30 - year - old Ikechukwu Uche continued his great form in pre - season after he netted in the first half as Villarreal defeated <span class=\"st\">Sassuolo 4 - 2 in a tuneup game held on Thursday evening. <br /><br />The Nigeria international forward opened scoring for the Yellow Submarine in the 16th minute after an assist from Mexican </span><br /><span class=\"st\"><span style=\"\" class=\"notranslate\">Giovani Dos Santos.<br /><br /></span></span><span class=\"st\"><span style=\"\" class=\"notranslate\"><span style=\"\" class=\"notranslate\">Espinosa, Vietto and Gerard Moreno were also on target for the Spanish team while the Italians managed to reduce the scoreline through </span></span></span><span class=\"left name\">Simone Missiroli and Simone Zaza.<br /><br />The exhibition game was the final of the 15th edition of </span><span class=\"left name\">Trofeo de la Cer&aacute;mica Mahou Cinco Estrellas, which Villarreal won for the fifth consecutive time.<br /><br />Ikechukwu Uche also found the back of the net against Swansea City and Reus Deportiu, meaning he has scored in 3 of the 5 pre-season games played by Villarreal. <br /><br /></span> <div><span class=\"inc goal left\"></span><span class=\"left mr4\"></span><span class=\"left name\">The Camp El Madrigal outfit are away to FK Lokomotiv Astana on August 21 in the Europa League, three days before their meeting with Levante in the La Liga.<br /><br /></span>Photo Credit: <cite>villarrealcf.es</cite><br /></div>