Europa League semifinals, where to watch, live stream, odds: Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur target final

After successful outings in the first leg, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur each hope to conquer a place in the final of the UEFA Europa League when they return to play on Thursday against Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt.

The English parties have a two-plus target party after dominant first legs, with United traveling to Bilbao and gather a 3-0 win and traces at home against Bodo/Glimt. It means that both are the heavy favorites to continue to the final, but the situation can also force large versions from Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt, who may have to be at their best to keep their Europa League running alive.

For the teams that eventually improve, a meeting in Bilbao’s San Mames Stadium awaits on May 21, just like a place in the edition of the next season of the UEFA Champions League for the champion.

This is what you need to know before you tun up on the second stage of the semi -final of the Europa League.

First leg scores

• Athletic Bilbao 0, Manchester United 3
• Tottenham Hotspur 3, Bodo/Glimt 1

How to manchester United vs. Athletic Bilbao can view, opportunities

• Date: Thursday May 8 | Time3 pm
• Location: Old Trafford – Stretford, England
• Live stream: Paramount+
• Chances: Manchester United -115; Drawing +260; Athletic Bilbao +280

What Manchester United says

An advantage of three goals that goes in the second stage is usually a signal that the team has won all the majority of the battle with the advantage, but Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim does not rest on his laurel and it may not be just no respect for the opposition.

Amorim is perhaps only about six months in the track, but he already has a chair in the front row for the chaos that United can make, so much that he is not exactly sure which version of the Red Devils will appear on Thursday.

“It’s hard to say,” he said on Wednesday in his press conference before the competition. “Sometimes during the game we are one team, something happens and we lose ourselves a bit.

Amorim also does not believe that United has the upper hand to consider Athletic without three important players – the top scorer of this season Oihan Sancet and the Williams Brothers, Nico and Inaki.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “For us it is the top team of athletics. I understand that it is difficult to play without important players, but it doesn’t matter to us. We have to go to the game and try to win it.”

How to look at Bodo/Glimt vs. Tottenham Hotspur, odds

• Date: Thursday May 7 | Time3 pm
• Location: Aspmyra Stadium – Bodo, Norway
• TV: CBS Sports Network | Live stream: Paramount+
• Chances: PSG +109; Drawing +263; Arsenal +234

What Tottenham Hotspur says

The victory margin of Spurs can be slightly slimmer than that of United, the type that can create a tighter match when a flick of the ball shines at the right time, but an advantage of two goals in the second stage means that the visitors are at a moving distance of the final. It brings back the question that Tottenham has been haunting for years: will they finally break the trophy -dried that is now in his 18th year, and will it finally change the story around the team?

“I don’t know if it will change, but certainly part of it will be superfluous, because a large part of the story around the club is that we have not won for a long time,” said Ange Postecoglou manager on Wednesday in his press conference for the competition. “Part of it will still exist further. From my perspective, [it is about] How do you create a winning culture? It all starts with winning. The more experiences you have to win, if you can land a trophy along the way, it certainly gives faith within the entire club that can do it. Tomorrow we still have a big competition to even get through to get a final before we can start talking about it. “

The journey ahead, whether it is a winning culture, lifting the Europa League or just successfully after the second stage on Thursday, Spurs will not be at full power. Son Heung-Min did not travel with a foot problem, while James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall were excluded for the rest of the season. It leaves Postecoglou with some challenges in his team selection, but as keeper Guglielmo Vicario noted, they have been here earlier.

“We always have to deal with it to be honest,” he said. “We won’t have Sonny and Madders tomorrow, but it’s on us. The whole team will be crucial.”

Regarding the other potential reward on the line – a place in the Champions League – Postecoglou also has a reaction for everyone – or Arsene Wenger, in particular – who thinks berth should not go to the Europa League winner.

“Well, that’s a debate that has been raging for years, size,” he said. “At least the last eight days! I have never heard that before. I have said it before, mate: Spurs is doing crazy things to people. That does it … … You place that club (Tottenham) in every sentence or issue, and they always come out and try not to reduce us. Champions League, and now it does that?”