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...
You don’t get rich from Champions League alone but it certainly helps
Uefa claims the prize money does not distort domestic football but, as well as offering far more cash than the Europa League directly, the elite competition gives more earning opportunitiesIt is the holy grail for the modern major football club, but th...
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...
Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Athletic Bilbao | Europa League semi-final first leg
Sporting Lisbon scored twice in the last 15 minutes to overturn a deficit against Athletic Bilbao and earn themselves a narrow lead to take across the Iberian peninsula for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final.Athletic, looking for their fi...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Manchester City fined for returning to pitch late against Sporting
• Manchester City fined €30,000 for second-half lateness• Fine is greater than that imposed on Porto for fan racismManchester City have been fined €30,000 (£24,740) by Uefa for delaying the start of the second half of their Europa League last-...


Spain’s also-rans transform themselves into racing certainties for Europe | Sid Lowe