Almost 7,000 fans in yellow raincoats did their best. But the FK Bodö/Glimt missed the endgame of the Europa League against the Tottenham Spurs. The Londoners moved into the final on May 21st in Bilbao with a 2-0 (0: 0) in the second leg of the semi -finals. The opponent Manchester United there won 4: 1 (0: 1) after deficiency against Athletic Bilbao.
After a good hour, Dominic Solanke made the final feeder of the Spurs with a quick reflex (63.). The just substitute Mathys Tel hit a corner from left to the second post. Central defenders and captain Cristian Romero headed the ball in front of the goal, where Solanke slipped into the ball and put it in the goal from the very shortest distance. At this time it was 4: 1 in the addition of return and second leg. Pedro Porro increased a little later with a remarkable flank ball from the right side, which lowered the rear corner of the goal (69.).
Spurs serious from the start
Despite the 3-1 first leg success in six degrees cold, the Ver Postecoglou team began concentrated and appeared dangerously in the penalty area of the hosts in the second minute. But Glim’s right -back Fredrik Sjövold blocked the shot.
The surprise team from Norway, dressed in yellow, played bravely and came to opportunities without developing the last punch. At the promising sailed a massive legal shot of captain Ole Blomberg to the outer network of the trace gate (8th).
Tottenham with Result securing
The guests from the English capital focused on serious defensive behavior and only set discrete offensive moments. The best chance of the lead goal was a free kick from a little 19 meters: Pedro Porro stirred the ball artistically over the wall. But Nikita Haikin in the box of the home side reacted with a class action and steered the ball over the crossbar. The yellow fans in the Aspmyra Stadium celebrated their keeper and tuned melody-rich chants.
Glimt continues to try it
Even after the change of sides, the singing supporters of the FK in the rainy stadium north of the Arctic Circle saw a hard -working home team – which, admittedly, did little. But when Jens-Petter Haug, the former player of Eintracht Frankfurt, hit the ball from the left to the second post and Kasper Hoegh jumped wafer-thin under the ball, the stadium almost cheered as if the lead goal had fallen.
Tottenham never waned off and gave the dreams of the Norwegians the final one through the double strike in the middle of the second section of the game. Nevertheless, the small club from Norway reached historical and experienced the top -class result in its club history with the semi -finals in the Europa League.
End game opponent: Manchester United
Meanwhile, Manchester United’s semi -final opponent Athletic Bilbao finally screwed up the Basque final “Dahoam”. The English won 4: 1 (0: 1) in the second leg and, thanks to the 3-0 first leg success, easily qualified for the purely English final. Mikel Jalegizar met in the 31st minute with a placed long-range shot for guests from Spain, Mason Mount redeemed the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester after preparatory work by Patrick Dorgu (72nd).
Manchester turns the game with four goals
Casmiro increased (80th) against the basking from a short distance (80th, pass from Bruno Fernandes), Rasmus Højlund was also in the right one in the five -meter room (85th, preliminary work Amad Diallo). Mount, from almost 50 meters with his second goal, scored 4-1: Athelic keeper Julen Agirrezabala had run out of his box in a defense campaign and had played the ball in the feet of the mounting line at the center line. Mount aimed closely and hit the empty goal.
Manchester Uniteds Mason Mount cheered his goal together with his team -mate Bruno Fernandes