Champions League 2025-2026: Villarreal-Copenhagen, the likely lineups
Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. at the Estadio de la Ceramica Villarreal hosts Copenhagen in a match that weighs on the play-off race. The Submarino Amarillo comes from the heavy defeat to Borussia Dortmund, the fourth knockout in Europe that made the Spaniards slip five lengths from the qualifying zone. The Danes, on the other hand, regained confidence by beating Kairat Almaty and now find themselves just two lengths off the 24th position in the overall standings.
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Marcelino will still have to do without Gerard Moreno in attack: in his place is ready Mikautadze who will partner Oluwaseyi. Pepe and Moleiro outside midfield, in defense the’ex-Juventus Renato Veiga with the’ex-Napoli Rafa Marin.
Neestrup still has to clear some doubts. Up front, Dadason will undermine Cornelius’ place, while Moukoko could make way for Elyounoussi. Certain instead is the forfeit of Lerager, who was stopped for disqualification.
Probable lineups
Villarreal (4-4-2): Junior; Navarro, Marin, Veiga, Pedraza; Pepe, Comesana, Gueye, Moleiro; Oluwaseyi, Mikautadze. Coach: Marcelino.
Copenhagen (4-5-1): Kotarski; Suzuki, Pereira, Hatzidiakos, Lopez; Larsson, Clem, Robert, Madsen, Elyounoussi; Dadason. Coach: Neestrup.
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