The Europa League final will be played at Basel, Switzerland on May 18.
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Defending champions Sevilla face Ukraine s Shakhtar Donetsk in the second semi-final drawn Friday.
The first legs – which see Shakhtar and Villarreal as the home sides – will take place on April 28, with the return matches a week later.
After the “Miracle in Istanbul” in 2005 where Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League against AC Milan by fighting back from a 3-0 deficit, they’ve just pulled off another and this time at their own home, Anfield.
Thomas Tuchel admits he has no explanation for Borussia Dortmund’s collapse against Liverpool in the Europa League quarter-final on Thursday night.
Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool came from 3-1 down against Dortmund to win 4-3 with a goal in stoppage time that secured a 5-4 aggregate success. Liverpool got there with Brendan Rodgers and it was a waste of time, to be honest.
James Milner today revealed the full extent of Jurgen Klopp’s half-time team talk that inspired Liverpool’s remarkable comeback against Borussia Dortmund.
Villarreal, nicknamed the Yellow Submarine, are fourth in the La Liga table behind Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
Winners of the Champions League and Europa League are guaranteed to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
“We are always looking forward to try to break barriers and set new markers; we have done that by reaching 41 points”.
“We are happy with the draw”.
The Reds have found a manager who fits this club…and will surely steer them to greater glories than even this majestic night.
They backed that performance up by repeating the feat 11 months ago against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and now they have another Ukrainian outfit in Shakhtar standing in their way.
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He was ruled out until the end of the campaign after straining the lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee in the first game against Dortmund.
