Uefa Champions League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Villarreal CF SSC Napoli Group A - Matchday 6 Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Wednesday 7 December 2011 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Match facts........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Head coach.......................................................................................................................9 Match officials..................................................................................................................10 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................11 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................15 Competition facts.............................................................................................................17 Team facts.......................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................20 Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli Wednesday 7 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/09/11 GS SSC Napoli - Villarreal CF 2-0 Naples Hamšík 15, Cavani 17(p) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/02/11 R32 Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli 2-1 Villarreal Nilmar 42, Rossi 45+1; Hamšík 18 agg: 2-1 17/02/11 R32 SSC Napoli - Villarreal CF 0-0 Naples Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 3 SSC Napoli 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/09 GS Villarreal CF - S.S. Lazio 4-1 Villarreal Pirès 2, 15(p), Cani 13, Rossi 83(p); Zárate 72 22/10/09 GS S.S. Lazio - Villarreal CF 2-1 Rome Zárate 20, Rocchi 90+2; Eguren 40 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/10/07 GS Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina 1-1 Villarreal Capdevila 88; Vieri 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/04/06 QF Villarreal CF - FC Internazionale Milano 1-0 Villarreal Arruabarrena 58 agg: 2-2 ag 29/03/06 QF FC Internazionale Milano - Villarreal CF 2-1 Milan Adriano 7, Martins 54; Forlán 1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/10/04 GS S.S. Lazio - Villarreal CF 1-1 Rome Rocchi 85; José Marí 4 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/03/04 R4 AS Roma - Villarreal CF 2-1 Rome Emerson 10, Cassano 50; Anderson 66 agg: 2-3 11/03/04 R4 Villarreal CF - AS Roma 2-0 Villarreal Anderson 29, José Marí 35 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/07/03 R3 Brescia Calcio - Villarreal CF 1-1 Brescia Petruzzi 88; Guayre 52 agg: 1-3 19/07/03 R3 Villarreal CF - Brescia Calcio 2-0 Villarreal Calleja 15, Víctor 81 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/07/02 R3 Villarreal CF - Torino FC 2-0 Villarreal Guayre 46, Arruabarrena 61 agg: 2-2 aet (4-3pens) 21/07/02 R3 Torino FC - Villarreal CF 2-0 Turin Comotto 44, Ferrante 48 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Last updated 06/12/11 00:24:56CET 2 Previous meetings Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli Wednesday 7 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/92 R1 SSC Napoli - Valencia CF 1-0 Naples Fonseca 8 agg: 6-1 16/09/92 R1 Valencia CF - SSC Napoli 1-5 Valencia Roberto 56; Fonseca 20, 60, 64, 87, 90 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/87 R1 SSC Napoli - Real Madrid CF 1-1 Naples Francini 9; Butragueño 43 agg: 1-3 16/09/87 R1 Real Madrid CF - SSC Napoli 2-0 Madrid Míchel 19, Tendillo 76 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Villarreal CF 7 6 1 0 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 15 6 4 5 19 15 SSC Napoli 4 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 2 10 6 Last updated 06/12/11 00:24:56CET 3 Previous meetings Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli Wednesday 7 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Match background SSC Napoli will hope lightning does not strike twice when they visit El Madrigal on matchday six with their UEFA Champions League fate back in their own hands. • The Serie A side suffered elimination from the UEFA Europa League when losing 2-1 at Villarreal CF in February and will want to avoid a repeat on a night when victory would take them into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for the first time. • Napoli's 2-1 home win against Manchester City FC on 22 November lifted them back into second place in Group A, with a one-point advantage over the English side. So long as they match City's result against FC Bayern München, they will progress but a win would guarantee Walter Mazzarri's side qualification whatever the result in Manchester. • Bottom-placed Villarreal are completely out of the equation but have pride to play for – and an unbeaten home record against Italian opposition to defend. Previous meetings • Villarreal came from behind to win the teams' UEFA Europa League round of 32 encounter in February. After a goalless draw in Naples where the home side lost Salvatore Aronica to a red card, Juan Carlos Garrido's men fell behind to an 18th-minute Marek Hamšík goal in the return but replied through Nilmar (42) and Giuseppe Rossi (45) to progress. • The lineups for their meeting in Spain on 24 February were: Villarreal: Diego López, Gaspar, Gonzalo, Musacchio, Capdevila, Cazorla (Catalá 78), Borja Valero, Bruno Soriano, Cani (Marcos Gullón, 81), Rossi (Marco Ruben 89), Nilmar. Napoli: De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cribari (Mascara 82), Ruiz, Zúñiga, Gargano, Yebda (Pazienza 64), Dossena, Sosa (Cavani 53), Hamšík, Lavezzi. • Napoli recorded a 2-0 home win against Villarreal in September thanks to goals from Hamšík (15) and Edinson Cavani (17). Match background • Villarreal are still seeking their first points in Group A after five straight defeats but their record against Italian visitors suggests Napoli, without a win in six on their European travels, can take nothing for granted. • The Spanish club have posted five wins and a draw against Serie A opposition at El Madrigal – most recently a 4-1 success against S.S. Lazio in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Napoli have visited Spain only twice before in UEFA club competition and had contrasting fortunes. A 2-0 defeat at Real Madrid CF brought an end to their first European Champion Clubs' Cup campaign in the first round in September 1987, sealing a 3-1 aggregate loss. In the 1992/93 UEFA Cup first round Daniel Fonseca ensured a happier outcome by hitting all five goals in a 5-1 win at Valencia CF. Team ties • Goran Pandev played for Lazio in their 1-1 home draw with a Villarreal side that included Gonzalo Rodríguez in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage. The forward scored twice against Spain for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in a 3-2 friendly defeat in 2009, and three times against Real Madrid for Lazio in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Christian Maggio is a team-mate of Rossi with Italy while Juan Camilo Zúñiga and Cristián Zapata play together for Colombia. • Gökhan Inler captained the Switzerland side that earned a surprise 1-0 win against eventual champions Spain in their opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Carlos Marchena was an unused Spanish substitute. • Cavani and Hernán Peréz were second-half substitutes for Uruguay and Paraguay respectively in July's Copa América final in Buenos Aires, Uruguay winning 3-0. • Zapata joined Villarreal this summer after six seasons at Udinese Calcio, where he had spells playing alongside Morgan De Sanctis, Andrea Dossena and Inler. Zapata faced Napoli six times, recording two wins, two draws and two defeats, scoring a third-minute own goal in a 3-1 loss at the Stadio San Paolo on 2 February 2008. • De Sanctis spent 2007/08 at Sevilla FC, making eight Liga appearances. • Mario Santana started his career at CA San Lorenzo in Argentina but left in 2001/02, the season before Gonzalo broke into the first team. Ezequiel Lavezzi also played for San Lorenzo. Last updated 06/12/11 00:24:56CET 4 Match background Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli Wednesday 7 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Match facts Villarreal UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Villarreal have collected 16 yellow cards; the joint highest total in the competition along with FC Porto. • Carlos Marchena and injured pair José Catalá and Giuseppe Rossi will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Latest domestic information • Saturday 3 December: Real Racing Club 1-0 Villarreal CF (Stuani 27) López; Mario, Gonzalo (Moisés 62), Musacchio, Oriol; Pérez, Ángel (De Guzmán 46), Bruno, Borja Valero, Cani (Nilmar 46); Rubén • Villarreal slipped to their third successive defeat – and seventh in ten games – despite Nilmar's return from injury. • Juan Carlos Garrido's side are yet to win on their travels this season, losing nine and drawing three. • Villarreal have won just four of their last 25 games in all competitions going back to 8 May. • Garrido's 100th game in charge of Villarreal ended with a 2-1 defeat at Málaga CF on 28 November.