Amid the celebrations that followed Tottenham’s Europa League triumph, three players were left waiting for their winner’s medal. Manager Ange Postecoglou was first to receive a medal from Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin following the 1-0 win over Manchester United. Injured trio James Maddison, Timo Werner and Lucas Bergvall and Will Lankshear – who spent the...
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim says the belief that would come with winning the Europa League is worth more to his side than any financial gain. United survived a first-half wobble on Thursday to eventually beat Spanish side Athletic Bilbao 7-1 on aggregate and set up an all-English final against Tottenham. Beating Spurs would...
Tottenham are looking to win a first trophy of any kind in 17 years and they will fancy themselves as favourites for the game in Bilbao, having beaten United three times already this season. Spurs won 3-0 at Old Trafford and 1-0 at home in the Premier League and also triumphed 4-3 in the League...
At 10pm on Thursday evening, thousands of Manchester United and Tottenham fans may well find themselves plotting routes to Bilbao. The Premier League teams go into their semi-final second legs – against Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt respectively – as favourites to progress. Should they complete the job, they will secure a place in the final,...
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim says their 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League semi-final first leg is “the best result as nobody expected this”. Read full article at source...
Few would have predicted such a win for United at San Mames Stadium – which will host the Europa League final on 21 May. Indeed, initially it did not look likely with some of the visiting players appearing nervous. Manuel Ugarte was often caught in possession in the opening 15 minutes, while a static defence...
“Fans are close to the pitch and really in sync with the players,” explains Gaizka Atxa, founder of a supporters’ group named after Fred Pentland, a legendary former English coach of the club. “The environment is usually overwhelming for rivals that come to San Mames. It’s intimidating, especially in La Liga. In Spain, I don’t...
Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt are one of the most interesting sides left in European competition. With their home games often taking place in freezing conditions north of the Arctic Circle, facing them can prove a difficult proposition for unacclimatised opposition, as Lazio found out in the quarter-finals. The Italians lost the first leg 2-0 in Norway,...
We look ahead to Rangers’ Europa League quarter-final second leg at Athletic Bilbao. Read full article at source...
Ferguson was boosted by the news that Bailey Rice, Leon Balogun, Vaclav Cerny and Ridvan Yilmaz all trained on Wednesday with the former coming off on a stretcher after surprisingly making just his second start for the club last week. And the interim Ibrox boss maintains Athletic are favourites to win the tournament having seen...
We preview the weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-finals and Rangers’ European quarter-final. Read full article at source...
Losing a player so early meant the hosts were always going to be up against it, but they weathered the storm well with the ultimate team performance. They made 39 clearances, 20 tackles and kept their discipline – even with nine men on the pitch in the final few minutes following Sterling’s injury. It was...
When Nico Williams led England a merry dance on a balmy summer’s night in Berlin last July, it capped the season of his dreams. Now he is determined to do similar damage to Rangers and keep Athletic Bilbao on course for their first European trophy. In the space of 100 days, Williams produced two showpiece...
Liam McLeod, Michael Grant and Joshua Barrie look forward to Rangers v Athletic Bilbao Read full article at source...