In-form Villarreal winger Samuel Chuwkueze was delighted after the Yellow Submarine's hard-fought 1-0 victory against Mallorca in La Liga on Tuesday evening, a game in which he was the key player for the Castellón outfit.
Nine matches to the end of the season, the Nigeria international believes Villarreal have a realistic chance of qualifying for next season's Europa League.
Chukwueze is being modest there as they are also in the frame for Champions League qualification with only three points separating fourth placed Real Sociedad and Javi Calleja's men in the provisional standings.
"This is just the start of the league, three months without playing, from now we are just recovering from the pandemic, I think we played well, maybe next game will be much better," Chukwueze told La Liga TV.
"I feel so happy, more will come. We need to look forward because we want to reach the Europa League.
"I feel so happy, more will come. We need to look forward because we want to reach the Europa League.
"That is our dream and target, if we keep on playing like this we will reach the Europa."
Up next for Chukwueze and his teammates is a trip to the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium, where they will face Ramon Azeez's Granada on Friday, June 19.
"Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will continue working hard with the training and Thursday we travel, Friday we play our game. The team are ready to fight for every position in the league.
"We defended well and we took our chances, that's the most important thing, we did very well."
"We defended well and we took our chances, that's the most important thing, we did very well."
Of his 28 appearances in the Spanish top-flight so far this season, Chukwueze has gone the distance in nine matches, including yesterday's win vs Mallorca.
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