Soccer-Danjuma double sends Villarreal into Champions League last 16


Soccer Football - Champions League - Group F - Atalanta v Villarreal - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - December 9, 2021 Villarreal's Arnaut Danjuma celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) -Villarreal became the last team to reach the Champions League knockout stages as Netherlands international Arnaut Danjuma's double helped them to a 3-2 win at Atalanta in their rearranged final Group F match on Thursday.

The game was scheduled to take place on Wednesday but was postponed due to snow, and Villarreal wasted no time in putting themselves in the driving seat, with Danjuma racing clear to break the deadlock inside three minutes.

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