Europa League 2020/21 FINAL - Villarreal p1-1 Man Utd - Wednesday 26th May, 2021

[Stan]

Kick-off 20.00

Venue - Stadion Miejski, Gdansk

Referee - Clement Turpin (France)
VAR - Francois Letexier (France)

 

       VS     

Route to the Final

VILLARREAL
Group Stage - 1st
Round of 32 (1st Leg) - RB Salzburg 0-2 Villarreal
Round of 32 (2nd Leg) - Villarreal 2-1 RB Salzburg
Round of 16 (1st Leg) - Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Villarreal
Round 16 (2nd Leg) - Villarreal 2-0 Dynamo Kiev
Quarter-Final (1st Leg) - Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Villarreal
Quarter-Final (2nd Leg) - Villarreal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Semi-Final 1st Leg - Villarreal 2-1 Arsenal
Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Arsenal 0-0 Villarreal

Top Scorer - Paco Alcacer/Gerard Moreno (6)

MAN UTD
Group Stage - 3rd (Champions League)
Round of 32 (1st Leg) - Real Sociedad 0-4 Man Utd
Round of 32 (2nd Leg) - Man Utd 0-0 Real Sociedad
Round of 16 (1st Leg) - Man Utd 1-1 AC Milan
Round 16 (2nd Leg) - AC Milan 0-1 Man Utd
Quarter-Final (1st Leg) - Granada 0-2 Man Utd
Quarter-Final (2nd Leg) - Man Utd 2-0 Granada
Semi-Final 1st Leg - Man Utd 6-2 Roma
Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Roma 3-2 Man Utd

Top Scorer - Bruno Fernandes/Edison Cavani (5)

[Azeem]

3rd place teams from CL should rather play in the InterToto Cup than in Europa League. Joke

[MUFC]

Biggest game in football tonight. Have  bad feeling though.

[MUFC]

Our fans were attacked last night.

[Pyfish+]

Got a feeling that Villarreal will just edge it. 

[Danny]

This has been a Spanish teams competition for ages now, so you'd assume it'd be close. But it'd be very Man Utd like to win it

[Panna King]

[ScoRoss]

 

[Stan]

GOAL VILLARREAL!!!

Moreno taps in from a free-kick!

1-0!

[Tommy]

1-0 Villareal.

[Mel81x+]

That's a good goal and now things have gotten interesting. 

[Stan]

De Gea seemed a bit flat-footed. Looked to be on the side he was positioned and was always stretching once Moreno got to it.

Can't work out who was marking him and let him go.

[Stan]

Solskjaer is absolutely fuming at Shaw for something

[Mel81x+]

1 minute ago, Stan said:

De Gea seemed a bit flat-footed. Looked to be on the side he was positioned and was always stretching once Moreno got to it.

Can't work out who was marking him and let him go.

Lindelof didn't see him and basically tried to hold him back while he was up ahead. I think De Gea may have been able to stop that goal too.

[Cicero]

Dani Parejo the most under appreciated player in the world. 

[Stan]

Fernandes trying to claim for that  

[RandoEFC+]

Something about Spanish teams in European competition this last decade isn't there. Real Madrid winning all of those Champions Leagues when they weren't particularly good. Sevilla always winning the Europa League. Villarreal have never been in a European final before? Yet on this evidence, they just look like they know exactly how to win this game. Long way to go yet...

[DeadLinesman]

Villarreal are literal aids and we’re losing. Embarrassing. But we’ve never been able to break down teams that do fuck all and sit back so we’ve already lost.

[Whiskey]

Unai Emery loves the Europa League doesn't he? 

[Mel81x+]

I think Villarreal have gone defensive a bit too soon and it might actually work against them in the second half when Manchester United decide to push for that goal harder. 

[MUFC]

18 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

Something about Spanish teams in European competition this last decade isn't there. Real Madrid winning all of those Champions Leagues when they weren't particularly good. Sevilla always winning the Europa League. Villarreal have never been in a European final before? Yet on this evidence, they just look like they know exactly how to win this game. Long way to go yet...

We'll all agree that Villarreal aren't one of the better sides in Europe. But when it comes to European games, they have the know how and nack. They know all the sly little tricks, by jumping in to tackles. They'll just go down and win free-kicks all day long. We need to stop playing into their hands. 

[Stan]

Looks like this should be a penalty

[Stan]

Wow, actually very surprised that wasn't given. Looked like Villarreal's player made contact with Greenwood only, and not the ball.

[Stan]

GOAL MAN UTD!!

Cavani taps in to an open goal as the ball falls right in his path!

1-1!

[Tommy]

Cavani, 1-1.