The Europa League final will be 100% English and will oppose Manchester United to Tottenham

The two English clubs, respectively 15th and 16th in Premier League, will have the opportunity to save their season on May 21 in Bilbao.

France Télévisions – Sport writing

The successor to Atalanta will be English. There was no surprise on Thursday, May 8, in the semi-finals return from the Europa League. Manchester United and Tottenham validated their qualification for the final, a week after traveling half the way during the first leg.

The Red Devils were able to party at Old Trafford despite a delay in ignition. Led for almost 40 minutes, after a superb distant strike from Mikel Jauregiz (31st), the executioners of OL overthrow the Basque team at the end of the match (4-1 after 3-0 in San Mames). Released from the bench, Mason Mount was the author of a sumptuous double, quickly equalizing a lethal chain controls behind the rolled-roller-fry leg (72nd) and marking the fourth and last goal of the evening on a 40-meter shot (90th+2). Casemiro (80th) and Rasmus Hojlund (85th) scored the other Mancunian goals.

The logic was also respected in the other semi-final. Already a winner winner (3-1), Tottenham finished the work against Bodo Glimt, on the lawn of the surprising Norwegian team (2-0). Dominic Solanke (63rd) and Pedro Porro (69th) blackened the stats sheet.

Manchester United will try to erase the disappointment of the lost final in 2021, on penalties against Villarreal. The Mancunian club has already won the C3 to a recovery in 2017. For its part, Tottenham will play its first final in the competition for 41 years. The London club raised the trophy twice, especially during the first edition in 1972.

For these two teams missing their championship season, a victory in the final would be synonymous with qualification for the next Champions League