Villarreal Coach Marcelino has warned against believing his side are through to the Europa League group stage despite a 3-0 away win over Astana.
Goals from Cani, Gio dos Santos and Mario gave the Yellow Submarine a convincing win over the Kazakhstan outfit, with the return leg to come at El Madrigal.
“It’s a huge step but we can’t think it’s done,” Marca reports Marcelino as saying.
“They have quality players, a lot of rhythm and the synthetic pitch gave them an advantage.
“We were favourites because we come from a great League but we have respected our opponent and have made a great defensive and offensive environment for work.
“We haven’t been overwhelmed and the second goal early in the second half has been very good for a favourable outcome.
“I liked pretty much everything about the game. It was the first of the season and fatigue was an influence.
“Perhaps without that we would have scored another goal but we leave satisfied.”
