Sassuolo earned an impressive 1-1 draw with Liga side Villarreal, as Alfred Duncan found the net.
It was pouring with rain at the Mapei Stadium, but that didn’t stop ex-Sampdoria midfielder Duncan breaking the deadlock within four minutes.
Domenico Berardi and Sergio Floro Flores went close, but Nahuel snatched an equaliser.
Gregoire Defrel almost gave Sassuolo victory late on, but was kept out by the upright, while Marcello Gazzola’s strike was beaten away.
Sassuolo 1-1 Villarreal
Sassuolo earned an impressive 1-1 draw with Liga side Villarreal, as Alfred Duncan found the net.
It was pouring with rain at the Mapei Stadium, but that didn’t stop ex-Sampdoria midfielder Duncan breaking the deadlock within four minutes.
Domenico Berardi and Sergio Floro Flores went close, but Nahuel snatched an equaliser.
Gregoire Defrel almost gave Sassuolo victory late on, but was kept out by the upright, while Marcello Gazzola’s strike was beaten away.
Sassuolo 1-1 Villarreal
Scorers: Duncan 4 (S), Nahuel 55 (V)
Sassuolo: Consigli (Pegolo 63); Vrsaljko (Ariaudo 82), Cannavaro (Terranova 82), Acerbi (Fontanesi 71), Longhi (Gazzola 63); Duncan (Biondini 46), Magnanelli (Pellegrini 46), Missiroli (Laribi 63); Floro Flores (Sansone 46), Falcinelli (Defrel 63), Berardi (Politano 63)
Villarreal: Areola; Mario, Bailly (Pantic 63), V Ruiz (Iniguez 73), J Costa (Jokic 53); Bruno, Trigueros (Pina 63), Nahuel (Espinosa 63), Castillejo (Alejo 73); Gerard, Pereira (Alfonso 73)