The only fruits remain! Manchester United won the last UEFA Cup with only one person left in the team and went to receive the award with crutches at that time

In the early morning of May 9, a focus battle was staged in the second round of the 2024/25 Europa League semi-finals. The Premier League Red Devils Manchester United beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at home, and easily advanced to the finals with a total score of 7-1. Their last Europa League victory dates back to the distant 2016/17 season. And the only player who witnessed the winning of the cup with his own eyes was Luke Shaw.

This season, Manchester United has a terrible record in the Premier League. However, they are good at foreign wars and have never lost their UEFA Cup so far, making them the only undefeated team among European teams this season. In the first leg of the semi-finals, Manchester United beat their opponent 3-0 away, and one foot had already reached the threshold of the finals. At home in this game, Amorin's team played even more relaxedly. Although Monregisal's goal in the 31st minute put Manchester United behind 0-1 in the half, they completely took the initiative in the second half, Mount scored twice, and Casemiro and Hoylen also scored both goals. In the end, Manchester United won 4 goals in a row and won a 4-1 home victory, with a total score of 7-1 to advance.

In this game, Manchester United's ball possession rate was 51%, 11 shots and 5 shots were scored and 4 goals were scored, showing extremely high offensive efficiency. Although Athletic Bilbao was also 11 shots, he only had a pitiful one shot directly, and it was reasonable to lose. In this game, Lukesha took the game to replace Mazravi in ​​the 62nd minute of the second half. His appearance revitalized Manchester United's left-wing offense, and then he had a good chance of winning four goals in a row. Although Lukeshaw did not directly participate in the goal, his role is obvious to all.

In another game, Tottenham defeated Bode Shining 2-0 away, and advanced to the final with Manchester United 5-1. This is the second time that Premier League teams have won the UEFA Cup championship and runner-up since the 2018/19 season. For Lukeshaw, he has the hope of winning the UEFA Champions League trophy for the second time in his career.

In the 2016/17 season, Manchester United passed the UEFA Cup finals under Mourinho's leadership. Facing the youthful Jia family youth team, the experienced Manchester United finally defeated their opponents 2-0 with goals from Pogba and Mkhitaryan. It was also the only UEFA Cup champion in Manchester United's history so far. However, Lukesha, who was under 22 years old at the time, did not appear. He had to cheer for his teammates on the sidelines with his right leg injury. At the award ceremony during and after the game, Lukeshau formed Manchester United's crutch team with four players including Ibrahimovic, Rojo and Ashley Young, which also became a unique landscape in the game.

Time flies, and the young people of that year have become thirty-year-old veterans. However, due to injuries, Lukesha has not made many appearances in the past two seasons, and has only made 9 appearances and started two times this season. However, his rich game experience and outstanding personal abilities can still help Manchester United. Hopefully this time, Fat Xiao can lead Manchester United to win the championship on the court, instead of receiving the award with crutches like last time.