Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze has sent Villareal to the semi-finals of the 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League.
Gatekeepers News reports that Chukwueze came off the bench to net the qualifying goal for the Spanish club on Tuesday night.
The Nigerian Winger has, therefore, cut the German club’s hope of securing their sixth Champions League.
Although Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern a lead at the 52nd minute of the second leg of the competition bringing the game to a 1-1 aggregate as the Yellow Submarines had secured a lone goal in the first leg of the quarter-finals.
However, Chukwueze’s late goal saw Unai Emery side to their first semi-final in 16 years with a 2-1 aggregate win.
This makes it the second time Villarreal will be making the Champions League semi-final, the first was in 2005-06.
Meanwhile, this is the first time Emery will be leading a team to the final four of the competition.
