US EditionEuropa League recap: Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Man United
- Manchester United defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at San Mames in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final on May 1, 2025.
- The visitors gained an advantage when Athletic Bilbao was reduced to ten men after one of their defenders was sent off for blocking a clear goal opportunity, resulting in a penalty awarded following a VAR review.
- Casemiro opened the scoring before Fernandes converted a 37th-minute penalty and added a third goal just before halftime, both assisted by Ugarte.
- Fernandes, United's captain, earned a 9/10 rating for creating the most chances and scoring twice, including a penalty dispatched into the bottom right corner.
- Athletic now faces a tough second leg at Old Trafford on May 8 and needs a miracle to overturn the three-goal deficit and avoid Europa League elimination.
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Manchester United fulmina al Athletic in a night of shadows
The Athletic enters its shadow side. The ideal night became the night of the laments. Manchester United drove the pass to the final with a clear victory in The Cathedral. That the lions meet the Road to Bilbao and return to San Mamés by the end of May 21 will demand a heroicity in Old Trafford. Doing what the United did and improving it. It is a great challenge. Ruben Amorim’s team, which has not lost one of his 13 games of the course, adjusted …
Edwin van der Sar hopes lightning can strike twice for Manchester United - PLZ Soccer
Edwin van der Sar was on the wrong end of things when Manchester United previously saved their season with Europa League glory and hopes his former club can aid their rebuild by repeating the trick eight years on. Jose Mourinho’s first campaign at Old Trafford ended by winning Europe’s second-tier competition, which took precedence over the Premier League towards the end of the campaign that the Red Devils stumbled home in sixth. The Portuguese’…
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