Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea became the main anti-hero of the final match of the Europa League, in which his team lost on penalties to Spanish Villarreal.

The main time of the meeting ended with a score of 1: 1, and the teams did not score goals in overtime. Thus, the winner of the trophy was determined in a penalty shootout, which became a record for European football cups.. Players took 22 penalties. All outfield players converted their shots and it was the goalkeepers' turn - Jeronimo Rulli outplayed De Gea, and then pulled a shot from his Spanish counterpart.

Interestingly, De Gea failed to capture any of the eleven penalties, although he carefully prepared for such a scenario of the fight - after the match, journalist Angelo Mangiante published a photo of the Spanish goalkeeper's "

Believe it or not, De Gea last parried 11m in 2016. Since then, the goalkeeper has failed to hit 36 \u200b\u200bpenalties in a row.

This is the first trophy in history for Villarreal. The club was founded in 1923.

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