Overview
- Mads Junker Luckassen headed in from a corner seconds after halftime in the 46th minute after lax marking decided the contest.
- Villarreal produced a sluggish first half with slow buildup and minimal incision before raising the tempo late on.
- Coach Marcelino reshaped the frontline in the second half, and chances for Oluwaseyi and Pépé narrowly missed the target or met the goalkeeper.
- Villarreal protested an apparent block on goalkeeper Luiz Júnior on the goal, but referee Sven Jablonski and VAR did not intervene.
- Played in Limassol, the result leaves the Spanish side with one of 12 possible points at the group stage midpoint.