Antoine Griezmann had a homecoming to savour as the France forward struck a goal in each half to earn Atlético a third UEFA Europa League trophy in nine seasons. Antoine Griezmann celebrates after making it 1-0©AFP/Getty ImagesMarseille had begun brighter and were well on top midway through the first half when a fateful piece of mi... UEFA.com - News
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Europa League final preview: Marseille v Atlético
All you need to know about the final Marseille, Atlético contest 47th final in competition No French side has won UEFA Cup/Europa League Marseille meet two-time winners Atlético Atleti won previous finals in 2010 and 2012 Possible line-ups Marseille: Mandanda; Sakai, Rami, Luiz Gustavo, Amavi; Anguissa, Sanson; Thauvin, Payet, Ocampos; GermainAtlético: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Giménez, Godín, Lucas; Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Ga... UEFA.com - News
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The 2018 UEFA Europa League final in Lyon brings together the inaugural winners of UEFA's two current major club competitions. Atlético Madrid won the very first UEFA Europa League in 2010, while Marseille were the first team to be proclaimed UEFA Champions League winners, back in 1993.• Two clubs of considerable continental pedigree, they have reached the final via different routes. Marseille's 2017/18 European campaign began in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, while Atlético started theirs in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. • Marseille booked a place just up the Rhone Valley at the
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Atlético Madrid and Arsenal reconvene for the second leg of their semi-final at the Estadio Metropolitano following a first-leg 1-1 draw in London – a match in which the Spanish visitors were reduced to ten men after just ten minutes but managed to snatch a late equaliser that strengthens their bid to reach a third UEFA Europa League final.• If Arsenal are to bring the curtain down on manager Arsène Wenger's swansong season at the final in Lyon, they must become the first visiting team to score at Atlético's new stadium since January – a run of 11 matches in all competitions.
All you need to know: Arsenal v Atlético
Story so farArsenal It has not been a great season for the Gunners but they have saved their best for Europe. The first leg against CSKA Moskva and victories home and away over AC Milan provide a measure of what Arsenal can do – so too, though, do the shock loss to Östersund and second-leg wobble versus CSKA.
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Arsenal and Atlético Madrid will meet competitively for the first time in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, in the first leg of a much-anticipated contest between clubs from the capital cities of England and Spain.• Both Arsenal and Atlético survived second-leg scares in the quarter-finals, the Gunners eventually prevailing 6-3 on aggregate against CSKA Moskva (4-1 home, 2-2 away after trailing 0-2) and Los Colchoneros edging Iberian rivals Sporting CP 2-1 over the two legs (2-0 home, 0-1 away). • Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn
Advantage Arsenal, Atlético and Lyon, Dortmund wobble
Arsenal left San Siro with smiles on their faces, and Salzburg earned a notable victory at Dortmund, but there is plenty of life left in the round of 16 ties following Thursday's first legs. Europa League round of 16 first legsAtlético 3-0 Lokomotiv MoskvaCSKA Moskva 0-1 LyonDortmund 1-2 SalzburgLazio 2-2 Dynamo KyivLeipzig 2-1 ZenitMarseille 3-1 AthleticMilan 0-2 ArsenalSporting CP 2-0 Plzeň