VILLARREAL WIN EUROPA LEAGUE AFTER MARATHON SHOOTOUT
"Football, bloody hell!” This was quoted by Sir Alex Ferguson on Manchester United 's dramatic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich in 1999. The same quote came and haunt them exactly 22 years later when United was beaten at the final of Europa League in the night of 26 May 2021. United 2nd in the Premier League, is the favorite to clinch this trophy where Villarreal looked bewildered in the La Liga sitting only at 7th place in the table not even made the cut in any of the European Tournament. But Villarreal, against all the odds have won the Europa League after defeating Manchester United 11-10 in a penalty shoot-out after drew 1 all in the 90 minutes leading up to the shootout. Neither side able to find the winner after extra-time, the game headed to penalties in front of 9,500 fans at the Stadion Miejsk in Gdansk. In form and evergreen striker Edinson Cavani 's strike cancelled out Gerard Moreno 's first-half effort paying it forward when the Ole