The Hattrick of Bruno Fernandes dismissed Manchester United on the Europa League last eight with a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, with which he achieved a 5-2 total triumph.
The opener of Joshua Zirkzee in the first stage was canceled by a Mikel Oyazarabal penalty, and the captain of La Real did the damage with another Spot-Kick to open the score early in Old Trafford early on Thursday.
However, Fernandes soon came off with his own penalty before he doubled his 12 -meter count in the second half.
Jon Aramburu was then rejected prior to the United Captain who won his Treble for three minutes in time, before Diogo Dalot closed the score and closed a quarter -final meeting with Lyon.
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Ruben Amorim's side had rather the wrong side of a long VAR check, because Matthijs de Ligt was assessed to have polluted Oyarzabal, which cools his 14th minute fine in the right corner.
United, however, hit the other end with a penalty six minutes later after Rasmus Hojlund was felled by Igor Zubeldia and Fernandes stroked in the left corner of 12 yards.
United came out of the blocks after the interval when Zirkzee forced a smart save from Alex Remiro, in which Patrick Dorgu won a penalty on the rebound after bumping with Aritz Elustondo.
Fernandes then sent Remiro in the wrong way, rolled in the right corner to send Amorim's side forward in the 50th minute.
Aramburu was then fired for a last man sliding challenge after the wonderful pass from Zirkzee to Dorgu, who almost won another penalty after the dropout of Hamari Traore, before the VAR intervened to overthrow the call.
Fernandes is said to have been the Nemer of United's third spot kick, but he sealed his hat trick a little later and raced through the stools of Alejandro Garnacho before he drilled in the left corner.
The selfless work of Hojlund turned off a good outing for the hosts, because his driving run resulted in a cutback for Dalot, which insisted in the roof of the net when she was not near the penalty spot.
Data Debrief: History Fernandes make the difference
Fernandes only became the second man UTD player who scored two penalties in a large European competition, together with Wayne Rooney against Otelul Galati in October 2011.
Indeed, 10 of the 18 goals of Fernandes for United in large European competitions come from the penalty spot.
The Portugal International has now also been involved in 41 goals (24 goals, 17 assists) in the competition, the most in the history of Europa League, after he had gone past Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (34 goals, six assists).
Fernandes' Late Third also made him the first United player to score a hat trick in the big European competition since Marcus Rashford in October 2020 against RB Leipzig.
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