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Chukwueze’s Villarreal Handed Easy Conference League Group

Chukwueze’s Villarreal Handed Easy Conference League Group

Samuel Chukwueze and his Villarreal teammates have been handed an easy Europa Conference League group after being drawn with Hapoel Be’er-Sheva, Austria Wien and Lech Poznan.

Chukwueze was on target as Villareal defeated Hajduk Split 2-0 in Thursday’s Uefa Conference League second leg play-off round.

Alfonso Pedraza put the Spaniards ahead in the 37th minute before the Nigeria international doubled the advantage four minutes before the hour mark.

The Yellow Submarine had secured a 4-2 victory over the Croatian First League outfit at the Estadi Ciutat de Valencia.

In Split, they completed a double over Valdas Dambrauskas’ Masters from the Sea to reach the group stage with a 6-2 aggregate result.

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Meanwhile, West Ham United and Anderlecht will clash in a repeat of the 1976 European Cup Winners’ Cup final after being drawn together in the same Europa Conference League group.

It was Anderlecht who won 4-2 at Heysel Stadium to land the silverware 46 years ago but the task for each side this time around is to plot a route into the knockout rounds of UEFA’s newest men’s club competition.

West Ham can point to strong recent form against Belgian teams, having beaten Anderlecht’s domestic rivals Genk 3-0 in London last season in the Europa League after drawing 2-2 away from home.

They later knocked out Sevilla and Lyon on a run to the semi-finals, where eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt proved too strong.

FCSB and Silkeborg join West Ham and Anderlecht in Group B of the Conference League, while Villarreal also learned about their early opponents.

After winning the 2021 Europa League and reaching the Champions League semi-finals last season, Villarreal will hope to avoid a bumpy landing in the tertiary competition, with Hapoel Be’er-Sheva, Austria Wien and Lech Poznan their Group C opponents.

Fiorentina, Nice and Koln are also aiming to make an impact in the competition, which is entering its second season.

The six rounds of group games take place from September 8 to November 3 with the Europa Conference League final to be played on June 7 at Slavia Prague’s Eden Arena.

Slavia are among the teams competing, drawn to face Cluj, Sivasspor and Ballkani in Group G.


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