| Joseba Llorente's strike sealed Villarreal's place in the Champions
League quarter-finals after a battling 2-1 victory over Panathinaikos
in Athens.
Manuel Pellegrini's team, who went into the second leg of the first
knockout round tie with the disadvantage of having conceded on home
soil in the 1-1 draw two weeks ago, opened the scoring just after
half-time through Ariel Ibagaza.
Vangelis Mantzios levelled the tie with his fourth goal in six
matches before Llorente, who replaced Nihat Kahveci at half-time,
drilled home Ibagaza's dinked pass to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory
for the `Yellow Submarine'.
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