Viktoria closed their Europa League journey by a tie with Villareal on Thursday 10th December. The match was played at the Doosan Arena. The goalkeeper Petr Bolek was given a chance to join the starting line-up as well as the midfielder Tomáš Kučera and the striker Jan Holenda.

Viktoria had a chance to open the match by the first goal on 8 minutes. Villareal played by hand and the referee Chapron blew a whistel to a penalty kick for Viktoria – Daniel Kolář execute it and Viktoria was in lead 1:0! On 16 minutes Kolář could add the second goal but he missed Kovařík´s pass. Bolek performed the first save on 18 minutes when destroying their opponent´s header. Soon after that Viktoria played a quick action when Holenda – Kolář – Kovařík cooperated but the striker was too dynamic. On 40 minutes Bakambu was alone in front of Viktoria´s goal and had no troubles to place the ball behind the goal line – 1:1. This was the half-time result.

At the beginning of the 2nd half Bakambu appeared in front of Bolek again and then Jan Kopic was in a quick break but none of them made it to score. On 53 minutes Bojan Jokič and on the other side had an effort on goal but the score did not change. On 61 minutes Bakambu shot again and after that Jonathan Dos Santos scored after a corner – 1:2. Villareal tried to set the pace of the match but Plzeň were against. On 65 minutes Kopic beat Marín and placed the ball to Kovařík´s head who scored – 2:2. Immediately after that Kovařík could shoot again from the same place but his second attempt was blocked by the defence. On 71 minutes Jan Holenda was substituted by Aidin Mahmutovič. Plzeň were craving for more goals and their offensive attempts were obvious. Viktoria made the second substitution on 83 minutes when Kopic was replaced by Milan Petržela and then Tomáš Kučera by Václav Procházka. The end of the match was played under a great atmosphere and Viktoria finally added one goal by Tomáš Hořava – 3:2 for Plzeň! At the end Villareal equalled the score o 3:3 and the final result of the match was a tie.

FC Viktoria Plzeň - Villarreal CF

FC Viktoria Plzeň: Bolek - Matějů, Hejda, Baránek, Limberský - Kučera (88. Procházka), Hořava - Kopic (83.Petržela), Kolář, Kovařík - Holenda (71. Mahmutovič)

Villarreal CF: Barbosa - Rukavina, Musacchio, Ruiz, Jokič (43. Marín) - Samu (56. Dos Santos), Trigueros, Bruno, Castillejo (72. D. Suárez) - Bakambu, Soldado

Goals: 8. Kolář (pen.), 65. Kovařík, 90.Hořava - 40. Bakambu, 62. Dos Santos, 90. Bruno YC:Matějů, Kopic, Kučera, Mahmutovič - Jokič Referees: Chapron - Cano, Debart
Crowd: 10071.