This Thursday from 4 p.m. (Argentina) Villarreal will host the English Arsenal in Spain for the first leg of the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. An Argentinian player well known for his time in the “ yellow submarine ”, Juan Pablo Sorín, sent a message on his social networks to remember this series of semi-finals of the Champions League in 2006. The Former full-back defended Juan Román Riquelme, a player he missed a key penalty against the ‘Gunners’. “Every time they tell me about Roman’s penalty, I always answer the same thing, we would never have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League without him, without his quality, his time management, his leadership football and the respect it has garnered from rivals. His ball stopped, his front swings, his billiard daggers pass. Glad to have played by your side, fall for it! And all of this spectacular group, “Sorín, the current 44-year-old sports journalist began by saying.” Juampi “played 60 official matches at Villarreal between 2004 and 2006, in the latter part of his career. Apparently he carries a great memory of his time with the Spanish team by sending a special message to the team for this key Europa League game: “Today is the day we cheer from a distance! Confidence and all the strength and inspiration Unai Emery and the players. Leave everything, blood if necessary too, to arrive at this final that we all dream of at some point. Sorín focused on this 2006 Champions League semi-final between Villarreal and Arsenal, which is inevitable to remember for this new confrontation. His compatriot Riquelme, a great figure in this team, missed a penalty which could have put them into extra time but was saved by the German Jens Lehmann. The current vice-president of Boca Juniors confessed during a video call with former players of this team that “I haven’t seen this penalty again, I don’t think I will see it again.” Villarreal team: “We took care of the ball like in the neighborhood, we were a team with a different style, a mix of South American and Spanish. Solid behind, unbearable in the middle of the field and a deadly attacker with Diego Forlán in charge and all the hierarchical attackers ”.
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