If Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester City underwent the law of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, England will always be able to console itself in other European competitions.
And paradoxically, it was the worst flops of this Premier League season that has restored the British football coat of arms on the European scene since Manchester United and Tottenham composed their ticket to the Europa League final.
In an extremely favorable posture after his 3-0 victory in Bilbao, United finished work in his lair of Old Trafford. The men of Ruben Amorim have collected a 4-1 success which will allow them to find the Basque stadium in a few weeks. A double of Mount (71st, 90th+1) and goals from Casemiro (79th) and Höjlund (85th) allowed MU to overthrow the Athletic, who had opened the scoring by Laurezigar (31st).
England catches up
Tottenham had a slightly more delicate mission, since the Spurs moved into the polar circle, north of Norway, for its second round against Bodo/Glimt. However, the London club had done the hardest by taming the little thumbs up (3-1). The Spurs won a 2-0 success that does their business, with goals in the second period of Solanke (63rd) and Porro (70th).
Finally, at the level still lower, Chelsea, another English cador in reconstruction, will try to add a new European cup to its record with the Europa Conference League. The Blues finished the work against Djugardens (1-0), while Fiorentina and Betis Seville are in overtime.
