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Optajoe

6 - Diego Godin, who scored in the 2016 Champions League final for Atlético, is the sixth player to score in both a European Cup/Champions League final and a UEFA Cup/Europa League final after Steven Gerrard, Hernan Crespo, Dmitri Alenichev, Allan Simonsen and Pedro. Collection.

Squawka


Only seven players have scored a brace in a #UEL  final:

2010: Die go Forlán
2012: Radamel Falcao
2015: Carlos Bacca
2016: Coke
2018: Antoine Griezmann
2019: Eden Hazard
2020: Luuk de Jong

A brace of headers.

StatmanDave


Luuk de Jong’s 3 UEL  goals this season:

• 78th minute in the semi-final
• 12th minute in the final
• 33rd minute in the final

Worth the wait.

Squawka


Luuk de Jong is the first Dutch player to score in a UEL  / UEFA Cup Final since Pierre van Hooijdonk in 2002.

His goalscoring form continues. ⚽️

StatmanDave

Luuk de Jong has scored 2 UEL  goals this season:

— vs. Man Utd in the semi-final
— vs. Inter Milan in the final

A great time to find his shooting boots.

Squawka

Diego Carlos has now conceded a penalty in each of his last three UEL  appearances:

⭕️ Quarter-final vs. Wolves
⭕️ Semi-final vs. Man Utd
⭕️ Final vs. Inter

Consistent, if nothing else.

StatmanDave

Diego Carlos in the UEL 

Quarter-final — penalty conceded
Semi-final — penalty conceded
Final — penalty conceded

Not ideal.

Optajoe

6 - Romelu Lukaku is the first player to score in six consecutive knockout stage matches in major European competition since Cristiano Ronaldo between 2012 and 2013. Inevitable.

StatmanDave

Romelu Lukaku has now scored 34 goals for Inter Milan this season, matching Ronaldo’s record for most goals in a debut season for the club.

Inevitable

William Hill

Romelu Lukaku has now scored in ELEVEN consecutive UEL  games:

☑️ Wolfsburg
☑️ Young Boys
☑️ Young Boys
☑️ Dynamo Kyiv
☑️ Dynamo Kyiv
☑️ Ludogorets
☑️ Ludogorets
☑️ Getafe
☑️ Leverkusen
☑️ Shakhtar
☑️ Sevilla

Just try and stop him.

fabianiyobosa:
Live betting. Those games wey I post na live betting.

Barca match na 5-2 when i bet am.
Man U dey win 1-0 when I bet Sevilla to win.

Good bet.

fabianiyobosa:
I go wait till 20minutes

you wan do live betting or 20minutes before the game start?

fabianiyobosa:
I hail. How you see Inter and Shaktar?

Inter d win na. But their odd no make sense for me

NeoWanZaeed:
giveaway ooooo

lol! Untop 60sumtin thasand?

fabianiyobosa:
Thank you Barca and Man U.

Lol, you d learn work. pSg wan give me BP before sha

Optajoe


2 – Including both their quarter-final victory over FC København and their match with Sevilla tonight, Manchester United had 46 shots, with 21 hitting the target; however, the Red Devils managed just two goals from the penalty spot in those matches. Dissect.

Squawka

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Squawka

Man Utd have conceded 2+ goals in an UEL  knock-out match for the first time since March 10, 2016 vs. Liverpool (0-2).

Questionable defending for both

Squawka

August 11 2019: Man Utd are awarded their first penalty of the season.

August 16 2020: Man Utd are awarded their 22nd penalty of the season.

Still going strong, one year on.

Optajoe

20 – Since his ManUtd debut on February 1st 2020, only Robert Lewandowski (28) and Lionel Messi (27) have had a direct hand in more goals in all competitions than Bruno Fernandes (20 - 12 goals, 8 assists), the same as Kai Havertz and Cristiano Ronaldo. Focused.

StatmanDave


Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 12 Europa League goals this season [8⚽️ 4.A], 4 more than any other player in the competition.

What a penalty!

Squawka

Bruno Fernandes has now scored eight goals in the Europa League this season, more than any other player in the competition.

It’s Bruno time.

Optajoe

22 – Manchester United have now been awarded 22 penalties in all competitions this season, the most a team within Europe’s top 5 leagues has had in single campaign since Barcelona in 2015-16 (24). Standard.

Not a bad selection after all

Optajoe

4 - Manchester United have progressed to the final from each of their last four semi-final appearances in major European competition (2007/08, 2008/09 & 2010/11 UEFA Champions League and 2016/17 UEFA Europa League). Mentality.

Squawka

✓ 2005/06
✓ 2006/07
✓ 2013/14
✓ 2014/15
✓ 2015/16
❓ 2019/20

Sevilla are looking to reach their sixth UEL  final.

Optajoe

3 - This will be only the third European meeting between Manchester United and Sevilla – the other two games were in the last 16 of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League, with Sevilla winning 2-1 at Old Trafford in the 2nd leg, after a goalless draw in the first leg. Motive.

StatmanDave

Bruno Fernandes in the 2019/2020 Europa League:

⚽️ vs. FC Copenhagen
A vs. LASK
⚽️ vs. Club Brugge
❌ vs. Club Brugge
⚽️⚽️ AA vs. PSV
⚽️ vs. Rosenborg
❌ vs. Rosenborg
⚽️ A vs. LASK
⚽️ vs. PSV

A goal or assist every 66 minutes on average; every 90 minutes excluding pens.

Squawka

Ever Banega remains the only Sevilla player from their 2015/16 triumph against Liverpool in the #UEL  final.

A third #UEL  title would be the perfect send off for the midfielder.

Optajoe

3 - SevillaFC have reached the UEFA Europa League semi-final on three previous occasions and gone on to win the tournament in all three of those campaigns (2013/14, 2014/15 & 2015/16). Magic.

Someone should tell Malami that we are not the hiring and firing squad of the Government. Let him address his articles to Buhari himself.

One would wonder why he is putting up all these write ups very often now if he is that clean.

StatmanDave

MUFC players who created 3+ chances vs. F.C. Copenhagen:

Williams — 4
Fernandes — 3
Rashford — 3
Martial — 3

MUFC players who took 3+ shots vs. F.C. Copenhagen:

Fernandes — 7
Rashford — 4
Martial — 4
Greenwood — 3
Pogba — 3
Mata — 3

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