The broadcast of the meeting reaches here! A pleasure and until next time!
It is the third time that Manchester United have won 6-2 in a European competition match, but it is the first time they have done so in knockout stages. Qualifying to Gdansk is still on track, while in the other match Villarreal defeated Arsenal 2-1.
Final at Old Trafford! Manchester United thrashed Roma after a perfect second half. The English went to the break at a disadvantage (1-2), but reacted in a great way in the second half to take a huge victory and put a foot and a half in the final. Brilliant performance by both Cavani and Bruno Fernandes, authors of two goals and two assists each. Pogba and Greenwood scored the two remaining goals, against a Roma that never responded in the second 45 minutes.
FULL TIME! UNITED GOES TO ROME!
United's long possession in this final minute.
Two minutes are added.
Change in the local set. Mata enters and Bruno Fernandes retires, author of two goals and two assists tonight.
Cavani is not far behind and equals Bruno Fernandes record tonight! Two goals and two assists each, allowing United to put a foot and a half in the final in Gdansk.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GREENWOOD GOAL! UNITED 6-2 Rome! Huge deep pass from Cavani that leaves Greenwood alone and with room! The young Englishman does not fail in the definition!
Roma does not react. Defeat looks imminent for the Italians, but a third goal tonight could leave a door open for them to come back.
Very high shot by Bruno Fernandes! Keep attacking United.
Change in the English set. Matic enters and Fred leaves.
Very weak shot from Mkhitaryan that goes off course!
Roma has practically disappeared from the meeting in this second half.
Fred's deflected shot from outside the area!
Cavani's scissor shot inside the area, but the Uruguayan was ahead!
The first change is made at United. Greenwood enters and Rashford leaves.
This game is already a thrashing at Old Trafford! And again Bruno Fernandes appears on the scene, with a new attendance, his second tonight.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GOAL FROM POGBA! UNITED 5-2 Rome! Pogba's deadly header after a cross from Bruno Fernandes into the box!
New Pogba-Bruno-Cavani triangulation. Among them three moves the offensive game of the English team.
BLOCK IBAÑEZ! The Roma defender is swept to avoid a shot from Cavani inside the area!
Manchester puts land in the middle in the result! Two from Cavani, two from Bruno, who have the English team up 4-2 on the scoreboard.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GOAL FROM BRUNO FERNANDES! UNITED 4-2 Rome! Huge execution by Bruno, who shoots from the penalty spot to the squad!
The decision is confirmed and there is a penalty for the English!
The VAR comes into action, which is corroborating Del Cerro Grande's decision.
THERE IS PENALTY FOR UNITED! Del Cerro Grande signals a violation by Smalling on Cavani, preventing the Uruguayan from spurring on the near post!
RESPOND LOOKING! The Roma goalkeeper blocks a powerful shot from Shaw!
HEAD OF DZEKO! The Bosnian combs a cross from Mkhitaryan on the run, but De Gea keeps the ball!
And now United is turning it around! What a game at Old Trafford. Cavani double, who is always where a scorer has to be.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GOAL FROM CAVANI! UNITED 3-2 Rome! Wan-Bissaka cross shot and Mirante rebounds for Cavani to take advantage of it in the small area!
New corner kick for the Italian team.
Yellow for Smalling, it is the third of the meeting.
Smalling's shot wide deflected, after Dzeko couldn't finish off a Pellegrini pass into the heart of the area!
Corner for Roma after a difficult clearance by McTominay.
Solskjaer's set seems to be close to third.
HOW CLOSE THE UNITED! A filtered pass to Pogba's area to find McTominay, but he did not find a teammate in the small area to finish off the ball!
Ibañez head clearance to send the ball to the corner!
Good image for United at the beginning of the second half. The English push for the advantage.
CAVANI HAD IT! Shaw's low center back that Cavani finishes off inside the area, but the ball goes over the top!
And now it is Pogba who sees the yellow, the first at United, for an infraction on Mirante.
Gonzalo Villar sees the first yellow of the night for an infraction.
Fernandes back in the lead for United to equalize at Old Trafford! There are already 28 participations in goals for the Portuguese in the Europa League (18 goals and ten assists).
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GOAL FROM CAVANI! UNITED 2-2 Rome! Fernandes filtered pass for the Uruguayan to define within the area, first and with the inside to the squad!
Initial pressure from Roma in this second half. The Italian team is encouraged.
It should be noted that Roma, despite having made only three changes (the three forced due to injury), can no longer carry out more after having exhausted the three shifts to make variations.
THE SECOND PART BEGINS! MANCHESTER UNITED 1-2 ROME!
We'll see what the second half brings us, while in the other match Villarreal beat Arsenal 2-0 at halftime at La Cerámica.
The result smiles for now at Roma, who in addition to the victory is taking two goals away from Manchester. The changes forced by injury of Veretout, Pau López and Spinazzola have altered Fonseca's initial approach.
Rest at Old Trafford! Roma are achieving, for now, a great result as a visitor against Manchester United. A good performance by the English in the opening section caused Bruno Fernandes to open the scoring after a strangulation with Pogba and Cavani, but Roma's response was immediate and Pellegrini equalized a penalty after Pogba's hand in the area. Dzeko made it 1-2 at 33 ', and since then the Italians have managed to reduce the fluidity of United football. Mirante, key to avoid Cavani's draw just before the break.
END THE FIRST PART! WIN THE ROME IN MANCHESTER!
McTominay's high header!
CAVANI MISSES IT IN TWO TIMES! An error by Ibañez leaves the ball to the Uruguayan facing Mirante and the goalkeeper denies him the first with a point-blank save! Then block a Roma footballer in rebound action!
Wan-Bissaka threaded cross in search of Bruno Fernandes in the area. Catch Mirante.
Roma's retreat is very good, retreating with speed to avoid the English counterattack.
Five minutes are added to the first half.
Manchester run out of ideas in these final minutes of the first half.
The game cools down at Old Trafford, with Rome more than comfortable with the result and United that can't find answers.
Another change in Roma and there are already three! This time it is Spinazzola who has to leave the field for Bruno Peres to enter.
It is Dzeko's sixth goal for Manchester United at Old Trafford after five games.
Roma turns it around at Old Trafford! A goal and an assist from Pellegrini now have an advantage over the Italians.
GOOOL OF ROME !!! GOAL FROM DZEKO! United 1-2 ROME! Dzeko appears over the small area to push a low center from Pellegrini to the back of the net!
Roma clears the ball from their area!
Foul for United on the left side of the rival area!
Karsdorp Danger Center Away Maguire! It is Roma's first arrival in the rival area after Pellegrini's goal.
Second variant forced by injury for Fonseca! Pau López leaves injured and Mirante enters the goal.
Pau López seems motivated to continue, but the physios of the Italian team try to convince him that it is not convenient.
It seems that Pau López cannot continue! It is the second injury in Roma so far in the game.
The Roma goalkeeper remains a sense of his shoulder. He is being treated at the moment, while Mirante prepares in case the change is necessary.
PAU LÓPEZ STOP! Pogba's shot from outside the area stopped by Pau López after a great stretch!
Bruno Fernandes bitten shot inside the area! It is in all Portuguese.
United is planted in the rival field, pressing the exit of Roma, but the Italian team remains solid in the background. The English maintain a possession of 70%.
Bruno Fernandes's free-kick goes very high!
Interesting free kick for Manchester United near the rival area!
Only one shot on goal per side, one goal for each. Maximum effectiveness in these first 20 minutes.
A fact about Bruno Fernandes: Since his debut in the competition in February 2018, the Portuguese has participated in more goals in the Europa League than any other footballer (27 – 18 goals and nine assists).
Roma tie it quickly! Successful start of the game in Manchester, with Veretout's injury and one goal per side.
GOOOL OF ROME !!! GOAL FROM PELLEGRINI! United 1-1 ROME! Pellegrini does not miss from the penalty spot, hitting De Gea's right post with power!
THERE IS PENALTY FOR ROME! Pogba's hand is blocking the center of Karsdorp!
Del Cerro Grande points it out but consults with the linesman!
Roma footballers ask for a hand in the Pogba area!
Second corner for United in a matter of one minute.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL !!! GOAL FROM BRUNO FERNANDES! UNITED 1-0 Rome! What a great goal from the red devils! A triangulation between Pogba, Cavani and Fernandes left the Portuguese with the ball dominated inside the area, against Pau López, to sting the ball in the definition!
Veretout's injury has frozen the game in these first minutes at Old Trafford. Very little has happened thus far.
Indeed Veretout retires injured and Gonzalo Villar enters.
Well, French definitely can't anymore. He threw himself on the grass waiting for the change.
Veretout is still on the field as he can, we will see if Fonseca makes that first forced substitution.
Beware that Veretout seems unable to continue!
There are no surprises in the approach of both teams. United with their 4-2-3-1 with Cavani as the spearhead and Roma with a 3-4-3, which turns their defense into a five-man when it comes to retreating.
START THE PARTY! MANCHESTER UNITED AND ROME ARE ALREADY PLAYING!
The Europa League anthem plays at Old Trafford!
The main referee tonight will be the Spanish Carlos del Cerro Grande. Alejandro Hernández Hernández will be in the VAR.
The substitution of Mayoral in the eleven of Fonseca is surprising, the Spanish being one of the three scorers of the tournament with seven goals. It is an eleven very similar to the one that came out against Atalanta two days ago in Serie A. Only three variants: Mancini, Calafiori and Villar for Smalling, Diawara and Spinazzola.
With the loss of Martial tonight, Solskjaer recovers for this match the sanctioned Maguire, Shaw and McTominay, all three starting as starters. Today's starting eleven varies little compared to the one that came out against Leeds on the last day of the Premier League. De Gea, Pogba and Cavani enter through Henderson, James and Greenwood.
Taking into account the most recent clashes in European competition between the English and the Italians, the latter have only won two of the 15 most recent clashes (3E 10D), both in the Champions League and with Liverpool as the defeated team: 0-2 against Atalanta in November 2020 and 2-0 against Napoli in September 2019. In the Europa League, the last Italian victory against an English team was also Atalanta, 1-5 against Everton in November 2017. The results have been five victories English and a draw since then in the competition, and in four of those encounters the Italians have not scored.
Manchester United have only lost one of their last 12 meetings to Italian teams in European competition (8W 3E), and the only loss in this streak was at home to Juventus in the group stage of the Champions League in 2018-19. Roma will be looking for their first European away win against English rivals since February 2001 (1-0 against Liverpool in the UEFA Cup), as they failed to win any of their last 12 such matches against seven different English opponents. (4E 8D).
This will be the seventh meeting between Manchester United and Roma in European competition, the Red Devils have only lost one of the previous six (4V 1E), all of them in the Champions League. Furthermore, the Italians have lost all three of their previous away games against United, conceding nine goals and scoring just one.
Roma, seventh in Serie A, have lost only one of the 12 Europa League matches played this season (9W 2E), the last of the group stage against CSKA Sofía (3-1).
United are second in the Premier League, ten points behind first, but accumulate a six-game unbeaten streak in all competitions (5V 1E). In addition, the English have not yet lost in this edition of the European competition (4V 2E).
The semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League are underway! Manchester United and Roma play the first game in search of the final in Gdansk. The Red Devils have left Real Sociedad, Milan and Granada on the road, so it will be their second tie against an Italian team in this edition. The Romans, for their part, brought out Braga, Shakhtar and Ajax to be here today.
Roma will take the field with: Pau López – Smalling, Cristante, Ibañez – Karsdorp, Diawara, Veretout, Spinazzola – Pellegrini, Dzeko, Mkhitaryan.
Let's go with the starting eleven at Old Trafford! United out with: De Gea – Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw – McTominay, Fred – Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Pogba – Cavani.
Good evening and welcome to the match between Manchester United and Roma, for the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals! We started!