Rossi keeps Villarreal on course for top four
Reuters - Monday 18 April 2011, 21:15
MADRID - Giuseppe Rossi kept Europa
League semi-finalists Villarreal on course for a place in the
Champions League next season with a penalty to secure a 1-0 win
over relegation-threatened Real Zaragoza in La Liga on Monday.
The Italy striker netted after he had been brought down in
the area with 19 minutes to go at the Madrigal and sent Toni
Doblas the wrong way from the spot.
The 24-year-old took his tally for the season to 16 and
lifted fourth-placed Villarreal to 57 points, nine ahead of
Athletic Bilbao in fifth, with six matches left to play.
Barcelona top the standings with 85, eight ahead of Real
Madrid after Saturday's 'clasico' at the Bernabeu.
Villarreal take on Porto in the Europa League semi-finals
with the first leg in Portugal on May 5.