Villarreal FC on Wednesday emerged winners of the Europa League after defeating Manchester United on penalties.
Manchester United suffered a cruel 11-10 penalty shoot-out defeat after the 90 minutes of play and the extratime.
Man United’s goalkeeper, David de Gea missed the last kick which gave the Spanish side victory.
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Defeating United at the Stadion Miejski in Gdansk, Poland, gave Villarreal its first EuropaLeague title, while United had hoped for their sixth Europa title.
Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli scored the spotkick and saved de Gea’s attempt to claim their first European.
Gerard Moreno had converted Dani Parejo’s free kick to give Unai Emery’s side the lead in the 29th minute.
Meanwhile, Edinson Cavani found the back of the net after reaching a deflected shot from Marcus Rashford in the 55th minute.
Cavani had more chances to turn the game in United’s favour. Villarreal were the better side during the first half.
In celebration, Villarreal tweeted, “We’ve won the Europa League! Oh my God.”
Villarreal FC emerged winners of the Europa League after defeating Manchester United on penalties.
Man United’s goalkeeper, David De Gea, missed the last kick which gave the Spanish side victory.
In celebration, Villarreal tweeted, “We’ve won the Europa League! Oh my God.”
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Penalty:
VILLARREAL 11 – 10 UNITED: David de Gea’s (saved by Rulli)
VILLARREAL 11 – 10 UNITED: Geronimo Rulli scores
TIME FOR THE GOALKEEPERS TO TAKE PENALTIES NOW
VILLARREAL 10 – 10 UNITED: Victor Lindelof scores
VILLARREAL 10 – 9 UNITED: Pau Torres scores
VILLARREAL 9 – 9 UNITED: Axel Tuanzebe scores
VILLARREAL 9 – 8 UNITED: Mario Gaspar scores
VILLARREAL 8 – 8 UNITED: Luke Shaw scores
VILLARREAL 8 – 7 UNITED: Francis Coquelin scores
VILLARREAL 7 – 7 UNITED: Daniel James scores
VILLARREAL 7 – 6 UNITED: Raul Albiol scores
VILLARREAL 6 – 6 UNITED: Fred scores
VILLARREAL 6 – 5 UNITED: Moi Gomez scores
SUDDEN DEATH TIME
VILLARREAL 5 – 5 UNITED: Edinson Cavani scores
VILLARREAL 5 – 4 UNITED: Dani Parejo scores
VILLARREAL 4 – 4 UNITED: Marcus Rashford scores
VILLARREAL 4 – 3 UNITED: Alberto Moreno scores
VILLARREAL 3 – 3 UNITED:Bruno Fernandes scores
VILLARREAL 3 – 2 UNITED: Paco Alcacer
VILLARREAL 2 – 2 UNITED: Alex Telles scores
VILLARREAL 2 – 1 UNITED: Dani Raba scores
VILLARREAL 1 – 1 UNITED: Juan Mata scores
VILLARREAL 1 – 0 UNITED: Gerard Moreno scores
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