Bruno Fernandes Handball has proven to be crucial while Manchester United was fell to withdraw the first stage of their Equality of the Europa League in Spain.
The side of Amorim has improved well for large spells and got closer to the opening of the score when Fernandes’ shot was superbly blocked on the line.
Alejandro Garnacho put wide when it is well placed and that United took a deserved lead when the long -term shot of Joshua Zirkzee seemed to the evil of the real goalkeeper Alex Remiro.
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But United could not keep the victory because Fernandes was tried that he had blocked a corner of a corner with his hand.
Referee Ivan Kruzliak made the decision after a video review and Captain Mikel Oyarzabal stroked the kick at home.
The games meet again at Old Trafford next week.
United was at the top in the first half and went ahead when Zirkzee struck a first shot from the edge of the box through the legs of Benat Turrientes and the Remiro goalkeeper.
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The itinerant support appreciated a goal on which they sought to rely while Garnacho drew just off the nearby post.
But life is rarely simple for United, who saw Brais Mendez making a close of 25 yards before referee Kruzliak received instructions by his earpiece.
The Var asked the referee to go to the instructor and review Fernandes handball when he was trying to clean a corner.
Kruzliak underlined the place and the Reale Arena in Rugi when Oyarzabal – Spanish winner against England in the final of Euro 2024 – beat his penalty Andre Onana.
Matthijs de Ligt did brilliantly to cope with a cross after an initial underwear and Onana stopped a shot in stopping time when he finished all the square in Spain.
