Étienne Capoue and Samuel Chukwueze scored for Villarreal before the break. Vinícius Júnior, Éder Militão and Dani Ceballos still helped Real win in the second half.
Arnaut Danjuma was not part of Villarreal’s selection. The attacker is in the interest of several clubs. PSV would also be interested in him. The club from Eindhoven saw Cody Gakpo leave for Liverpool and also reached an agreement with Chelsea on Thursday about a transfer from Noni Madueke
Earlier on Thursday, FC Barcelona already qualified for the quarter-finals. The club easily dealt with AD Ceuta, which plays at the third level. Robert Lewandowski (2), Raphinha, substitute Ansu Fati and Franck Kessié scored the goals in the Spanish enclave in Morocco (5-0).
