UEFA Europa League: 2018/19 deteriorate by numbers
7 Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored all 7 of Arsenal’s semi-final goals opposite Valencia, and a Gunners’ final 8 in a foe streamer into a final.
73 Unai Emery has overseen a record 73 UEFA Europa League matches; a subsequent manager on a list, Jorge Jesus, has 52.
44 It took Villarreal’s Carlos Bacca, final scorer in 2014 and 2016, 44 seconds to measure a organisation stage’s initial (and maybe best) goal, a glorious outside-of-the-boot bombardment from usually outward a box opposite Rangers.
17 Chelsea extended their dominant run in a UEFA Europa League to 17 matches, leading a prior best of 15 set by Atlético Madrid in 2011 and 2012. The Blues have not mislaid in a foe given Apr 2013.
39 Luxembourg became a 39th inhabitant organisation to be represented in a UEFA Europa League organisation stage.
6 Sevilla’s 6-0 home win opposite Akhisar Belediyespor on matchday 3 equalled a record domain of feat in a competition.
3 This is a third one-nation UEFA Europa League final after Porto 1-0 Braga (2011) and Atlético Madrid 3-0 Athletic Club (2012). It also happened 7 times in a UEFA Cup era.
5 Arsenal and Villarreal both kept a record-equalling 5 unbroken purify sheets during their campaigns.
4 Number of times we could fit a race of Dudelange’s homonymous home city into San Siro. The Luxembourg side led AC Milan 2-1 before descending divided in a final 25 minutes.
13 Dinamo Zagreb’s run of 13 unbroken eliminations in a UEFA organisation theatre finished as a 19-time Croatian champions competent for a knockouts for a initial time with dual games to spare.
9 Chelsea were among 9 sides who finished their entrance appearances in a UEFA Europa League organisation stage. When they won a pretension in 2013, they switched from a UEFA Champions League before a knockouts.
119 Slavia Praha’s intrepid quarrel finally looked to be over when Franco Vázquez’s 98th-minute bid left a unfancied Czechs wanting to measure twice opposite Sevilla to strech a quarter-finals. Mick outpost Buren fast struck behind and, in a 119th minute, Simon Kjær’s possess idea took them by 6-5 on aggregate.
8-1 Zenit were dumbfounded 4-0 during Dinamo Minsk in a third subordinate round, environment a theatre for a conspicuous quip in Russia – they won 8-1 after additional time!
5 Olivier Giroud struck in 5 unbroken UEFA Europa League games until Dynamo Kyiv finally found a approach of gripping a challenging Frenchman during bay. He duly strike a ideal hat-trick in a second leg.
10 Chelsea striker Giroud and Frankfurt’s Luka Jović both reached double total for goals, usually a fifth and sixth players to do so in a UEFA Europa League after Aritz Aduriz, Radamel Falcao (twice), Giuseppe Rossi and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
21 This season’s oldest scorer David Català (38 years, 224 days) was 21 when AEK Larnaca team-mate and 2018/19’s youngest scorer Dimitris Raspas (17 years, 186 days) was born.
7 Villarreal and Napoli both continued their ideal organisation theatre annals as they modernized to a knockout stages for a seventh time in as many attempts.
90,000 Rennes perceived 90,000 home sheet applications for their turn of 16 initial leg opposite Arsenal, for a track with a ability of reduction than 30,000. They won 3-1.
3 Salzburg finished a organisation theatre with a 100% record for a third time – no other side has finished it some-more than once.
17 RB Leipzig became a 17th opposite German side to beauty a UEFA Europa League organisation stage.
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