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Quote from: puloweh555 on April 25, 2025, 06:28:33 PM

However, interestingly the remaining teams in the Europa League semifinals this season all have their own motivations to win the Europa League. For Tottenham, this is the only chance for them to end the season and pin them so they can play in the Champions League next season as well as Man United. For Bodø of course he wants to make a surprise and make history as an underdog team to win the Europa League trophy and for Athletic they want to win the trophy at home.. lol. Because this season the Europa League final will be held at the San Mames stadium.

All teams have the motivation to become UEL champions. This is a tier-2 European competition. Only one level below the UCL. Of course this is one of the most prestigious trophies in Europe. And the champion will get a ticket to the UCL next season. Tottenham and Manchester United will not miss this opportunity because they are unlikely to get UCL tickets through the Premier League. Bodo/Glimt managed to advance to the semifinals and that is an extraordinary achievement. Maybe this is an opportunity they only get once in a lifetime. Of course they want to take advantage of the opportunity to break through to the final and become champions. And for Athletic Bilbao who are already in the UCL zone in La Liga, getting a trophy this season and at their own stadium is certainly a very historic moment for them.

In terms of motivation, of course, the four teams that are currently in the Europa League semifinals have the same ambition, but in terms of percentage, we also have to look at the overall strength of all teams.
Now Bodo/Glimt will face Tottenham in the semifinals, these two teams actually do not have good overall strength, but even so, one of them will certainly be in the Europa League final this season, which makes everything possible because in the final round in football nothing is impossible to happen.

And in the other semifinal round, Manchester United will face Bilbao, these two teams have good strength in the Europa League competition this season, making the second semifinal match much fiercer and I personally think that one of Bilbao or Man United who qualifies for the final will be able to win the title this season.