Its quarter -finals Europa League They cross today Thursday (1/5/25), with Athletic Bilbao games – Manchester United And Tottenham – Bondo/Glimt.
Tottenham and Manchester United still have the opportunity to save a devastating season and get out of Europe with the Europa League and despite their racing crisis, they are still a favorite in the semifinals, the first matches of which are scheduled to take place.
The Londoners host the big surprise of the event, the first Norwegian team to reach the semifinals of a European event, while United travel to Bilbao, where Athletic hopes to play in the final scheduled for May 21st on May 21st.
For Tottenham, 16th in the Premier League League, as well as for Manchester United (14th), winning the Europa League is their last chance to qualify for the next Champions League, the privilege of the trophy winner.
Tottenham in the Premier League has five defeats in six matches and has only defeated Southampton, which has long been relegated. United does not get better at all, with two draws and three defeats in the Premier League, but has recovered its pride as a European force, scoring three goals in seven minutes and excluding Lyon in the quarter-finals (5-4 extension, 2-2 in the first match).
But the opponents of the English groups also dream of the final and have strong reasons.
It would be a historian for the “yellow” from the Arctic Circle-group that excluded Olympiacos, led by the top scorer of the competition, Casper Hoeg (7 goals).
It should be noted that Bond/Gymt has won eight of its last ten matches in two European competitions and has not scored only two of its last 26 European matches.
If they do, it will be the third final-and even their studio-for the Basque, having lost every time, by Juventus in 1977 (1-0/1-2) and Atletico Madrid in 2012 (3-0), when Marcelo Bielsa led Billea.
Athletic Bilbao and Manchester United last met in the Europa League “16” in the 2011/12 season, with Athletic winning a total of 5-3 and reaching the final.
The Europa League first semifinal schedule
Thursday 1/5/25
22:00 Tottenham (England) -Bond/Glimt (Norway)
22:00 Athletic Bilbao-Manchester United (England)
The rematch in Bondo and Manchester will take place on May 8.