2012 UEFA Europa League – All Spanish Final at Bucharest

Thursday 26 April 2012, Report by Rajarshi Ghosh

Sporting CP 3 - 4 Athletic Club
Fri 20/04/12 Sporting CP 2 - 1 Athletic Club
Fri 27/04/12 Athletic Club 3 - 1 Sporting CP

Athletic Club defeated Sporting Clube de Portugal 4-3 on aggregate in an epic semi-final at the San Mamés to reach their second final in UEFA competition – 35 years after the first.

Athletic Club leading 2-1 with goals from Markel Susaeta and Ibai Gómez in 17’ and 46’, and  Ricky van Wolfswinkel's crisp strike for Lisbon, extra time was on the card. But with two minutes left Fernando Llorente's shocked Lisbon to score the winning goal to set up an all-Spanish UEFA Europa League final against Club Atlético de Madrid in Bucharest on 9 May.

Atlético Madrid 5 - 2 Valencia
Fri 20/04/12 Atlético Madrid 4 - 2 Valencia
Fri 27/04/12 Valencia 0 - 1 Atlético Madrid

Two years after triumphing in the inaugural UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid will compete for the trophy again after Diego Simeone's ten men reached the final with a 5-2 aggregate triumph over Valencia CF.

Adrian scored the winning goal for Atlético Madrid.