Villarreal had a decent finale in this season and at least captured the seventh position. And they made it by defeating a very tough opponent like Barcelona in an away game which was even more impressive to me. Barcelona were better statistically maybe but sometimes statistics can't help any team to defeat their opponent. This was a solid example for that situation as Villarreal won by a 2-0 result despite not finding too many goal opportunities. The seventh position isn't satisfying enough for a team that reached the Champions League semi finals maybe but they still had a great season in general.
Villarreal really proven that they are more stronger than Barcelona in this tournament, because many people predicted for the favour of Barcelona but the game ended up for the favour of Villarreal. It was a great celebration in the camp of Villarreal for the tactics they used to defeated Barcelona 2-0 without allow them to achieve any goal from the match. I think Barcelona coach need to improve the team so that they will be able to perform well in next season because their performance was very poor in this season that made their fans unhappy in this season.
The team's motivation was different in this last match, Barcelona had no effect on any results they received while Villarreal desperately needed a win in order for them to secure their position to be able to get a ticket to European competition.
I think the motivation that Villarreal players have is bigger that they can win the game against Barcelona.
actually Villareeal's performance is quite good this season, they can reach the semifinals of the UCL but they are not consistent in the league so that their standings position is very low.
and for Barcelona to have bounced back so quickly after slumping at the start of the season, the factor in Xavi's entry as coach was the most influential. I have no doubt that next season Barcelona will be even stronger.