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By securing semi-final spots on a dramatic night, Manchester United, Tottenham, and Chelsea all moved one step closer to European glory.

Ruben Amorim’s United resurrected in the Europa League with a remarkable comeback as they defeated Lyon 5-4 at Old Trafford and 7-6 overall.

Tottenham won Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to advance to 2-1 on aggregate, which is impressive.

The first game of the Europa League and Conference League semi-final matches will take place on May 1st, followed by the second game, which will be played a week later.

As Ange Postecoglou prepares to win a trophy in his second season at Tottenham, Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt will take the field.

Athletic Bilbao, who defeated Rangers in the quarter-finals, will face Manchester United.

Bodo/Glimt, the reigning champions of Norway, are one of the most intriguing teams in European play.

Faced with them can prove to be a challenging proposition for unacclimatized opposition because their home games frequently take place north of the Arctic Circle, as Lazio discovered in the quarter-finals.

The Italians lost the first game 2-0 in Norway, and Bodo/Glimt won the subsequent shootout despite Lazio holding back 3-1 at home in the second leg.

Bodo/Glimt, who famously defeated Jose Mourinho’s Roma 6-1 in the Europa League group stage four years ago, has not caused Lazio’s major league team to face off.

In 2022, the Norwegians defeated a Celtic side that is currently under the control of Postecoglou in a Conference League game.

Bodo is one of the most northernmost cities in the world, and it is very far away from other major cities, with the next closest major city at least nine and a half hours drive away.

Their fans are also renowned for having giant yellow toothbrushes for games.

According to the legend, the custom began 50 years ago when a fan attempted to start a chant and became alarmed that it was not going to take off by using a toothbrush to “direct” the crowd.

Athletic are a club that historically relies on Basque players to create their own emotions and identity.

The Europa League final will be played at their home stadium in San Mames, which gives players and fans a chance to experience once in a lifetime, but the current squad seems to be taking the pressure lightly.

Ernesto Valverde, a seasoned coach, has a calming influence on his team, who plays adroit but exciting football.

A star player like Nico Williams, who won the Spanish European Championship, will undoubtedly cause problems for Manchester United in the semi-finals.

Marcelo Bielsa led Athletic to the Europa League final in 2012, and he later became Leeds United’s manager.

The club’s roots can be traced to the late 1800s and the island of Djurgarden, which means “animal island,” which is situated in Stockholm’s heart.

The 3Arena, the city’s current home ground, is in the city’s Johanneshov district.

Djurgarden have won the domestic league 12 times, but this is their closest attempt in a European competition.

Although Chelsea’s semi-final opponents are approaching the end of the season, Djurgarden’s domestic campaign is just beginning. They have only won three of their first three games and have not had the best of starts.

Lucas Bergvall, a highly regarded teenager, played for Tottenham before joining them last year.

Bergvall quickly made an impression at the club, leading Aftonbladet to predict that he would become “Djurgarden’s biggest transfer ever” with one of his early performances.

Dakota Ditcheva, a Manchester boxer, claims she is “gutted” that the PFL will not be a fight until next year.

Ditcheva, 26, won the PFL’s 2024 flyweight world title, but the organization has since drastically altered its events, including changing the tournament status.

Ditcheva can only watch from a distance as the PFL’s other flyweights begin this month as Ditcheva competes in the newly launched “PFL Champions Series” in 2025.

Ditcheva told MMA Junkie, “I’m gutted that I haven’t had anything yet.”

“I’m like, Get me anything,” I say. I understand that PFL is difficult.

“They’ve got all the girls in the tournament,” they said. They now need to find someone to put up a good fight with me.

The PFL has informed Ditcheva that she will likely face the tournament winner when she next squares up against the winner in November.

What if the winner emerges from the matchup unharmed? If they are injured, what happens? “Ditcheva said,”

Do they want to fight me when they win the year’s end? “A person who has fought three times.

They might say, “I’m sorry, I’m hurt, or I don’t want to fight this year, I’ll do it in January.” That would take me a year to complete. Something will happen, but it’s testing for sure.

Ditcheva is not the only PFL star to speak out about the scheduling, with Patricio Pitbull, Patricio Pitbull, and other fighters requesting their release from the MMA organization.

Johnny Eblen, the former Bellator middleweight champion, admitted on social media in February that he hadn’t “heard a peep” about any fights.

British boxer Fabian Edwards, who lost to Eblen in his previous outing in October, has called on the PFL to get their best fighters fired.

It’s insane to watch all those guys watch from the sidelines for a year or more. I just hope they can figure out what needs to be done, Edwards said.

According to Millwall captain Shaun Hutchinson, the club has withdrawn Liam Roberts from the player of the year award vote to stop further abuse of the goalkeeper.

Jean-Philippe Mateta, 30, kicking the Eagles striker in the head in the Lions’ FA Cup defeat by Crystal Palace in March, sent Roberts off.

Roberts was given a six-game ban by the Football Association after suffering a severe laceration in Mateta’s ear, which required 25 stitches, and he hasn’t played since.

Roberts, who signed for The Den from Middlesbrough last summer and has made six appearances since, was accused of receiving death threats and abuse online following the challenge.

We want to be open and honest with you about a topic we’ve discussed as a squad in a statement sent to BBC Radio 5 Live as we approach the end-of-season awards ceremony and honor some of the campaign’s outstanding performances.

“You have been a huge help to Liam Roberts and his family during a very difficult time,” you have said.

We also understand that many of you have continued to support him by awarding him the season’s MVP.

With that in mind, the squad is concerned that a placed finish for Robbo could unintentionally bring up many of the negative stories and abuse from other clubs, which we have been working on for a while.

Following the FA Cup match, Robbo and his family endured unending, horrifying online abuse. We witnessed a teammate experience a nightmare, his name was dragged through the headlines, and he and his wife were threatened with death.

We have shared this opinion with the Millwall Supporters’ Club and can’t allow that to happen again.

Scottish Cup semi-final: Hearts v Aberdeen

Venue: Hampden Park, Glasgow Date: Saturday 19 April Time: 12:30 BST

“Overall, I would say I am a more complete player,” is the assessment of Kevin Nisbet who has been enjoying a career “reset” at Aberdeen.

Twelve goals from the 28-year-old Scotland striker have helped the Pittodrie club in the league chase for European places, while two of those have come in a Scottish Cup run that continues with Saturday’s semi-final against Hearts at Hampden.

After a frustrating, injury-hit first campaign at Millwall, Nisbet joined the Dons on loan last summer but did not complete 90 minutes in the Premiership until February.

“I probably wasn’t fit enough, due to not playing a lot last season,” Nisbet told BBC Scotland. “It took me a while to get up to speed but I feel sharp now.”

Seven of Nisbet’s goals have come in his past 10 outings, along with five assists.

The former Hibs player credits extra work off the pitch for his upturn in form, admitting that he hasn’t always been as diligent.

“Coming in on days off, doing the gym, looking after myself, stretching a lot, just the kind of things I probably wasn’t doing in the past year if I am brutally honest.

“I started in October and I have just consistently done it. Now I am reaping the rewards.

“I have improved a lot on the defensive side, the tracking back as well and working for the team. It’s probably something I lost in the last few years and I have got that back thanks to the club.

“I feel I am in a place now that is beneficial to me.

“Coming up here was just about a complete reset on myself, getting back to scoring goals and enjoying my football. I have got that smile back on my face when I am playing.”

Nisbet has 11 Scotland caps, the last of which came in June 2023. However, his eye-catching displays in red earned a recall to the national squad earlier this year.

“I had kind of put that to the back of my mind,” he explained. “I had other priorities to get back to and when I started doing that the Scotland squad came.”

With his loan up at the end of the season, and with a year of his Millwall contract still to run, Nisbet is not giving too much thought to what comes next.

“I just tend to stay well clear of it all,” he said. “I have learned from when I was at Hibs, I got too involved in some situations. For me, it is just about head down and taking it game by game and it starts on Saturday.