Villarreal and Sevilla confirm Europa League spots for next season

Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-13 07:43:02|Editor: Liu
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MADRID, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Villarreal and Sevilla assured their places in next season's Europa League on Saturday in Spain.

Villarreal won 4-2 to already relegated Deportivo la Coruna in a game they were leading 3-0 at half time thanks to two goals from Samu Casillejo and a further strike by Manu Trigueros.

A brace of goals from Borja Valle brought Deportivo back into the match, but Denis Cheryshev assured Villarreal's European place with their fourth goal in injury time.

Sevilla also sealed seventh place as they drew an entertaining Seville derby 2-2 in Betis' Benito Villamarin Staium.

Marc Bartra opened the scoring for Betis after just five minutes, but Sevilla turned it around in the second half with goals from Wissam Ben Yedder and Simon Kjaer only for Betis' young striker Loren Moron to assure a share of the points with 9 minutes to go.

Atletico Madrid warned up for next week's Europa League final with a 1-0 win away to Getafe, which ended Getafes European hopes.

Koke's early strike separated the two sides, although Jan Oblak saved a 77th minute penalty from Faycal Fajr which would have assured a share of the points. Getafe have now missed 7 penalties of the last 8 they have taken this season.

Other games on Saturday saw Alaves beat Athletic Club Bilbao 3-1, while Eibar won 1-0 at home to Las Palmas and Real Sociedad said goodbye to club captain, Xabi Prieto, who is retiring after spending his entire season at the club, with a 3-2 win at home to Leganes.

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