Europa League final 2012 – in pictures
All the best images from Bucharest where two Spanish sides – Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao – are battling it out for the Europa League trophySteven Bloor
Europa League final 2012 – in pictures
All the best images from Bucharest where two Spanish sides – Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao – are battling it out for the Europa League trophySteven Bloor
Europa League final 2012 – in pictures
All the best images from Bucharest where two Spanish sides – Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao – are battling it out for the Europa League trophySteven Bloor
Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Atlético Madrid won the Europa League thanks to an inspired display from FalcaoEvening. So often the subject of derision and scorn, even Larry David would have to admit this season's Europa League has been pretty, pretty, prettaaaaaaayyyyyy, pretteh g...
Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Atlético Madrid won the Europa League thanks to an inspired display from FalcaoEvening. So often the subject of derision and scorn, even Larry David would have to admit this season's Europa League has been pretty, pretty, prettaaaaaaayyyyyy, pretteh g...
Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Atlético Madrid won the Europa League thanks to an inspired display from FalcaoEvening. So often the subject of derision and scorn, even Larry David would have to admit this season's Europa League has been pretty, pretty, prettaaaaaaayyyyyy, pretteh g...
Valencia 0-1 Atlético Madrid (2-5 on agg) | Europa League match report
Adrián López's brilliant second-half goal sent Atlético Madrid into the Europa League final with victory at Valencia on Thursday night.The forward thumped a glorious angled shot into the top corner in the 60th minute to end Valencia's hopes of a com...
Europa League semi final clockwatch – live! | Paul Doyle
All-Spanish final ahead as Bilbao face MadridKick off in tonight's games is 8:05pm BST. Paul will be here shortly before then with team news and build up. In the meantime here is Sid Lowe on how Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are united in pain fol...
Atlético Madrid 4-2 Valencia | Europa League semi-final first leg
Atlético Madrid moved a step closer to a second Europa League final in three years after two goals from Radamel Falcao and further two from Miranda and Adrián López gave them a 4-2 win over Valencia in Thursday's semi-final first leg.The home side s...
Europa League semi-finals clockwatch – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg
Sporting Lisbon beat Athletic Bilbao from a goal down, while Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 4-2 in their first legsEvening. So, is anyone from Spain going to win in Europe this week? Well, the short answer to that is yes, seeing as two of them are playi...
Spain’s also-rans transform themselves into racing certainties for Europe | Sid Lowe
La Liga may look like a lopside competition dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, but the success of Spanish teams across Europe shows their football is a lot stronger than it looksIt was José María del Nido who came up with a description for it: t...


Europa League finalists typify a tournament that makes Thursdays fun | Kevin McCarra