Samuel Chukwueze’s Villarreal have won this season’s UEFA Europa League after defeating Manchester United on penalties in Wednesday’s final.

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Lalasticlala mynd44
https://www.completesports.com/breaking-chukwuezes-villarreal-beat-man-united-to-emerge-europa-league-champions/

Chukwueze makes his way to Eufa champions league as Europa champ

Villarreal upset Man Utd in UEL final win 11-10 on penalties:


Villarreal were crowned UEFA Europa League champions for the first time after defeating Manchester United in a dramatic penalty shoot-out on Wednesday evening.

Man United captain Harry Maguire had to settle for a place on the bench after not recovering fully from an ankle injury and he was replaced by Eric Bailly, with Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Mason Greenwood playing behind lone-striker Edinson Cavani upfront.

The Red Devils were finding better chances and they came close to breaking the deadlock in the 20th minute after a cross was cleared on the path of Luke Shaw, unmarked on the left channel but his strike across goal evaded the target and his teammates at the back post.

However, Villarreal eventually went ahead on the half-hour mark after Gerard Moreno pulled away at the back post in anticipation of Dani Pajero's free-kick from the left flank and poked home a strike beyond the reach of goalkeeper David De Gea.

Unai Emery's charges were dropping deep in their own half in the closing phase of the first stanza, with United having to break them down but they could not carve out openings, with shot-stopper Geronimo Rulli not having much to do and the Spanish side went to the break leading by an odd goal.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's troops had a bright start in the second stanza and Cavani snatched the equaliser ten minutes from the break with a close-range strike from a rebound after Villarreal failed to clear their lines from a corner.

The Yellow Submarine had their backs against the wall and Emery made a tactical change on the hour-mark, bringing on midfielder Francis Coquelin in place of striker Carlos Bacca to shore up the midfield.

The Red Devils kept on putting Villarreal under pressure and Cavani came close to giving them the lead in the last 20 minutes with a header from Shaw's cross that was cleared off the line by Pau Torres.

Emery responded by making a double attacking change in the last 13 minutes, as Paco Alcacer replaced Yeremi Pino and Moi Gomez came on for Manu Trigueros.

However, Paul Pogba came close to getting the winner for United with a header in the last minute from Shaw's cross that sailed over the bar and the match went to extra-time after a 1-1 draw in regulation time.

The Yellow Submarine had a bright start in extra-time but they could not take their chances and Solskjaer finally made a change just before half-time in extra-time as Fred replaced Greenwood in a tactical move.

Moreno had a chance to snatch the winner for Villarreal with seven minutes remaining after an offload from Coquelin but his strike was blocked by Fred and inevitably the game went to penalty shooutouts after the sides could not be separated in extra-time.

The first set of five players all converted their spot-kicks and even in sudden death until the deciding kick went to the goalkeepers and Rulli scored his penalty for Villarreal and saved De Gea's spot-kick to clinch a 11-10 win for Emery's men in the shootouts as they were crowned Europa League champions for the first time.



Lalasticlala
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congrats...abeg wr dt fergie?

I said it before kickoff that Nigeria players plying their trade in Europe hardly lose finals..

Spanish teams in general hardly lose European finals.

As a matter of fact, except Valencia in 2001, no Spanish team has lost a European finals for 20 years now

Thank God for Villareal,they just saved d world from noise pollution this nite. Thier fans wil protest stark naked dis time around against d Glazers family. Ole ole ole... lost 3 semi finals last season... This season lost 1 final.. next season na caf champions league.

A mediocre team always quick to shout about their glory days

Spainish teams plays smart not hard
While English teams plays hard not smart

That's why they make so much noise "our league is hard bla bla bla" but "why not play smart"

There's a difference between"Playing smart" and "Playing hard"

But na to argue

Spain all the way

Wat a football season of surprises! First time European champion... Congrats Villarreal and big congrats to Man City in advance

And they call it farmers league

Check out the two odds daily...

Villarael deserves the crown,they won all their games in this year's europa league except the draw with arsenal and man united yesterday.I told my friends yesterday that villarael may shock united,not because united are bad but because of the experience of emery.And that was exactly what played out,experience is very important in football. Personally i will rate Solkjaer as a good coach but he needs more time to gain experience especially to win trophies.