The picture shows villarreal players celebrating their victory at the award ceremony. Xinhua News Agency
□ reporter Liu Zhen
In the early morning of May 27, Beijing time, the 2021 Europa League final was held in Gdansk, Poland. Premier League giants Manchester United face Villarreal in La Liga. The two sides staged a crazy penalty shoot-out in the final, and after 11 rounds of mutual penalties, Villarreal beat Manchester United 12-11 to win the Europa League for the first time in history.
Villarreal, nicknamed a yellow submarine, is the first time in the team's history to reach the Europa League final, and their opponent is manchester United, a giant with many stars, so it is not optimistic before the game. However, Villarreal also has a confident side, that is, their manager Emery has previously coached Sevilla, also from La Liga, to complete three consecutive titles in the Europa League, and has his own unique achievements in how to play well in the Europa League.
After 90 minutes of regular time, the two sides drew 1-1, and the next 30 minutes of extra time did not produce a goal, and the final entered a brutal penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, an unbelievable scene occurred, the players on both sides shot well, the bullets were not false, so that after 10 rounds of mutual penalties, 10 players from each side had already played penalties, and only the goal could continue to shoot penalties at each other. Villarreal's goalkeeper Rulli hit a blast before United goalkeeper De Gea took the penalty and his penalty in the bottom right corner of the goal was saved by Rulli, the only penalty in the marathon penalty shootout that did not score.
In the end, after a frantic 11-round penalty shootout, the Yellow Submarine beat Manchester United 12-11 on aggregate to win the Europa League for the first time in history, while their manager Emery became the most won manager in Europa League history with a proud record of 4 victories.
Author: Liu Zhen
Source: Shijiazhuang Daily
![After 11 penalties, the "Yellow Submarine" won the first Europa League title in the history of the team[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)