{"id":31113,"date":"2025-05-01T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=31113"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:46:27","slug":"fernandes-says-europa-league-wont-save-man-uniteds-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/fernandes-says-europa-league-wont-save-man-uniteds-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes Says Europa League Won\u2019t Save Man United\u2019s Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/manchester-utd\/ppjDR086\/\">United<\/a> captain Bruno Fernandes has admitted that winning the Europa League won&#8217;t be enough to make up for a disappointing season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/ath-bilbao\/IP5zl0cJ\/\">Athletic Bilbao<\/a> in the first leg of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/match\/xlAuXgD6\/#\/match-summary\/match-statistics\/\">Europa League semi-final on Thursday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if lifting the trophy would turn things around, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/fernandes-bruno\/GYvAMDm2\/\">Fernandes<\/a> said: &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a reward, I think it will just be successful in terms of the Europa League. 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