Emery was a valued manager during his time at Sevilla where he won the competition 3 successive times starting from the 2013/2014 season. A juggernaut of a team at his dispatch allowed him to determine the way to approach each opponent in each game of the Europa League. He made Sevilla the most successful and undisputed team in the history of tournament with 6 wins, double any other side.
Speaking after winning the Europa League in 2015, Argentine midfielder Ever Benega said: “We have a great coach and he is getting the very best out of us – we don’t relax whether we are on the pitch or on the bench. We have really healthy competition for places here."
Leaving the Spanish team, after expressing his desire to leave, Unai fled to European Giants PSG where he enjoyed more immense success with the exception of allowing Barcelona's historic Remontada in 2017 in the Champions League.
Another midfielder in Rabiot expressed his glory on Emery, “This is a coach who really communicates with everyone.“He is asking us our opinion after the sessions, what we liked, what we didn’t like. He asks if you are not too tired after training. “This is really important for the staff to know as they can then adapt (the training sessions). They need to know if we can withstand the workload being asked of us.“Communication is essential, not only in football but in all sports. This is what I find really good about Emery.”
The youth graduate at Real Sociedad, Emery was also a midfielder which reflects his brilliant relationships with these players. He is eager as manager to bond a team and create an unbreakable positive atmosphere.
A return to his homeland was however imminent as clubs in Spain saw the dazzling opportunity to appoint Emery to spark his managerial resurgence following his lacklustre spell at Arsenal. Emery last year was seen as a magnet to European trophies and further progression especially at Spanish clubs demonstrated earlier in his career at Sevilla.
Villarreal were the La Liga side that latched onto the sub-50-year-old manager as Javier Calleja was replaced in the summer of 2020. In his first year at the club, he has already been expressing his attraction to dominance booking a place in the Europa League last 8 with ease.
The club broke their unbeaten streak in 2020 under Emery after 19 matches consecutively without a loss as they march towards their first ever major trophy.
The evolution of The Yellow Submarine (the club's nickname influenced by the Beatles) over recent seasons has been driven by two influencing strikers in the form of American born Giuseppe Rossi and the sensational Gerard Moreno, who is on the same amount of goals in La Liga as the highly-praised Luis Suarez with 19.
The Spaniard possesses excessive goal scoring threat thanks to his shooting precision. Level with the Uruguayan on 0.83 goals per 90 minutes and higher than Suarez and the claimed extraterrestrial Argentinian Lionel Messi on goal conversion rate and shot accuracy.
The Yellow Submarine are striving forward towards a potential European trophy and the looming Champions League qualification under the magician Emery.
Villarreal will compete in the second leg of their Europa League quarter final against Ukranian side Dynamo Kiev on Thursday 15th April at 8pm BST.
The match will happen at Villarreal's home venue Estadio de la Cerámica.
The Spaniards are 1-0 up on aggregate following Gerard Moreno's strike from the penalty spot was the difference maker in last weeks reverse fixture in Ukraine.
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