Goals by Lazar Markovic and Glen McAuley decided a tight contest at the Academy on Thursday night, with victory meaning Neil Critchley’s side finish Group E in second place behind Villarreal.
Only the two best runners-up will join the six pool winners in the last eight, however, meaning the young Reds must wait until next week - when the final group-stage fixtures are scheduled to take place - to find out if their International Cup campaign will go on.
Swansea’s Oliver Cooper spurned the game’s first opportunity by volleying Liam Cullen’s dangerous, drifting cross over the crossbar.