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Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out by eventual runners-up Arsenal 1–0 on aggregate, with Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann saving a last-minute Juan Román Riquelme penalty, in the second leg, that would have taken the tie to extra time in front of Villarreal's home support.
The 2005–06 season was Arsenal Football Club's 14th season in the Premier League and their 80th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] It was the final season in which home matches were played at the club's Highbury stadium after 93 years; Arsenal intended to move to its new 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in time for the following season.
Arsenal FC vs Villarreal CF 2008–09 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. After finishing seventh on their return to the Primera, Villarreal finished in 15th place for two-straight seasons. [5] Villarreal competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in the middle of 2002, defeating FH of Iceland, Torino of Italy, and Troyes of France.
The knockout stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League featured the 16 teams who finished in the top two positions in each of the eight groups in the group stage.It was played as a single-elimination tournament, with ties in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals played over two legs.
The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July 2005.
This win granted Villarreal a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage and to the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, which they lost to Chelsea 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. On 14 September 2021, Villarreal played their first UEFA Champions League match in the group stage since 2011, a 2–2 draw to Atalanta. With three wins, one ...
In May 2021, he led Villarreal to their first European final, after a 2–1 win on aggregate over his former club Arsenal in the semi-finals; [71] he was the first ex-Gunners boss to beat his former team since George Graham in 1999. [72]
Arsenal playing against rivals Tottenham, in a game known as the North London derby, in November 2010. Arsenal's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbour, Tottenham Hotspur; matches between the two are referred to as the North London derby. [165] There also exists a rivalry between Arsenal and Chelsea. In ...