Villarreal turned the final group to succeed in the knockout phases of the Champions League as a double from Netherlands worldwide Arnaut Danjuma gave them a 3-2 win at Atalanta of their rearranged closing Group F match on Thursday.
The recreation was as a consequence of happen on Wednesday however was postponed as a consequence of snow, and Villarreal wasted no time placing himself within the driving seat, with Denjuma operating to interrupt the impasse inside three minutes.
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Atalanta had extra of the ball in Bergamo and tried many extra to attain, however their waste proved expensive as tienne Capou made it 2–0 three minutes earlier than his break.
The residence aspect knew it could be their solely win to take a last-16 qualification spot within the group behind Manchester United, and got here out in an all-out-attack mode for the second half.
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Down the opposite finish, nonetheless, Denjuma put the end result past all doubt with a high-quality objective on the flip within the 51st minute, earlier than substitute Ruslan Malinowski rifled residence to provide Atalanta hope 19 minutes from time.
Duvan Zapata scored once more for Atalanta, but it surely was not sufficient as Villarreal completed second, 4 factors forward of the Italian aspect going into the Europa League.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
