yesterday 23:55
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The footballers of the Spanish Villarreal CF became the winners of the UEFA Europa League for the first time.
In Wednesday’s final in Gdansk, Poland, they defeated Manchester United 11:10 after an 11 m shot, in regular playing time and after extra time, the match ended 1: 1. Villarreal achieved the greatest success in the history of the club and at the same time secured participation in the Champions League 2021/2022.
Everything was decided by Manchester United goalkeeper David De Geu in the eleventh series. This is the fourth triumph in EL for Villarreal coach Unai Emery. In the years 2014-2016, FC Sevilla led to the winning hat-trick. Two years ago, London was in the finals with Arsenal. United did not follow up on the 2017 victory, when they succeeded in the fight for a valuable trophy against Ajax Amsterdam.
Europa League Final:
Villarreal CF – Manchester United 1: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0), 11:10 after 11 m shot
Goals: 29. G. Moreno – 55. Cavani, rozstrel z 11 m: G. Moreno 1: 0, Mata 1: 1, Raba 2: 1, Telles 2: 2, Alcacer 3: 2, Fernandes 3: 3, A. Moreno 4: 3, Rashford 4: 4, Even 5: 4, Cavani 5: 5, Gomez 6: 5, Fred 6: 6, Albiol 7: 6, James 7: 7, Coquelin 8: 7, Shaw 8: 8, Gaspar 9: 8, Tuanzebe 9: 9, Torres 10: 9, Lindelöf 10:10, Rulli 11:10, De Gea nedal
Judge: Turpin (Fr.), ZK: Capoue, Foyth – Bailly, Cavani, 9500 spectators
Assemblies and rotations:
Villareal: Rulli – Foyth (88. Gaspar), Albiol, Torres, Pedraza (87. A. Moreno) – Parejo, Capoue (120. + 3 Raba), Pino (77. Alcacer), Trigueros (77. Gomez) – G. Moreno , Bacca (60. Coquelin)
Manchester: De Gea – Wan-Bissaka (120. + 3 April), Lindelöf, Bailly (116. Tuanzebe), Shaw – McTominay (120. + 3 Telles), Pogba (116. James), Fernandes, Rashford, Greenwood (100. Fred ), Cavani
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The start of the match was marked by nervousness, both teams lost balls. The first shot was sent by midfielder United Scott McTominay, but his attempt from 20 m lacked accuracy. After 10 minutes Juan Foyth could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors’ keeper. Villarreal’s defender had to be treated, but despite the nosebleeds, he continued to fight. With 20 minutes played, Luke Shaw could have brought this one home for Luke Shaw as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Villarreal gradually became more daring, Yeremi Pino in particular was full of activity. With 29 minutes played, Dani Parejo nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The ball was kicked out of play. Victor Lindelöf pulled for a jersey. United tried to answer as quickly as possible, but there was no moment of surprise in their game. Bruno Fernandes was not very creative and Edinson Cavani’s defense of Villarreal was very careful. At the end of the first half, Mason Greenwood tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn’t get past the visitors’ defenders.
At the beginning of the second act, Carlos Bacca could have increased after a mess in Manchester’s defense, but Fernandes prevented the ball from ending in the net. After 54 minutes, agile McTominay came in from the right and could have resulted in a goal, but the shot went just wide. However, the English vice-champion continued his activity and in the 55th minute he managed to equalize. After a series of rebounds, the ball reached Cavani and the Uruguayan gunner knocked it into the empty net. The situation was still assessed by VAR, which confirmed that Cavani was not offside. Villarreal came under pressure, he could not hold the ball by in the middle of the field. Another shot from Shaw’s center found Cavani’s head, but he hit the defending player. Emery responded to the development of the match with a double substitution, the striker Paco Alcacer and the midfielder Moi Gomez came on. At the end of the regular time, he sent two extreme defenders, Albert Moreno and Mario Gaspar, to the lawn.
At the set time, Pau Torres tried to twist the ball into the gallows, but he aimed high above, so it was time for an extra time in which it was a tactical chess. He was also more active thanks to a series of Villarreal rotations. After 98 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Alberto Moreno might have resulted in another goal for FC. In the 114th minute, Villarreal demanded a penalty at Manchester’s hand, but the French referee Clement Turpin, after consulting with VAR, allowed the game to continue. Everything was decided by a dramatic eleven shot. In it, all the players who remained on the field, except the last executor De Geu, transformed their attempts.
Manchester United fans attacked Polish hooligans:
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