The Europa League remaining this season has been confirmed when Villarreal meet Manchester United in Gdansk on 26 Might.
After ‘El Submarino Amarillo’ blew previous an unlucky 2-1 Arsenal victory, Unai Emery will compete in his fifth Europa League remaining after successful the event 3 times with Sevilla.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reached his first remaining as supervisor of the Previous Trafford membership after defeating AS Roma in an thrilling two-legged deal and successful 8-5 general.
It is going to see the golf equipment of La Liga and the Premier League meet for the fifth time of their historical past, however what occurred throughout their earlier 4 conferences? Let’s take a glance through the time machine and revive every recreation.
Rooney was despatched off in the primary match | Mike Hewitt / Getty Photographs
The primary assembly between the 2 golf equipment got here within the 2005 version of the UEFA Champions League group stage.
A powerful United group, together with Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy, got here closest to breaking the impasse when the Dutch striker was cleared from the road earlier than Rooney noticed purple.
Rooney obtained a yellow ebook earlier than applauding the referee sarcastically to earn a second yellow.
One other goalless draw within the return match | Alex Livesey / Getty Photographs
The return match between the 2 sides later within the event was even much less eventful than the primary, with one other goalless draw however no purple card this time.
In a recreation that can be remembered extra as the primary after the Roy Keane shock’s departure from the membership, United failed to collapse the La Liga facet or truly create any probabilities to attain.
The end result turned out to be unhealthy for the Reds in the long term, as they didn’t get out of the group stage after the defeat in opposition to Benfica within the final group stage, whereas Villarreal made it to the semi-finals earlier than shedding to Arsenal.
Ronaldo returned after ankle surgical procedure however couldn’t break the impasse both PAUL ELLIS / Getty Photographs
Within the opening match for the 2008/09 group video games, either side noticed one another once more, because the holders had been held to a different 0-0 draw.
Ronaldo returned from the ankle from the bench and performed half-hour and it was his cross that discovered Jonny Evans who walked away from the publish to return closest to scoring. Villarreal striker Guillermo Franco additionally hit the crossbar in an entertaining affair – regardless of the shortage of objectives.
You guessed it, one other 0-0 | Clive Mason / Getty Photographs
That is proper – 4 video games, 4 0-0 attracts.
This time within the Champions League, nonetheless, it was not unhealthy information for United as they sealed the development to the following spherical, whereas Villarreal did the identical.
Ronaldo got here closest with a strike that was tipped over the crossbar, whereas Joan Capdevila was despatched off for a excessive problem on the Portuguese worldwide late in a slightly low assembly.
