In the final game, the Sevilla team tied 1:1 (0:1) with the Italian team “AS Roma” after the regular time, no goals were scored in the extra time, but the players of the Spanish club were superior in the penalty kick series after the game with 4:1.
In the 35th minute of the match, the Roma team took the first lead when, after careless play by the opponents, Paulo Dybala made a breakthrough and beat the “Sevilla” goalkeeper with a kick in the bottom corner of the goal.
On the other hand, in the second half, after ten minutes played, “Sevilla” player Jesus Navas passed to the front of the opponent’s goal, where Gianluca Mancini sent the ball into his own goal in an unfortunate situation.
Roma were awarded a penalty kick for a foul on Lucas Ocampos with 15 minutes left in regulation time, but the referee later overturned his decision.
As the regular time ended in a draw, no more goals were scored in extra time, so the winner of the final was determined in a post-match penalty shootout.
The first shot was made by “Sevilla”, Lucas Ocampos was accurate, followed by a successful shot by Brian Cristante. In the second round, Erik Lamela put Sevilla in the lead, as the following shot by Machini was saved by the Spanish club’s goalkeeper Bono. In the third round, Ivan Rakitic made it 3-1, and in the fourth round, Gonzalo Montjels scored the winning 11-meter kick, securing Sevilla’s seventh Europa League title.
By winning the Europa League, “Sevilla” secured a place in the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Sevilla started the season in the UEFA Champions League, finishing third behind Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund in the group stage. The Spanish team then moved to the Europa League, which they started from the first round of the play-offs, defeating PSV Eindhoven and then overcoming the barrier of Fenerbahce Istanbul, Manchester United and Juventus Turin, stopping the Turinese in the second leg of the semi-final in extra time.
AS Roma, the winner of last year’s UEFA Conference League, played in the group stage of the Europa League, where they finished behind another Sevilla team, Real Betis, in the subgroup. The Romans also started the elimination tournament from the first round and beat “Salzburg”, “Real Sociedad” of San Sebastian, “Feyenoord” of Rotterdam and “Bayer” of Leverkusen on the way to the final.
In the national championships, both teams have one game left until the end of the season. “AS Roma” is sixth with a chance to move up to fifth place, while “Sevilla” ranks in 11th position with chances to end the season in seventh position.
Last season, in the final, Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Glasgow Rangers in a shootout.
2023-05-31 22:37:10
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