Both of the previous times that Villarreal coach Marcelino García Toral qualified a LaLiga club for the supposed "nirvana" of the UEFA Champions League, his reward for lucrative success was to be brutally sacked.
You would like to think that this time will be different and that the "Yellow Submarine," whose thrilling win at champions Barcelona on Sunday guaranteed that they will be dining five-star at Europe's top table in September, won't fire their coach like they did in 2016 when he placed them fourth. But they weren't the only heinous ones.