Topic: Europa League 21/22

[rushyman]

Erm, we aren't even guaranteed that yet.

Don’t tease

[elsewhere]

Villareal winning this and alien invasion in CL final will do it for me.

[redgriffin73]

Still cant believe we lost the Charity Shield to these.

God, I cannot for the life of me recall that game at all. Probably just as well!

So, any hope of Villareal winning this thing now? Albie to be the hero maybe?!

[Crosby Nick]

Revenge of sorts for 2006 for Royaltown.

[cdav]

Which of Partey or Pepe has been the worst signing? Both woeful, £120m spent and on big wages

[Fromola]

2 shots on target at home in a European semi final when you just need to score once to go through, shameful and spineless.

And took off Aubamayang when youre needing a goal? Still cant believe we lost the Charity Shield to these.

It's a glorified friendly and it was straight to pens after 90 minutes rather than lost. We battered them a couple of weeks later.

Given how hopeless we've been in the last few months it was embarrassing the ease with which we battered them at The Emirates as well. They should have cut Arteta loose like Chelsea did Lampard.

[Hazell]

It's a Good Evening for Unai!

[Fromola]

Might finish in the Top 8 if they’re lucky but they are well behind the rest in terms of quality. They’re on par with Everton / Villa standard now.

Yeah, it needs heavy investment in the summer but without European money and Covid losses they can't have a huge budget.

Then they need to try and attract a decent manager on top.

[CalgarianRed]

Which of Partey or Pepe has been the worst signing? Both woeful, £120m spent and on big wages

Both are nothing players. Their recruitment is shocking.

Hopefully they stick with Arteta and win another FA cup or something and be irrelevant. Last thing we want is a strong Arsenal.

[Illmatic]

A player that is highly rated based on absolutely nothing. Never seen this lad have a good game.

Had a few decent games against us last year.

[disgraced cake]

'I'm closing down Arsenal's defence ... for an hour and a half'

[disgraced cake]

Another English or Spanish winner means that only one team in the past 11 years from outside those two nations has won the competition (Porto in 2011)

[Bobinhood]

I watched 10 mins switching back and forth between games and went for a bike ride. Good call imo. Rubbish football for a "major" semi final set.  Like, stunningly crap. The most exciting thing was the mystery of whats under that bandage on Cavani's face. Run of the mill pimple is my bet.

[oojason]

Roma vs Man Utd; 7 minute highlights - https://hdmatches.net/2021/05/06/video-roma-vs-manchester-united-highlights-full-match-06-may-2021/#1620335021730-23b29ced-a5fa


Arsenal vs Villareal; 5 minute highlights - https://hdmatches.net/2021/05/06/video-arsenal-vs-villarreal-highlights-full-match-06-may-2021/#1620336727555-56860af8-0bc7




The 2021 Europa League Final, between Villareal vs Manchester Utd, is on Wednesday 26th May (an 8pm kick off) at the Stadion Miejski in Gdańsk, Poland.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_UEFA_Europa_League_Final : https://twitter.com/EuropaLeague : www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague


The game will be shown live in the UK on BT Sport 1, BT Website, & BT App - www.live-footballontv.com/live-uefa-europa-league-football-on-tv.html

TV channels around the world showing the match live (+ great for IPTV etc) - www.livesoccertv.com/match/3984932/uefa-europa-league-final

Streams - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769.0 (the 'Some useful info for following the football on tv (+ streams & highlights etc)' thread)


C'mon Villareal and Moreno

[Fromola]

Another English or Spanish winner means that only one team in the past 11 years from outside those two nations has won the competition (Porto in 2011)

Inter last season was the first time an Italian side reached the final since the 90's.

Also only one German finalist since the 90's.

[disgraced cake]

Inter last season was the first time an Italian side reached the final since the 90's.

Also only one German finalist since the 90's.

Think in the grand scheme of things, looking back at the history of the major European competitions, you can say Italian sides now have an average record in Europe. Of course Milan have the 7 wins in the European Cup/Champions League, but Juventus are massive underachievers and Inter have only won one CL title in the last 55 years! Inter/Juve have both won 3 UEFA Cups of course, they were very good in the 90s were the Italian sides in that competition, even Parma won it.

If not for Bayern then German sides would have achieved next to nothing in Europe. Of course Dortmund and Hamburg won big ears but very little besides that. I think Bayer Leverkusen won the UEFA Cup once and a couple of others may have done so from Germany.

In the 21st century it's been all about Spanish and English sides. This season with an English winner it's 15 out of 21 wins for a side from those two countries in the Champions League. 11 of the runners up from the same nations. In the UEFA Cup/Europa League it's also 15 of the last 21 to be from Spain/England, with 9 runners up. Mad stats to be honest.

[oojason]

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The 2021 Europa League Final...





Villarreal 1-1 Manchester Utd - after extra-time. Villarreal win 11-10 on penalties.


Villarreal XI: Rulli, Foyth, Albiol, Pau Torres, Pedraza, Parejo, Capoue, Trigueros, G. Moreno, Bacca, Pino.
Subs: Alcacer, Asenjo, Coquelin, Costa J, Estupinan, Gomez M, Mario Gaspar, Moreno A. Mori R, Nino, Pena, Raba.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Lindelof, Shaw, Pogba, McTominay, Rashford, Fernandes, Greenwood, Cavani.
Subs: Grant, Henderson, Maguire, Telles, Tuanzebe, Williams, Amad, Fred, James, Mata, Matic, Van De Beek.



The game is live in the UK on BT Sport 1 / BT Sport Ultimate - www.live-footballontv.com

The match is also free to watch in the UK on BTSport.com, BT Sport App, on YouTube, or on BT TV channel 430, on Sky channel 413, and on Virgin channel 532:-

www.bt.com/sport/football/europa-league/europa-league-final-live-stream-how-to-watch-tv-channel

or live on the BT website here - www.bt.com/sport/watch/enhanced-player/football/europa-league/2021/may/villarreal-v-manchester-united-final



TV channels around the world showing the match live (+ great for IPTV etc) - www.livesoccertv.com/match/3984932/villarreal-vs-manchester-united

60+ Stream sites - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769.0 (in the 'Some useful info for following the football + TV, Streams, & Highlights etc' thread)

FlashScores Page for the Final - www.flashscore.co.uk/match/4GyuuqTg/#match-summary (for live scores, line-ups, live in-games comms, etc)



BT Sport's...  'Villarreal vs Manchester United | UEFA Europa League Final 2020-21 | Live stream' (free & available in the UK. Program starts at 6.30pm):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Jx6ydLt_MkE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Jx6ydLt_MkE</a>

^ or click here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6ydLt_MkE

or live on the BT website here - www.bt.com/sport/watch/enhanced-player/football/europa-league/2021/may/villarreal-v-manchester-united-final

No, BT are NOT doing this out of the kindness of their hearts - they are contractually obligated to show the Europa League & Champions League Finals on TV for free in the UK.




'Villarreal vs Manchester United (1-1) | 2021 Europa League Final Highlights | Spaniards win 11-10 on pens!' - 10 minute highlights:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/zBS2Rt2KOB0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/zBS2Rt2KOB0</a>




Useful Info:-

UEFA.com Europa League Final Preview - www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2029909--villarreal-vs-man-united/prematch/preview

www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague : https://twitter.com/EuropaLeague : www.youtube.com/uefatv/videos : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_UEFA_Europa_League_Final

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League : https://twitter.com/btsportfootball : www.bt.com/sport/football/europa-league

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villarreal_CF : www.villarrealcf.es : www.villarrealcf.es/en (in English) : https://twitter.com/VillarrealCF : https://twitter.com/Eng_Villarreal



The Grauniad's Live Match Blog: www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/may/26/villarreal-v-manchester-united-europa-league-final-live-score-updates-gdansk

BBC's Live Match Blog: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/54077738



Match Highlights - www.fullmatchesandshows.com : https://hdmatches.net : https://ourmatch.me : www.footballorgin.com : www.replaymatches.net





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1-1; full-time, after extra-time.

Gerard Moreno goal on 29' - https://streamja.com/eOem2 & https://streamable.com/ejy0v5 & www.gsoccer.xyz/2021/05/matchday-goals-villarreal-vs-manchester.html

Cavani goal on 55' - https://streamye.com/v/6e61e9 & www.gsoccer.xyz/2021/05/matchday-goals-villarreal-vs-manchester.html?m=1

Obligatory Fernandes dive - https://twitter.com/LFCdone/status/1397650496127655942



Villarreal vs. Manchester Utd : Penalty shootout (11-10) [Europa League 2021 Final] - https://streamable.com/ohz05e


https://vimeo.com/555431003


UEFA's Penalty shoot-out thread - https://twitter.com/EuropaLeague/status/1397668851760996352

FlashScores Penalty Shootout thread - www.flashscore.co.uk/match/4GyuuqTg/#match-summary/match-summary


Villarreal players celebrate their first ever major trophy with fans after the penalty shootout - https://streamable.com/a0umoa

Villarreal players throw Emery in the air - https://streamable.com/xp5a0l



Villarreal players lifting the Europa League Trophy - https://streamable.com/wi97ux



Albiol on TV "We didn't practice penalties, didn't take any yesterday, it's incredible that we scored them all." - https://twitter.com/dermotmcorrigan/status/1397674862156599297


Match Report: www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2029909--villarreal-vs-man-united






Full Match Replays & Highlights & Penalty Shootout - https://old.reddit.com/r/footballhighlights/comments/nlof2y/villarreal_vs_manchester_united_europa_league

& www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2021/05/26/villarreal-vs-manchester-united-highlights-full-match




















'Alberto Moreno post title win with his wonderful accent: “You'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone!”:-

https://twitter.com/redscouserbr/status/1397684318349180928 (with short video of Alberto)



'Alberto Moreno’s leg tattoo what a fucking hero' - https://twitter.com/sisenor_9/status/1397687601998467076



Even more Alberto singing the praises of Liverpool (this time in the changing rooms post-match) - https://twitter.com/exLFCemployee03/status/1397699825316024323

[tubby]

Villarreal can easily out-shithouse this Utd team and they're a tidy outfit.  But I think Utd have too many players who can create something from nothing and they'll edge it.

[Klopp Your Hands]

I will obvs be supporting Villareal, but cannot see them causing any problems for Man U.
They were garbage v Arsenal and way off the pace in La Liga, in a season where the top teams weren't great.

1-0 Villareal please, with Bruno sent off for diving.

In reality tho, expecting a 3-0 Man U walk in the park, happy to be wrong.

Come on Villareal you shithouses!

[sinnermichael]

Ole bingo in full flow.

Visit from Fergie- check
Mention Sir Matt Busby- check
Mention 1999- check

[Dave McCoy]

Rumors are Maguire is going to start.  Will find out soon enough I guess.

[rafathegaffa83]

Rumors are Maguire is going to start.  Will find out soon enough I guess.

He didn't even participate in their last training session. Could be disastrous for them if he was to start.

[BigCDump]

Looking forward to Utd losing to swan divers FC. The ironing will be sweet.   

[Hazell]

Rumours are Man Utd fans are going to protest to try and call the game off to protest against their owners.

Oh wait, scratch that, it's not true.

[johnj147]

Come on Villarreal  .moreno redeem yourself)

[sinnermichael]

Fantastic impartial coverage on BT tonight, with Rio Ferdinand referring to United as "we" after 30 seconds.

[Agent99]

Villarreal can easily out-shithouse this Utd team and they're a tidy outfit.  But I think Utd have too many players who can create something from nothing and they'll edge it.

Just say penalty mate.

[Sarge]

C'mon Villarreal.

[MJD-L4]

Quite looking forward to this - got a feeling Villareal are gonna take it.

Now I've said that United will get a pen in the first 5 minutes and never look back.

[WEST HAM PAUL]

Come on Villarreal

Please bloody win

[disgraced cake]

Come on the yellow submarines. Don't fancy them but if they create the chances they can do it. They thrive off space and clever play and really can cause problems.

[sully0182]

God what a tonic a Villareal upset would be here.

[Felch Aid]

Fernandes will be given a lesson in shithousery by the Villareal players.

Realisitically Villareal don't have much firepower and I see similar repeat when united stuffed Ajax last time.

[Hazell]

Fernandes will be given a lesson in shithousery by the Villareal players.

Realisitically Villareal don't have much firepower and I see similar repeat when united stuffed Ajax last time.

I watched some of that match, Ajax were the better side and then Pogba opened the scoring with a massively deflected shot. No idea what happened after that, obviously I switched off.

[Clint Eastwood]

Just switched on. What are they talking about?

They're talking about whether Paul Pogba can do 'a job' in CM because he's 'played there before'?

Why is that a talking point?

[PeterTheRed ...]

Fernandes will be given a lesson in shithousery by the Villareal players.

Realisitically Villareal don't have much firepower and I see similar repeat when united stuffed Ajax last time.

Gerrard Moreno, Paco Alcacer and Carlos Bacca are pretty good attacking options. It is actually their midfield that I am worried about ...

[Crosby Nick]

I will not be watching but I reserve the right to mock you all for doing so, whilst checking the thread for updates because although I’d like not to care, I’d rather they didn’t win.

[Gerry Attrick]

Moreno and Emery are our only hopes. Villarreal were a bang average outfit in a terrible La Liga this season. I’m not confident.

[Dave McCoy]

Maguire on the bench so not far off on the rumors.

[Medellin]

C'mon Alby lad!