Villarreal rolls past Manacor behind El Jmili’s standout effort

MANACOR, Spain (Interstat) — Villarreal scored five unanswered goals to beat Manacor on Tuesday at Poliesportiu Municipal Na Capellera in Manacor. Alassane Diatta opened the scoring in the 13th minute, T. Oluwaseyi doubled the lead in the 26th, and Sergi Cardona made it three in the 47th. Nizar El Jmili scored in the 55th and Nicolas Pepe capped the scoring in the 68th. El Jmili led Villarreal with one goal and two assists. Oluwaseyi and Diatta each had one goal and one assist, Pepe and Cardona each scored, and Alberto Moleiro added an assist. Manacor’s Caldentey was booked in the 12th, Villarreal’s Navarro in the 62nd and Manacor’s Oliver in the 85th. Villarreal made substitutions in the 46th, 56th, 57th, 70th and 75th minutes; Manacor made changes in the 55th, 61st and 78th. Villarreal’s competition record is now 1-0, while Manacor’s is 0-1. Across all competitions, Villarreal is 5-5-3 and Manacor is 2-2-1.