Tottenham and Manchester United fans descend on Bilbao for Europa League final – live
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“Both Spurs and Manchester United have reached the Europa League final in Bilbao tonight on merit, and deserve respect for doing so rather than the disdain being showered on them simply because their PL campaigns have been poor,” writes Rick Harris. “Winning the Europa League isn’t a given for PL sides just because they have bigger budgets, they still have to earn it through winning games of football against motivated teams.”
Indeed, call it “cup specialism” and enjoy it, though a Proper European Final really should have clubs from different countries in it.
