Good evening and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s live coverage of the all-Spanish Europa League final as Marcelo Bielsa's Athletic Bilbao take on Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid at the National Arena in Bucharest.

What an incredible strike that was from Falcao, and Gorka Iraizoz had absolutely no chance of getting even close to saving it.

GOAL!!! WHAT A STRIKE FROM FALCAO! Falcao twists and turns out on the right of the penalty area before unleashing a stunning left-footed strike into the far corner of the net - wow!

This is the first European final played in Romania. /// Shrey Mantri thinks it will be 2-1 to Atletico.

Atletico again press forward with Diego instrumental, but he cannot fashion a shot from inside a packed Athletic box.

Athletic keep the ball on halfway, and Diego Simeone is already out on the touchline in very animated fashion.

Each side has a win apiece in their clashes in La Liga this season. Llorente scored twice in a 3-0 home win for Athletic in October but Falcao's double secured Atletico a 2-1 victory at their Calderon home in March.

Chance! Adrian Lopez misses the target with a glancing header as he gets in front of his marker Jon Aurtenetxe - that was a promising opportunity!

The first half is underway! Athletic keep the ball in their half early on as they line up in their green change shirts, with Atletico in their traditional red and white stripes.

We're just five minutes from kick-off now, and the National Stadium in Bucharest is a scene of frenzied anticipation - what noise! The referee for tonight's match is Wolfgang Stark of Germany, and he leads the players out...

These teams have met each other in 150 Spanish league matches, with Atletico having the upper hand with 64 wins. Bilbao have won 59 of their meetings (27 draws). /// Dan Rodenby thinks Bilbao will win 2-0 through Muniain and Llorente. Sammy2 thinks it will be 3-2 to Athletic! Himanshu Yadav thinks it wil be 2-1 to Atletico. What do others think?

What is your prediction for this evening's Europa League final? What do you think the scoreline will be and who do you think will get on the scoresheet?

Athletic have had a mammoth season, but Atletico have actually played more Europa League games - 18 against the Basques 15. It's been quite a journey for both sides...

The atmosphere is absolutely incredible at the National Stadium in Bucharest, with both sets of fans holding red and white banners, flags, scarves and all sorts, making a terrific noise!

As a combative, no-nonsense midfielder, former Argentina captain Diego Simeone gave no quarter and expected nothing in return. As a coach he appears to be capable of mixing straight talk with a more philosophical side. "We have to play with enthusiasm and imagination... with the imagination of a young lad who is playing his first final," he said.

Athletic Bilbao's success in reaching the Europa League and Copa del Rey finals this season is down to the youth team coaches who cultivated the players in the current side, according to coach Marcelo Bielsa. "It's up to us in this case to make use of what they have produced, this team is a young generation with a very high percentage produced in the same institution," he said.

According to Eurosport expert Rafael Benitez, "We will see an evenly matched final in Bucharest between two sides who have had a great tournament, scoring goals and coming out on top in most of the games they have played to get to the final."

ATLETICO MADRID: Courtois, Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Filipe Luis, Mario Suarez, Gabi, Diego, Adrian, Turan, Falcao. Subs: Sergio Asenjo, Antonio Lopez, Salvio, Paulo Assuncao, Koke, Dominguez, Martin /// ATHLETIC BILBAO: Iraizoz, Iraola, Javi Martinez, Amorebieta, Aurtenetxe, Ander Herrera, Iturraspe, De Marcos, Susaeta, Llorente, Muniain. Subs: Raul, Toquero, San Jose, Gabilondo, Inigo Perez, Ekiza, Ibai

Athletic are also the romantic's choice, the home-grown players who are chasing the club's first ever European trophy. The closest they had previously come was reaching the final of the UEFA Cup in 1977, where they lost to Juventus.

It's a first all-Spanish European final since Sevilla's Hampden thriller against Espanyol in the 2007 UEFA Cup and the two teams couldn't be better matched. Eurosport's Spanish football expert Andy Mitten sets the stage...