Manchester United Collapse At Sevilla In Europa League, Juventus Through
Manchester United imploded in Seville in the Europa League on Thursday while Juventus completed a good evening for the club by holding on away to Sporting and advancing to the semi-finals.
In the quarter-final second legs, United succumbed 3-0 at Sevilla to go out 5-2.
Juventus hung on to draw 1-1 with Sporting in Lisbon to advance 2-1 on aggregate while Bayer Leverkusen won 4-1 in Belgium to eliminate Union Saint-Gilloise 5-2.
Jose Mourinho's Roma beat Feyenoord 4-1 after extra time to advance 4-2.
United, who led by two goals with six minutes left in the first leg before conceding a pair of late own goals, completed the collapse in Spain.
Goalkeeper David de Gea had a disastrous night as lacklustre United were dispatched by the six-time competition winners.
After eight minutes De Gea rolled a pass to an isolated Harry MaGuire, scorer of one of the first-leg own goals. This time, ambushed by three opponents, he gave the ball away and Youssef En-Nesyri accepted the present.
Sevilla dominated and could have scored again before centre back Loic Bade headed onto his own shoulder and looped the ball over De Gea in the 47th minute.
In the 81st minute, De Gea charged out but sliced a dropping ball. It fell to En-Nesyri who curled into the empty net to complete the victory.
"It's clear that when we make mistakes, it's very difficult to win a football game. We have to do better. That's a demand," said United coach Erik ten Hag.
Juventus received potentially good news earlier in the evening when Italy's highest sporting court revoked a 15-point Serie A points deduction for illicit transfer activity but asked that the case should be re-examined.
In Lisbon, Juventus started fast as Adrian Rabiot spun and scored after Sporting