Athletic Club Celebrates Copa del Rey Victory

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Man United stand between Athletic and a dream Europa League final at home

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A year ago , Athletic won the Copa del Rey for the first time in 40 years , and then partied hearty.

They launched the sacred Gabarra boat on the river Nervión , the first it had chugged along the river since 1984 .

Athletic have never won a European trophy, let alone joined the very, very small band of four clubs ( Real Madrid , Inter Milan , Barcelona , Feyenoord ) who've won the single-match final of a UEFA knockout competition in their own stadium over the past 70 years .

Valverde nearly became Man United's manager in 2021 when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked.

He's lost the final of this competition twice, both with Espanyol (as player and manager) Next week will be his first time back competitively in northwest England since that Anfield experience in 2019 when Liverpool undressed his Barca side 4 -0 to win the Champions League semifinal.