EUROPA League
LIVE – EUROPA LEAGUE: SEVILLA 2-1 MANCHESTER UNITED- Odion Ighalo in
FULL-TIME: Sevilla 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester United are out of the Europa League
Manchester United have scored twice or more in 15 of their last 21 games. They need another one now!Substitution
Ighalo (in) – Greenwood (out) (Man. United).
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Sevilla 2-1 Manchester United
90min: United have six minutes to find an equaliser to this goal (below) that looks set to take Sevilla to the Europa League fina.
90 mins: Sevilla 2-1 Man. United
Substitution
88 mins: Fosu-Mensah (in) – Wan-Bissaka (out) (Man. United).
Sevilla 2-1 Manchester United
84min: There is a check for a United penalty after a foul inside the box, but it is quite rightly waved away as United begin to desperate.
GOAL! SEVILLA 2-1 Manchester United
78min: Luuk de Jong hasn’t scored in his last 11 games but he peels off Aaron Wan-Bissaka to tap home a half volley following a cross from the right. Poor defending from United who are in real danger of losing in the semi-finals for the third time this season.
GOAL! SEVILLA 2-1 Manchester United
Gooooal!
L. de Jong (Sevilla) scores!
Sevilla substitution
75min: A third change for Sevilla as goalscorer Suso departs to be replaced by Franco Vazquez.
70 mins: Odion Ighalo and two other players are warming up for United. The other two are Mata and Fosu-Mensah. Also three players are warming up for Sevilla.- Gudelj, Torres and Vázquez for Sevilla.
Sevilla 1-1 Manchester United
65min: Marcus Rashford is the latest Manchester United player booked, rather needlessly too as he sees yellow for bouncing the ball down in anger in a show of dissent after a throw in call goes against him.
Double Sevilla substitution
56min: Changes for Sevilla. Lucas Ocampos appears to have picked up a knock and he is replaced by Munir El Haddadi while Luuk de Jong, once of Newcastle United, comes on for Youssef En-Nesyri
A better statistic for United is that, before tonight, their last eight goals had been scored in either the second half or extra time.
Sevilla 1-1 Manchester United
47min: Big chance already for Manchester United! Bruno Fernandes finds Mason Greenwood with a ball over the top, but despite an excellent first touch from the striker inside the box, his finish is blocked by the charging Yassine Bounou out his goal.
The penalty kick scored by Bruno Fernandes in the 9th minute is Manchester United’s 22nd in all competitions this season. No other club in the top five leagues in Europe has been so blessed.
The penalty kick was also Manchester United’s fifth in the Europa League this season.
The referee blows for half-time.
United started the better and rewarded with the early penalty from Fernandes but Sevilla took advantage of their best spell when levelling through Suso. Since then, it has been more even but fiercely competitive and you would be hard pressed to pick a winner as it stands.
It’s half time
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45 mins: Rashford (Man. United) misses the target.
Fred and Williams work the ball out left where Rashford is in space. He cuts inside but shanks the shot harmlessly wide of the near post.
Sevilla 1-1 Manchester United
Pogba hasn’t been at his best so far, but the Frenchman did excellently to retrieve possession deep inside the United half before releasing Greenwood. Solskjær will hope there’s more to come from the midfielder in the second half.
38min: United now have a free-kick about 35 yards out following an Ever Banega foul. Marcus Rashford appears to be lining up a shot. Surely too far out?
Match summary
- United lead Sevilla in Cologne
- Bruno Fernandes scores from penalty
- Rashford fouled by Diego Carlos
- Winners face Inter/Shakhtar in final
- GOAL! Sevilla 0-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
GOAL! SEVILLA 1-1 Manchester United
26min: Slight controversy with this. United should have a throw in, but instead it goes to Sevilla who from the set-piece build an attack down the left with Sergio Reguilon crossing low for former Liverpool player Suso to divert home at the back post.
9min: I know Manchester United and constantly being awarded penalties has been a talking point thise season, but there was no debating the foul on Marcus Rashford and with a skip in his jump, Bruno Fernandes buries his spot-kick into the top corner.
9mins: PENALTY (Manchester United)
Marcus Rashford has a shot saved from point blank range by the keeper but he is brought down on the follow up by Diego Carlos.
KICK-OFF: Manchester United get the semi-final underway
Sevilla: Bounou, Jesus Navas, Kounde, Diego Carlos, Reguilon, Banega, Fernando, Jordan, Suso, En-Nesyri, Ocampos.
Subs: Vaclik, Sergi Gomez, Munir, Gudelj, Escudero, de Jong, Torres, Franco Vazquez, Alonso, Diaz, Genaro, Perez.
Man Utd: De Gea, Wan Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, Fred, Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Pogba, Rashford, Martial.
Subs: Bailly, Mata, Grant, Lingard, Andreas Pereira, James, Romero, Fosu-Mensah, Ighalo, Matic, McTominay, Mengi.
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Will another Manchester club crumble tonight after last nights flop by Manchester City? Manchester United would have learnt a lesson or two from their city rivals as they engage La Liga side, Sevilla in today’s Europa League semi-finals.
Manchester United will be hoping for their second final appearance in the Europa Cup after their success four years ago.
But their Spanish opponents however have an incredible history in the competition going on to become its five-time record winners since first lifting the trophy as recently as 2006.
The clubs have been paired together in UEFA competition once previously, Sevilla knocking United out of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 two seasons ago thanks to a 2-1 win at Old Trafford after a first-leg goalless draw in southern Spain.
Solskjær on his team’s fitness levels ahead of United’s 61st game of the campaign: “We’ve had many days to prepare so that means it’s also a good recovery and we should be physically fresh. Mentally, of course, you’re physically ready for a game in the semi-final. Everyone wants to play it.”
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag called on his players to use the frustration from their humbling defeat by Tottenham Hotspur as motivation to beat Porto in the Europa League on Thursday.
Following the 3-0 home loss to Spurs on Sunday, Ten Hag admitted his team’s mood could have been more positive.
“We are mad, mad with ourselves, especially when you lose a game like Sunday… but you have to deal with it. We are mad, and from the madness we have to get motivation,” Ten Hag told reporters on Wednesday.
“Always, when we are not winning we are disappointed and we are also mad with ourselves.”
United are 13th in the Premier League table and following a 1-1 draw with Dutch side Twente Enschede in the first Europa League match, Ten Hag said speculation about his job was inevitable.
“This club wants to be back on top and it’s a long-term target. We talk every day. Every day we evaluate and review the process and where necessary we make our decisions,” he said
“Everyone has to take responsibility and that starts with me as the manager. But on the pitch we have leadership skills and they have to stand up.
“Every game for us is important and every opponent is 100% motivated. We have to be ready to compete and fight with them.”
The Dutchman said midfielder Mason Mount, who was not part of the squad that travelled to Porto, was dealing with two injury issues and that defender Luke Shaw should return to action following the October international break.
-Reuters
Manchester United began their Europa League campaign with a 1-1 draw after they were held by FC Twente at a rainy Old Trafford on Wednesday, with a goal from Christian Eriksen being cancelled out by Dutch striker Sam Lammers.
The first half was a lively affair, with Twente’s Lammers making an early attempt that trickled past the post.
Eriksen put United ahead 10 minutes before the break, delivering a powerful curling shot into the top corner from inside the box.
Twente equalised in the 68th minute when Lammers produced a powerful finish past United keeper Andre Onana at the near post.
Joshua Zirkzee tried to get United in front again minutes later with a shot from an acute angle but were denied by a save from Twente keeper Lars Unnerstall.
Bruno Fernandes came close to scoring for United in the final minutes with a curling shot toward the top corner, but the hosts struggled to break through Twente’s deep-lying defence, which seemed content to secure the away draw.
DIA DOUBLE FOR LAZIO
Boulaye Dia scored a double and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru added another in the first half to hand Lazio a comprehensive 3-0 win against Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg.
Nice and Real Sociedad played out a 1-1 draw. Ander Barrenetxea put the Basque side ahead before Pablo Rosario scored the equaliser for Nice.
Elsewhere, Turkish champions Galatasaray claimed a 3-1 home win over Greece’s PAOK thanks to Abdul Rahman Baba’s own goal and strikes from Yunus Akgun and Mauro Icardi. Giannis Konstantelias scored for the visitors.
In an early match, Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt secured a 3-2 home victory against FC Porto thanks to a brace from Jens Petter Hauge, despite going down to 10 men in the 51st minute.
-Reuters
It took Ajax 34 penalties to beat Panathinaikos 13-12 in a marathon shootout on Thursday, setting a UEFA competition record after their Europa League third qualifying round tie ended 1-1 over two legs and extra time.
Ajax, who won 1-0 at Panathinaikos last week, conceded in the 89th minute in Amsterdam, leading to the shootout that broke the previous record of 32 attempts at the European U-21 Championship semi-final in 2007 where Netherlands beat England 13-12.
The world record for the longest shootout was set in May when Israeli third-tier clubs SC Dimona and Shimshon Tel Aviv took 56 penalties to resolve their semi-final promotion playoff tie.
Ajax keeper Remko Pasveer made five saves and scored on his own attempt to help the hosts win the shootout as Dutch international Brian Brobbey missed two penalties.
“Five is quite a lot, yes. I save a penalty every now and then, but I don’t think you often experience something as crazy as this,” Pasveer said.
“Every time I thought we would do it. Brobbey behind the ball, we will do it. But he missed, while he always scores during training.”
Defender Anton Gaaei ultimately delivered the winning penalty for Ajax. The Eredivisie club will now face Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok in the playoff round later this month.
-Reuters
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