Mario Gaspar wary of Red Bull Salzburg threat

Villarreal defender Mario Gaspar has insisted that his side must be wary of the threat posed by Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of their last-32 Europa League clash on Thursday.

The Yellow Submarine will enter the match off the back of a 2-0 defeat at Rayo Vallecano in the league, but Mario is hopeful that the team will bounce back in the European clash.

"Vallecas is always a strange ground to visit and it's always difficult to compete there. We had a lot of problems and we were never comfortable," Mario has been quoted as saying by Inside Spanish Football.

"They're a team who have great capacity for scoring goals and for that reason, they'll be very dangerous."

Sevilla are the current holders of the Europa League.