Villarreal thrashed&nbsp;Rayo Vallecano 4 - 0 in the penultimate round of games in La Liga to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the next edition of the Europa League. <div><br /></div> <div>In a move started by Giovani dos Santos, Nigeria forward Ikechukwu Uche opened scoring for the Yellow Submarine in the 22nd minute and before the break, Bruno added a second.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Ten minutes after the restart Jonathan Pereira scored a third while&nbsp;Jaume Costa completed the scoring in the 64th minute.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Not considered good enough by manager Stephen Keshi, Ikechukwu Uche has scored 13 goals in the championship this season.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Villarreal will participate in the Europa League next term if they win their final fixture against Real Sociedad while praying that their next opponents drop points away to&nbsp;Athletic Bilbao today.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Photo Credit: villarrealcf.es&nbsp;</div>