the most important thing in my life.\u201d Despite living more than 6,000 kilometres away in Al Jahra, Ahmad has visited the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica five times, seeing the Yellows take on Real Sociedad four times, while most recently he saw his beloved side take on Sporting Club in the Round of 32 of the 2018\/19 Europa League. Ahmad says he has a number of favourite moments from his time following the Yellows, listing the win over Almer\u00eda to secure promotion back to LaLiga in 2012 as one, and the victory over Real Madrid (0-1) in 2017\/18 as another, but he says there is one that stands out: \u201cThere are a lot of beautiful memories, but the most prominent of them is when we overcame Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Arruabarrena\u2019s goal after a Riquelme cross.\u201d The Kuwaiti went viral on Twitter after uploading a video of him watching the Yellows lift the UEFA Europa League with family, but he says he normally watches by himself. \u201cMost of the time, I like to watch Villarreal alone at home because of the psychological pressures that come to me before every Villarreal match.\u201d Ahmad wanted to sign off by explaining why he loves Villarreal: \u201cI love Villarreal. 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