Doubt Villarreal at your own peril. First it was Juventus that learned that difficult lesson, now it’s Bayern Munich.
After losing its 1–0 first-leg aggregate lead on a goal by Robert Lewandowski, Villarreal struck back, with Samuel Chukwueze’s finish on an 88th-minute counterattack stunning the German power and securing an unlikely 2–1 aggregate triumph. Villarreal withstood a barrage of chances and picked its spots wisely, and it moves onto the semifinals, where it’ll face Liverpool unless Benfica can overturn a 3–1 aggregate deficit at Anfield on Wednesday.
