On Thursday, May 8, Manchester United helped in the UEFA Europa League finals in the UEFA Europa League final on Thursday, May 8, completing the 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao in Old Trafford, Orthies and Mason Mount from Casemiro and Rasmus Hojund. United will face Tottenham Hotspur in the collision of summit 21.
United has already led a 3-0 tie After their victory in Bilbau last week and simply had to ensure that they got a draw to get to the European League finals for the first time in four years. The Spanish side was aggressive as a match from the beginning, because it was Cagey the beginning of the Old Trafford. United was determined in defense and were looking for an attack on the counter.
They had the first real chance of playing when the passage from Bruno Fernandes got to Alejandra Garnach, but goalkeeper Bilbao quickly saved. Patrick Dorga asked for a sentence seven minutes later and despite VAR intervention was not awarded to the hosts.
Athletic Bilbao hoped for a return because they wanted to play the finals in front of their home fans and got a rescue rope at the 31 minute, when the noble blow Mikela Jauregizar from the outside of the box passed around Andre Onan and the net. United was looking for a quick answer and began to attack Bilbao Box.
Garnacho then had a chance to cope in the 43rd minute when he was one on one with the goalkeeper, but his attempt at Dink was terrible. The other half saw that Bilbao continued to ask questions outside the united defense and camp in the middle of the hosts. Both teams went to triple substitutions around 61 minutes, while Mount, Amad Diallo and Luke Shaw came to United.
Bilbao blowing 20 minutes blitz United
The changes worked for miracles for United because there was a shift at a pace, while the hosts were more adventurous. This led to the equalizer as a nice run by Lena Yoro, who saw him to build Mount, who turned in at the 71 minute and turned the shot around the goalkeeper Bilbao.
Eight minutes later, Bruno Fernandes was a free kick led to the header of the Casemi header when everyone sewed their place. Amad then ran into the box dazzlingly and set the fine ball for healing, which had a simple work of knocking the ball into the net in the 85th minute.
At the time of stopping, the goalkeeper Bilbao came out of his box and a clear danger, which proved to be a mistake when his passage fell straight to Mount, who released a shot from the near half and into an empty net. This closed the 7-1 aggregated victory for United, which now dreams of getting the second title of the European League.
They will be in the face of them Spurs, who won the second leg against Bodo/Glimt thanks to the goals of Dominik Solandke and Pedro Porra.
Published on:
9 May 2025
