Villarreal CF already knows what it’s like to play against Bayern Munich, since eleven seasons ago he did in the Champions League group stage of the 11-12 season. A double confrontation in which the Germans emerged victorious, as they won 0-2 at La Cerámica and 3-1 in Germany.
It is true that that Villarreal is far from the current one, since in that season the team ended up descending from category, being a team that never managed to feel competitive. In that group stage of that Champions League the yellow team lost all six games of a group of death, since it was formed by teams like Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Napoli.
The match in Vila-real was played in September and was the first of the group, a duel in which Villarreal had an eleven made up of: Diego López, Mario Gaspar, Catalá, Zapata, Marchena, Musacchio, Senna, Bruno, De Guzmán, Rossi and Nilmar. While Bayern Munich did it with an eleven with: Neuer, Lahm, Badstuber, Boateng, Van Buyten, Tymoshchuk, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Mario Gómez, Müller and Ribery.
The game in Germany was played in December, being the last game of that group stage with Villarreal already eliminated. A match in which they played for Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Rafinha, Boateng, Van Buyten, Alaba, Tymoshchuk, Kroos, Mario Gómez, Robben and Ribery. And at Villarreal they played: Diego López, Mario Gaspar, Ángel, Marchena, Musacchio, Oriol, Bruno, Borja Valero, Hernán Pérez, De Guzmán, Marco Ruben.