“English Civil War” in Europa League final

On the morning of May 10, MU and Tottenham turned the 2024-2025 Europa League final into an "English civil war" when they both won in the semi-finals.

MU confidently entered the Europa League final against Tottenham. Source: Getty Images

After an impressive victory in Spain, the "Red Devils" continued to "destroy" Athletic Bilbao with a score of 4-1 right at Old Trafford.

Mason Mount (double) along with Casemiro and Rasmus Højlund took turns scoring to help MU successfully reverse the score after Athletic Bilbao opened the scoring thanks to Mikel Jauregizar.

This result helped coach Rúben Amorim's team win 7-1 after two matches to enter the Europa League final.

Previously, at San Mames, MU defeated their opponents with a 3-0 margin on a day when Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes shone.

This is also the third time in history that the Old Trafford team has reached the final of this tournament after 2017 (champion) and 2021.

MU's final opponent in this year's Europa League will be Tottenham - another representative of English football.

Tottenham also had a sublime performance in the semi-finals when they beat Norway's Bodoe/Glimt with a total score of 5-1 after two matches.

Coach Ange Postecoglou's team won 3-1 at home in the first leg and continued to make their opponents sad with a 2-0 away win.

In the second leg, Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro were the ones who scored to help Tottenham reach the second-tier European competition for the fourth time.

By being in the final, MU and Tottenham will have a great opportunity to seek the title this season, and also win tickets to participate in the Champions League next year.

Not only that, these two clubs also helped English football do something unprecedented in the history of European Cup.

Specifically, English football will have up to 6 representatives participating in the Champions League in the 2025-2026 season.

Before MU and Tottenham entered the Europa League final, the Premier League had already secured five places in next season's Champions League.

Thanks to the excellent performance of clubs in European Cup this season, the Premier League is sure to be in the top 2 of the UEFA coefficient rankings for national championships, thereby receiving an additional place.

As a result, the top five teams in the 2024-25 Premier League season will be in the Champions League next season, instead of just four as usual.

The top 5 teams in the Premier League at the moment are Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle and Chelsea.

Not only is this the first time English football has had so many representatives, but it is also the first time in history that a European national championship has had more than five clubs participating in the Champions League at the same time.

The last time the Premier League had five representatives in the Champions League was in the 2017/18 season, including Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham. This result stemmed from the Red Devils winning the Europa League the previous season.

Notably, that season, English football also made history when all five clubs advanced from the group stage, making the country the first country to have five representatives reach the Champions League round of 16.

Historically, La Liga has had 5 teams participating in the Champions League in the 2015-2016, 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 seasons. Bundesliga also has 5 representatives in the 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 seasons. Serie A has 5 teams in the 2024-25 season.

* In the UEFA Conference League, the third tier of European club football, another English representative, Chelsea, is also playing very well.

Chelsea edge closer to the Conference League title. Source: Chelsea FC

“The Blues” had no difficulty in making it to the final of this tournament after a 5-1 aggregate victory over Sweden’s Djurgaarden in the semi-finals (winning 4-1 at home and defeating their opponents 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the second leg).

Remarkably, Chelsea also lost just one match on their way to the Conference League final.

The Blues' final opponent will be Real Betis, the team that eliminated Fiorentia with a total score of 4-3 after two matches in the semi-finals.

Source: https://baophuyen.vn/the-thao/202505/noi-chien-anh-tai-chung-ket-europa-league-d295dc6/