Liverpool made sure that four Spanish clubs will not appear in the finals of two Europe’s club competitions by beating Villareal of Spain 3-0 in the second leg that just ended at Anfield to qualify for the European League final. They went through 3-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg 0-1.
The Reds will now face Spanish club, Seville, who eliminated Shaktar Donetsk 5-3 on aggregate, at The St. Jakobs Park, Basel on May 18. It will be Liverpool’s first final in Europe for almost a decade.
The Champions League final will be an all Spanish affair when Real clash with rivals, Atletico Madrid in Milan on May 28.
An excited Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp said: “Everyone spoke a lot about this team before I came here. It was all about quality and not good transfers, I came here because I thought they had a nice squad but now we are in the final – Basel – a longer season!”
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