Athletic Bilbao -midfielder Benat Prados went to social media to express his frustration after he was taken away from the club's defeat by Man United.
The Basque club traveled to Old Trafford on Thursday to destroy a shortage of three goals from the first stage and seemed to be on the right track when Mikel Jauregizar shot them in the lead in the first half.
While the visitors kept trying to make their way back to the draw, Prados was applied just after the hour to replace Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta.
However, the involvement of the 24-year-old in the semi-final of the Europa League would eventually prove to be short-lived.
After he was the ball behind the ball, Prados was closed by Victor Lindelof van United, who then caught the former Spain Youth International in the shin with his studs.
Referee Daniel Siebert ruled that the challenge was worth a mistake and the game continued to exist, although Prados was clearly in serious discomfort.
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Only a few minutes later, Mason Mount restored the aggregated lead of the three goals of United and Prados could not continue, while Mikel Vesga came to replace him.
Clearly unhappy with the challenge and the lack of a reaction from the civil servant, Prados later shared an image of his injury on Instagram with blood that dropped out of a cut in his tibia.
In addition to the photo, he added the caption: 'There was no red card. There was no yellow card. There was no mistake. Play on .. '
After the introduction of Mount United had taken control of the second stage and eventually 4-1 winners (7-1 AGG) had switched off to set up a full-English European final with Tottenham later this month.
Speaking after the game, Bilbao -Baas Ernesto Valverde recognized the injury of Prados and thinks about the performance of his team.
He said, “He [Prados] Has a very hard blow to his shin and a deep wound, we have to perform tests to see how he is doing. '
'You have to take into account that games take 90 minutes and that you have to go all the way to teams that you will not forgive.
'We kept them in the box and pushed them to get into the draw and get to the places we wanted the entire season, but we have done many things wrong in the last 15 minutes. It seems that the draw has been a walkover, but it is not.
'The excitement for the final was there from the start and we played a great game. At certain moments, against such strong teams, you cannot admit anything, and we did that.
'In the first stage we were there to win and they were overwhelming. Eliminations are painful, but only one team wins the cup. In La Liga we still have important challenges to reach.
“We want to stay fourth because we want to play in the Champions League next season.”
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