How to watch Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United: TV channel and live stream for Europa League today

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·1 maggio 2025

How to watch Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United: TV channel and live stream for Europa League today

Red Devils out to spoil the party and reach the Europa League final

After their quarter-final heroics, Manchester United are back in Europa League action tonight

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Manchester United face Athletic Bilbao in their Europa League semi-final first leg tonight.

Man Utd - despite their awful Premier League form - are the only unbeaten team in European competition this season, but that record will surely be put to the test against the LaLiga outfit.

It can be argued there is slightly more pressure, at least in the first leg, on Bilbao as the final later this month is being held in their own stadium - San Mames - and Nico Williams spoke yesterday about the honour such an occasion would bring.

Of the two teams, Bilbao are in better form. Their only defeat in their last 10 games across all competitions was away at Real Madrid and it took an injury-time goal from Federico Valverde to break their resistance.

Having said that, the Red Devils know winning the Europa League is their only route back into Europe next season and proved against Lyon in the quarter-final that they’ve got the character to go all the way.

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