O Sevilla won its seventh league title Europa League this Wednesday, when they tied with Roma 1-1 and won on penalties. At the Puskás Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, the team was behind on the scoreboard, but managed to draw and take the decision to overtime. On penalties, Ibañez and Mancini wasted their kicks and the Spaniards confirmed the victory.
Sevilla has expanded its lead in the ranking of biggest winners of the Europa League. The club had already won the competition in the 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2019/2020 seasons.
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Roma’s defeat prevented José Mourinho, coach of Roma, from winning his sixth continental title. It would be the third time that the Portuguese would win the Europa League, the other two were with Porto and Manchester United. In the Champions League, he lifted the cup twice, with Inter Milan and Porto. At Roma he was champion of the Conference League last season.
Roma return to the field on Sunday for their last official game of the season, against Spezia, for Italian Championship. Sevilla will play their last match for the The league also on Sunday, against Real Sociedad.
The game
The first big opportunity of the match came in the 11th minute of the first half, with Roma in the attack. Dybala made a beautiful individual play on the right and, from the bottom line, crossed low behind. Spinazzola appeared free to finish, but hit goalkeeper Bono, who calmly palmed it. Sevilla did not have a good start to the game and struggled to reach the Italian goal with danger.
At 34, Roma managed to open the scoring. Mancini played for Dybala on the edge of the area. The midfielder shot towards the goal, where he finished in Bono’s exit. The goalkeeper came close to blocking the goal with his feet, but he wasn’t fast enough. In addition, at 50, Sevilla had their best chance of the first stage. Rakitic dropped a bomb from outside the box, which landed on the right post.
The second stage started better for Sevilla, who got the tie in the 9th minute. Jesús Navas attempted the cross from the right looking for En-Nesyri inside the area. Before the attacker, the defender Mancini, from Roma, appeared to try to take it away, but he got it wrong and deflected against his own goal.
Roma responded at 21. After a free kick, the ball went live in the small area. Off balance, Abraham tried to push towards the goal, but stopped in a miraculous save by Bono. The defense barely cleared and Ibañez sent the opportunity to the bottom line. At 29, a penalty was assigned to Sevilla, but the referee went to VAR and reversed the decision. With the score tied at the end of the 90 minutes, the match went into overtime.
In overtime, neither team was able to offer danger and, with that, the duel went to penalties. in the dispute, Roma missed their second kick. Mancini stopped Bono, who saved with his feet on the right side. Sevilla converted with Rakitic and the Italians made mistakes again, this time with Ibañez. The Brazilian sent the foot of the left post. In the final kick, Montiel hit the post for the first time, but the referee ordered it back, as Rui Patrício was ahead of schedule. At the second opportunity, the Argentine changed the corner and converted.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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