In a final that nobody ever, except them, will ever want to remember, ugly and insubstantial as few have seen themselves, the Tottenham burned his legend of cursed team. Its worst season in almost half a century ends with the title of the Europa League in its showcases, The first since 2008, the second since 1991. What a paradox. As if all the year had been an essential Viacrucis towards the final atonement, Bilbao raised the London team and buried Manchester United, who is naked and famous, at the most critical moment of his modern era.
Because the ‘Red Devils’ They run out of the title and without playing in Europe next year, the double prize, towards the Champions League, which granted the 90 minutes of San Mamés. He runs out of prestige, money and pride granted by victory in the final. Without the comfort that, contrary to his legendary story, he had remained. And for greater affliction, what resolved everything was a goal from one of his players, Luke Shaw, In own door, and deserving more than his rival, no matter how much neither offered an image of a European final.
This final was a vehicle for the winner to rin 1976 those of London, in 1973 those of Manchester. And, of course, no matter how much their performance in the Europa League would have reached them to the final of San Mamés, their football continuously offered symptoms of why they do not even have 40 points in the English League.
The lament of San Mamés
In United was the only footballer who rebelled in front of the prevailing mediocrity. His verticals admitted to the right were of the little to take to his mouth during an atrocious first part, in which Athletic followers present in their 'Cathedral'They wondered between regrets how the demons those two teams were playing the final and was not doing the Bilbao team, so cruelly eliminated in the semifinals.
Shaw's goal on his own door in the Europa League final. / Associated Press/LaPresse / LAP
The two teams played an old as sad tactic, bringing the ball closer to the rival area and trusting a carafal error of the defense. Above everything the Tottenham did, the flattest of the two, and it was the Spurs who found the gift. Luke Shaw served, marking his own goalkeeper after eating a side center of Sarrallowing an anticipation of Brennan Johnson. The attacker failed to define, but the Mancunian side finished the work for him.
45 minutes of resistance 'spur'
If Tottenham had shown very little to get ahead on the scoreboard, even less he was going to venture with the score in favor. The plan of Postcoglu turned the 45 minutes that remained, as if the second part It was a very long discount. Manchester United looked desperately at Bruno Fernandes To make some meaning to his mission, but the man, unfortunately of the love -up team, still does not have the gift of ubiquity.
Diallo, on the grass during the Europa League final. / Manu Fernandez / AP
The Manchester United touched in 68, with a header from Hojlund what Van de Ven He brought under sticks after one error (another) from the goalkeeper Vicar. He was going to redeem Shaw with a stop at the discount. Garnacho, who entered the field just a couple of minutes after Hojlund's occasion, intensified the offensive of Amorim to a Tottenham already blatantly locked in his area.
Fireworks of a United to which he was devouring his frustration. That of losing and not being able to disturb the defense 'Spur'. To know in the greatest misery that most of their current fans have lived. Nothing that matters to a Tottenham who, finally, feels champion. Although no one ever, except themselves, will want to remember how it happened.
