‘Astana crashed by ‘Villarreal’ in the Europa League match (PHOTO)
09:10, 22 August 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Astana football club "Astana" has been crashed by the Spanish "Villarreal" with a score 3:0 in the Europa League first leg playoff match.
On 33 minute of the match Astana football players missed one of the few Spanish counterattacks, and the striker of "Villarreal" Cani opened the scoring. In the debut of the second half, Giovanni Dos Santos took advantage of the confusion at the Kazakh team gate and scored the second goal. 69th minute of the match Astana defender Marin Anichich after receiving his second yellow card was removed from the field. Spaniards were able to increase their lead to three goals. At the 83rd minute Mario Gaspar made the third goal of the match. The return match will be held on August 28 in Spain.