Villarreal sink Sparta Prague's dreams of Europa League glory

Villarreal eased into the semi-finals of the Europa League with a 4-2 second-leg victory over Sparta Prague last night.

Leading 2-1 from the first leg in Spain, Villarreal put the tie to bed with three goals in the first half, and a late comeback from the Czechs was too little, too late.

Cedric Bakambu scored his third of the tie in the fifth minute before two goals in three minutes at the end of the half from Samuel Castillejo and Bruno Soriano.