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Express Tribune
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Manchester United beat Athletic Club 3-0 in Europa League semi-final first leg as Fernandes scores twice
Fernandes scores twice as ManU beat Athletic Club 3-0 in Europa League semi-final first leg Manchester United took a step towards the Europa League final with a 3-0 win over 10-man Athletic Bilbao in the semi-final first leg at San Mames on Thursday. The hosts started brightly but failed to convert early chances through Inaki Williams and Alex Berenguer. United went ahead on 30 minutes when Harry Maguire set up Casemiro for a close-range header. Seven minutes later, Athletic were reduced to 10 men after Dani Vivian fouled Rasmus Hojlund in the box. Bruno Fernandes converted the penalty and added a second just before halftime following a flick from Manuel Ugarte.
The Guardian
23-02-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Schmeichel review – amazing saves but too few insights into the great Dane
In Denmark it's actually pronounced 'Schmy-shell' — but that's the extent of the stunning revelations provided by Owen Davies's worshipful and rote sports doc about the former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, now 61. Footage of all his amazing saves – the ones that won Euro 92 for the Danish national side, or led Man U to the treble in '99 – impressively affirm the Great Dane's greatness. The question though is how? And why? At 6ft 4in tall, his imposing physicality obviously had something to do with it ('The span was like an aeroplane!' marvels Sir Alex Ferguson). Schmeichel's competitive edge and total inability to abide weakness are attributed to the parenting of a tough, Polish-born father who was orphaned at a young age by the second world war; their story of estrangement and reconciliation is worthy of soap opera. But it's the insights that the Schmeichels, senior and junior, offer into the tao of the goalie – that 'position of ultimate responsibility' – which are most interesting, especially when delivered in that delightful Manc-Danish accent. In UK and Irish cinemas
