Villareal Bag 27 Goals in a Pre-Season Friendly!

Villareal Bag 27 Goals in a Pre-Season Friendly!

Pre-season friendlies are usually designed to de-creak your stiff legbones, to get your muscles pumped and to ease off the rustiness. So you'd surely want a bit of challenge put in front of you, rather than a herd of cardboard cut-out men for target practice.

Tell that to Spanish 'almost men' Villareal. After losing their manager Manuel Pellegrini to Real Madrid, they breezed through their first pre-season match, defeating small Spanish Navata outfit 27-0. Their new boss even played a different XI in each half!