49 mins: Goal for Villarreal – Karl Toko Ekambi. 1-1. Eggestein and Klaassen hesitate before clearing the ball and Pablo Fornals nips in. His pass finds Ekambi, who finishes into the corner from close range.
55 mins: Villarreal are starting to take control of the game. Ekambi advances towards goal after some neat build-up play, hitting the post with a curling shot from outside the box.
57 mins: Eggestein misses the target with a shot from the centre of the penalty area.
64 mins: Goal for Villarreal – Karl Toko Ekambi. 1-2. Harnik loses the ball to Gerard, who sets up Ekambi to finish at the far post.
82 mins: Pavlenka makes another save, this time from Gerard.
88 mins: GOAL for Werder – Yuya Osako. 2-2. The Green-Whites equalise! Claudio Pizarro, who’s only been on the pitch for around ten minutes, clips the ball into the box for Osako to head in. Great goal!
90+1 mins: Goal for Villarreal – Manuel Morlanes. 2-3. Nahuel turns two defenders in the Bremen penalty area before finding Morlanes, who gives Pavlenka no chance. Seconds later, referee Harm Osmers blows the final whistle.
Match summary: The teams were trying to feel each other out for the first 20 minutes or so, but both sides seemed well set up defensively. Max Kruse punished Villarreal’s first mistake of the game, finishing from Kainz’s pass. The captain had a good game, often dropping deep into midfield. Werder were bailed out a couple of times by their goalkeeper, with Pavlenka saving from Castillejo and Gerard. However, he was finally beaten just after half time. Villarreal started to attack more in the second half, but it was mistakes from Bremen players that led to the goals. In the final few minutes, the game was turned on its head after Morlanes cancelled out Osaka’s equaliser.
