Villarreal won the Europa League yesterday after an exciting match against Manchester United that ended in a draw (1-1) and a historic penalty shootout with 22 shots in which they even had to kick the porters. Already with wild hearts, the goalkeeper of the team led by Unai Emery, Rulli, was right, while the British, De Gea, failed.
The Spanish team won the first title in its history and also qualified for the next Champions League. The “yellow submarine” advanced to the final thanks to Gerard Moreno in the half hour of the game and Edinson Cavani tied at the beginning of the second half. Without many chances, the final came in overtime and then a historic penalty shootout.
In any case, Villarreal had to suffer bravely to win the title, as Manchester United dominated for most of the match, especially in the second half, in which they imposed their physical superiority. Already in overtime, the lack of changes in the British team, coupled with the success in the direction of the team by Emery, allowed Villarreal to even finish extra time in the rival area.
With the defeat against Villarreal, Manchester United has accumulated four years without winning a title. The last trophy won by the “Red Devils” was in this same competition, in the edition of the 2016/2017 season, in which they beat Ajax Amsterdam with José Mourinho as coach.
Since then, United have twice been runners-up in the Premier League (2017/2018 and 2020/2021), in addition to losing the Europa League final that year and the League Cup final in 2018. yesterday was the sixth European final lost to Manchester United
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