Manchester United and Tottenham kick off their Europa League campaigns, hoping to put Premier League disappointments behind them

“One of the best nights of my life. Amazing performance from the team.”

The 2024 Europa League final will be a Nigerian affair as Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) battles Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen) for glory.

Xabi Alonso is hoping Bayer Leverkusen’s Bundesliga title celebrations have given his players a thirst for more success as they aim to complete an unbeaten treble.

Olympiakos will face Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final after making history with their 2-0 win against Aston Villa in Thursday’s semi-final second leg.

Xabi Alonso’s rampaging Bayer Leverkusen will have an additional incentive in Thursday’s home second-leg Europa League semi-final against Roma: breaking a 59-year-old European football record.

Bayer Leverkusen have one foot in the Europa League final after winning 2-0 at Roma on Thursday to extend their remarkable unbeaten run to 47 matches.

Two Brighton & Hove Albion fans were stabbed and robbed at a bar in Rome on Wednesday night.

Liverpool and Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen are the standout contenders to go all the way in this season’s Europa League with both teams this week heading east for last-16 ties they will be expected to win comfortably.

Liverpool have been handed a trip to the Czech Republic as they face Sparta Prague in the round of 16 for the 2023/24 Europa League.

AC Milan overcame a spirited Rennes 5-3 on aggregate despite a 3-2 loss in Thursday’s play-off round second leg to reach the Europa League last 16, where they will be joined by fellow former European champions Benfica and Marseille.

Luis Diaz started for Liverpool hours after his kidnapped father was released but lost 3-2 to Toulouse on Thursday as West Ham ensured they have European football in 2024 and Leverkusen progress.

Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso said he wanted to give the team’s fans something to remember for years in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg at home against Roma. Leverkusen lost 1-0 in Rome but Alonso, who tasted Champions League glory with Liverpool and Real Madrid, said his side knew “the result is still open”. […]

 Record Europa League winners Sevilla will continue their quest for a seventh title after defeating Manchester United 3-0 on Thursday.

Two late own goals gave Manchester United work to do to reach the Europa League semi-finals as Sevilla salvaged a 2-2 draw from the first leg of their quarter-final tie at Old Trafford on Thursday. United appeared to be cruising to victory through two goals from Marcel Sabitzer inside the opening 21 minutes. But the […]