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Europa League Final Preview

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  The Europa League Final is set to take place at the Stadion Miejskal in the city of Gdansk, Poland on Wednesday, May 26th. It is the first of two European finals which will cap off the 2020/2021 European season with the Champions League Final coming on May 29th. Villarreal will face Manchester United to see who will win Europe's secondary competition. A chance of European glory for Villarreal or concluding a good season with a trophy for Manchester United? Villarreal For Villarreal, they have made history. This will be their first ever major European final. They have won the UEFA Intertoto Cup twice in 2003 and 2004 but their best major performance in a major European competition was in the 2006 UEFA Champions League where they reached the semifinals, losing to Arsenal. They appointed Unai Emery, who has won the competition three times with Sevilla over last summer having the likes of Dani Parejo, Gerard Moreno and Samuel Chukwueze. They finished seventh in La Liga but the story

Football Weekend Recap

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Premier League   All 10 games were played on Sunday simultaneously to determine each team's final position. The main focus was who misses out on Champions League football next season. Liverpool will play in the Champions League next season after a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace with Sadio Mané scoring a brace while being Roy Hodgson's final game as Crystal Palace boss. Chelsea lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at Villa Park with Edouard Mendy sustaining an injury which leaves a doubt for next week's Champions League final. Fortunately for Tuchel and Chelsea, they will play in the Champions League next season because Leicester City missed their chance after losing 4-2 to Tottenham. Jamie Vardy scored twice for the Foxes but Goals from Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and an own goal from Kasper Schmeichel means that the FA Cup winners will be playing in the Europa League. Manchester City says goodbye to Sergio Agüero with a 5-0 win over Everton and the league trophy presentation with the Argentin