UEFA Champions League

Young Boys vs Villarreal 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 77': Meschack Elia
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1 - 4
  • 6': Yéremy Pino
  • 16': Gerard Moreno
  • 88': Alberto Moreno
  • 90'+2': Samuel Chukwueze

Birthday boy Pino helps Villarreal thump Young Boys

Yeremi Pino and Gerard Moreno scored for Villarreal as they claimed a first Champions League group stage win in 13 years in a win over Young Boys.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Goal! Young Boys 0, Villarreal 1. Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza with a cross.
  • 16': Goal! Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Michel Aebischer (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Young Boys 0, Villarreal 2.
  • 62': Substitution, Young Boys. Silvan Hefti replaces Jordan Lefort.
  • 69': Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Francis Coquelin.
  • 70': Substitution, Young Boys. Fabian Rieder replaces Christopher Martins Pereira.
  • 70': Substitution, Young Boys. Wilfried Kanga replaces Jordan Siebatcheu.
  • 77': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 2. Meschak Elia (Young Boys) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabian Rieder with a through ball.
  • 83': Substitution, Villarreal. Aïssa Mandi replaces Raúl Albiol because of an injury.
  • 87': Gerónimo Rulli (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 3. Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  • 89': Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Yeremi Pino.
  • 90': Substitution, Young Boys. Felix Mambimbi replaces Christian Fassnacht.
  • 90': Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Arnaut Danjuma.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Young Boys 1, Villarreal 4. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadion Wankdorf
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Attendance: 27,398

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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5 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 3
4 Saves 2
50.8 Possession 49.2
13 SHOTS 18
6 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
360 Accurate Passes 353
435 Passes 410
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 22
0.4 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 44
31 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 13
16 Tackles 23
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
5 Interceptions 14
18 Effective Clearances 4
18 Clearances 4

Line-Ups

YB Young Boys (5-3-2)

No. Name
26 David Von Ballmoos (GK)
30 Sandro Lauper
25 Jordan Lefort
4 Mohamed Ali Camara
21 Ulisses Garcia
13 Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu
35 Christopher Martins Pereira
16 Christian Fassnacht
20 Michel Aebischer Yellow Card
15 Meschack Elia
17 Jordan Pefok

VIL Villarreal (3-5-2)

No. Name
13 Gerónimo Rulli (GK) Yellow Card
3 Raúl Albiol
4 Pau Torres
8 Juan Foyth
19 Francis Coquelin
5 Dani Parejo
6 Étienne Capoue
24 Alfonso Pedraza
21 Yéremy Pino
15 Arnaut Danjuma
7 Gerard Moreno

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