Villarreal seals UCL return
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VILLARREAL warmed-up for the second leg of its Europa League semifinal against Liverpool by sealing fourth place in La Liga with a 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday.
The Yellow Submarine is now guaranteed at least a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers for the first time in four years, but could gain direct entry to the group stages should it go on to win the club’s first major honor in the Europa League.
First-half goals from Samuel Garcia and Adrian Lopez — who also struck the stoppage time winner in the 1-0 first-leg success over Liverpool — moved Villarreal six points clear of Athletic Bilbao with two games to play.
However, Marcelino’s men cannot be overtaken by the Basques due to their superior head-to-head record.
Athletic leapfrogged Celta Vigo into fifth as it came from behind to beat the Galicians 2-1 earlier on Sunday.
Fabian Orellana opened the scoring for Celta before Aritz Aduriz equalized with his 34th goal of the season from the penalty spot.
Gustavo Cabral was then sent off for kicking Aduriz in the head and Athletic made the man advantage count when Raul Garcia struck the winner in the 72nd.
At the bottom of the table, Getafe gave its chances of survival a huge boost with a 2-0 win at 10-man Deportivo la Coruna on goals by Pedro Leon and Carlos Vigaray.
Getafe is now tied with Sporting Gijon and Rayo Vallecano on 35 points, but remains in the bottom three due to its inferior head-to-head record against Rayo.
Espanyol moved to the brink of mathematically securing its place in the top flight for next season as Felipe Caicedo handed it a 1-0 win over Sevilla to move five points clear of the relegation zone.
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