The penalty shootout kicked into the 11th round, and the two teams staged a "goalkeeper 12-yard showdown" - such a "magical" scene, which took place in the europa league final this season...
In the early morning of May 27, Beijing time, this season's Europa League final was played at the Energy Arena in Gdansk, Poland, and La Liga Villarreal and Premier League Manchester United drew 1-1 in 120 minutes of regular time and extra time. In the penalty shootout, the 11 players of the "Yellow Submarine" played without false shots, and the "Red Devils" goalkeeper De Gea missed a key goal, watching his opponent win the first Europa League title in the history of the team.
Villarreal opened the scoring with Moreno.
Before the game, the outside world was generally optimistic about the stronger Manchester United team. However, in the 29th minute of the game, Moreno received a teammate's free kick and long pass to shoot at the goal, helping the "yellow submarine" to take the lead.
Cavani scored to tie the score.
The trailing Manchester United attacked with full force, and Uruguayan veteran Cavani scored in the 55th minute to tie the score. In the following game time, United had an absolute advantage in possession and the number of shots on goal, but they were never able to break the goal again. With 90 minutes of regular time and 30 minutes of overtime over, the two teams, still in dire straits, could only enter a brutal penalty shootout.
Lully won the "Goalkeeper Showdown" with De Gea.
There was a dramatic scene in the penalty shootout, the members of the two teams were like gods, and the first 10 players who appeared were all played without false shots, and the battle was 10-10 draw. At the crucial moment, the two goalkeepers dueled, resulting in Villarreal goalkeeper Lully's powerful shot straight to the top right corner of the goal, and Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea's obvious lack of confidence was rejected by the opponent. At 11-10, Villarreal lifted the first Europa League title trophy in their history.
Villarreal's official website celebrates the team's victory.
"It's the pride of Spanish football, we did everything we could to show our style, (winning the title) was very fulfilling!" After the game, emery, the manager who led the "yellow submarine" to win, was very excited, he revealed that he had analyzed 17 Manchester United games in the week before the game, and the Spanish coach also stressed that the players were not allowed to practice penalty shootouts before the game. It is worth mentioning that this is also Emery's fourth Europa League title trophy, after he led Sevilla to three victories.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed that after regretting losing the title, the players who returned to the dressing room were very disappointed, "This is football, sometimes a shot can determine the outcome. Feelings of disappointment cannot be contemplated, but we must learn our lessons. This season, Solskjaer led Manchester United to two runners-up in the Premier League and the Europa League, and when asked by reporters if it was a successful season, he said: "No, we need to get better. ”