JAKARTA - Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo admits that he can't wait to meet Liverpool in the first leg of the 2021/2022 Champions League semifinal. Ahead of the match on Thursday morning, he revealed the strength of his team.
Will appear in front of the home fans at Anfield Stadium, Parejo said The Yellow Submarine is now in high confidence thanks to experience and previous flying hours.
"After having the experience of beating two big teams, we have the responsibility to go there (the Anfield Stadium) to fight," Parejo was quoted as saying on the club's official website on Wednesday.
Parejo also explained, the Villarreal squad will try to repeat the success of the Europa League last season. At that time they could have won it without losing a single game and will now try to bring that spirit into the Champions League.
The Spaniard stated, so far in the Champions League, Villarreal are faced with a path that requires excellent mental and physical readiness so that they are quite calm in looking at the match against Liverpool.
"We are good individually, but our great strength is our togetherness as a team," said Parejo.
"We have gained experience on how to play against teams like them and how to manage every moment of the game. We are a team that can be trusted like that," he continued.
Villarreal has now transformed into a team of 'giant killers' after eliminating several top teams in the group stage and knocking out the Champions League this season.
In the group stage, Unai Emery's team was able to beat Atalanta and make them advance to the knockout stages as second place in the group alongside Manchester United.
In the round of 16, Villarreal thrashed Juventus 4-1 on aggregate after beating the Bianconeri 3-0 in Turin, while in the quarter-finals, The Yellow Submarine eliminated Bayern Munich 2-1 on aggregate.
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