Ruben Amorim had wondered what Manchester United would show. Two did, the bad followed by the good, the tasteless followed by the inspired ones. The team that could make simple errors followed by the team that ended with the flowering of a wonderful goal by Mason Mount from 50 yards. When United seemed to be stumbleding and playing his way to the final of the Europa League, in his place they entered him, Mount lent Beckham when they could have been buried by Atlético Bilbao. The Schizophrenic Amorim side could still end a bad historical season in a genuine maximum, with a trophy and a return to the Champions League. Only Tottenham, who has defeated three teams this season, but is even lower at the domestic table, can stop them. “It would be huge especially after this season in the Premier League,” said Amorim. His Europa League has been different. Just when Atlético threatened with a return that could have an extravagant leg to see Sir Alex Ferguson, United had a Trump partner or letters to play. A man who established the winner in a last League of the Champions Tok in the masterpiece of the Europa League. The first late goal of Mount Old Trafford, almost two years in his career at United, canceled Athletic’s advantage. The long -range end of a firm of £ 55 million in an empty network in the time of injury meant that he doubled his account for the club in one, devastating cameo. “Sometimes you are in the bank but you can change the game,” Amorim reflected. Amad Diallo was unleashed with him and created Rasmus Hojlund for the simplest finishes. Meanwhile, Casemiro, who had directed United to leadership in the San Mames last week, had repeated the feat, bending down to meet Bruno Fernandes Free Kick. After scoring three goals in 15 minutes in San Mames, United gathered four in 19 at Old Trafford.
And yet, Athletic Bilbao, like Lyon before them, had led in Old Trafford. United retains its status as the only undefeated side in the three European competitions this season, but they continue flirting with the defeat. “We did it quite well in Europe, but we struggled a lot in the Premier League,” Amorim reflected.
Sometimes they justified their humble billing prior to the game on their side. During much of the game, they seemed to prove that it is correct. “We have so many weaknesses,” he sighed. The team he said can lose his head threatened to lose the game. If Bilbao had obtained the second goal they almost conjured, there may have been a broader loss of composure.
“It should be a better manager at this time,” said Amorim, evaluating its initial impact on Old Trafford. He Neverberness deserves credit for United’s exciting end. The second half was a unidirectional traffic until he introduced Luke Shaw, Amad and Mount, while Fernandes moved back to the center of the field. “When you have a complete team, you can think of the game,” said Amorim. It was an in -depth force that athletics lacked. Brought an emphatic change.
“The draw was a walk in the park for United in the first leg of the first or second place; it was much more than the scoreboard suggests,” said Atlético Ernesto Valverde manager. I had a point. “If you look both games, it was much more difficult than only the result,” Amorim accepted. The glory belonged to the losers, the meaning of an exhausted group set up a heroic effort. A club whose budget is eclipsed by United’s without its four best players, the suspended defender Dani Vivian and three injured attackers in Oihan Sancet and Inaki and Nico Williams. For an hour, athletics was relentless. Valverde has his own traumatic experience or 3-0 tracks for the first time in European semifinals: his Barcelona lost 4-0 in Anfield in 2019. His search for a cathartic comeback ends in the late.
However, he had started better. Only Mikel Jaureguizar’s third goal for Athletic was a special attack, a magnificent 20 yards curling located in the upper corner. United was guilty, Harry Maguire gave the ball to Unai Núñez; After creating a goal with his unexpectedly skillful skills in the right wing last week, Maguire repaired the balance with a slack game to the edge of his own box.
The marker suggests otherwise, but the glory belonged to the losers, the feeling that an exhausted group set up a heroic effort. A club whose budget is eclipsed by United’s without its four best players: the suspended defender Dani Vivian and three injured attackers in Oihan Sancet and Inaki and Nico Williams. For an hour, Atlético was relentless.
Ernesto Valverde has his own traumatic experience or 3-0 tracks for the first time in European semifinals: his Barcelona lost 4-0 in Anfield in 2019. His search for a cathartic Removed He ended with another of his sides, they condemn four in England.
However, he had started better. Only Mikel Jaureguizar’s third goal for Athletic was a special attack, a magnificent 20 yards curling located in the upper corner. United was guilty, Harry Maguire gave the ball to Unai Núñez. After creating a goal with his unexpectedly skillful skills in the right wing last week, Maguire repaired the balance with a slack game to the edge of his own box. For a moment, United could have wished that he was still disguised as an extreme right.
Meanwhile, United had begun to camp Bezind the ball, too passive, too prone to mistakes and, when they were given the opportunities to get counterattack, lose delivery, touch or moment of the race. When the three obtained, Patrick Dorgu delivered a defense division pass on an erratic screen, Alejandro Garnacho reduced a shot.
But, despite all its failures, this united side has the ability to mount return. This return revolved around the mountain when Amorim once again solved problems. The former Chelsea man produced a skillful turn before curling a network shot. His second was glorious, clinging to a bad pass by Julen Aguirorzabala, who left the goalkeeper stranded outside his box, to find the empty network.
On the two legs, Fernandes and Casemiro made the greatest contributions to take United, scoring two goals each, and combined for their second at night. Hojlund, who had looked out of what was given a touch.
Once again, he felt cruel to Atlético. His hopes of a final of the hometown felt extinguished last week, but Neith the energetic players or vocal fans showed him. The strident supporters of Bilbao had traveled through thousands, but there will be a Mancunian invasion of the Basque Country later in this for the final. “If you don’t earn it, it’s nothing,” said Amorim.
The temptation is to say that United will need to play much better upon his return to the San Mames than in the first hour here. Althegh, while they face Tottenham, maybe they won.
