Gonzalo Montiel broke José Mourinho’s winning streak in the Eurocup finals.
Youssef En-Nesyri (left) and Lucas Ocampos celebrate Sevilla’s Europa League championship. PDO
This year, the European Futsal League was also decided in a penalty shootout.
Sevilla and AS Roma couldn’t make a difference during 120 minutes of football, so it had to be looked for in commas.
Already scored an own goal in regular time Gianluca Mancini was the first failure. The Italian’s shot went in the middle, and Sevilla’s Moroccan hammer Bono made a great save with his feet.
The jug already started to shine in the eyes of the people of Seville, when Roger Ibanez bombed the ball through Bono’s fingertips and into the post.
The keys to the solution were given to Sevilla To Gonzalo Montiel. Already in December, the Argentinian had decided the World Cup gold for Argentina in the grueling competition.
At first, however, it seemed that the substitute’s corner would not have lasted. Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio guessed correctly and denied the defender’s challenge.
However, VAR saw that the Lusitanian keeper had moved from his line too early.
The Argentine got a second chance. He changed the angle and sunk the 4-1 penalty kick win.
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Watch Montiel’s decisive point in the video. Futs of the European League can be seen on VSport’s channels and on Elisa Viihde’s Viaplay service.
Sevilla’s victory in the Europa League means they will play in the Champions League next season. It is the most successful club in the competition now with seven championships.
– Difficult game. We struggled to find spaces and get chances. But we fought, substitute Erik Lamela rejoiced.
Mourinho streak over
Mancini already made embarrassing history in regular time.
The Italian became the first player to score a goal José Mourinho’s against teams in the Eurocup finals for exactly 20 years.
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José Mourinho’s European finals winning streak was cut short in Budapest. PDO
The previous person who succeeded in that trick was Celtic’s Swedish legend Henrik Larsson. And the year was 2003.
The only problem with Mancini’s record was that he played in Mourinho’s team.
AS Roma lost their grip on winning the Europa League final to that very own goal. Mourinho had won each of the previous five European Cup finals.
The first defeat came in Budapest.
Dybala struck
The opening period went completely under the command of the Giallorossi.
A convalescent star raised for the opening Paulo Dybala gave the Romans a deserved lead in the 34th minute, when first Sevilla Ivan Rakitic lost the ball in the center circle To Bryan Cristante.
Rushing into the situation, Mancini immediately saw that Dybala’s thoughts had already shifted to scoring.
An excellent vertical pass released the Argentinian, who took the ball with him professionally and confidently buried it into the net.
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Watch Dybala’s opening goal in the video. Futs of the European League can be seen on VSport’s channels and on Elisa Viihde’s Viaplay service.
However, Sevilla was not alarmed by the setback. Right in the extra time of the opening period, Rakitić bombed a strong drive into the crossbar of the Roma goal, but even that was just a forewarning of what was to come.
The exchanges work
Sevilla is the most successful club in the Europa League with six championships. In the last three previous (2015, 2016, 2020) finals, it had been defeated, but nevertheless rose to victory.
For the second period, Mendilibar sent Lamela on the field and Suson. Equalization was created almost immediately.
Ever young Jesus Navas was already involved in the Sevilla dynasty’s first championship in 2006, and in the 55th minute he played with Spinazzola on the wing. The spiraling cross sent by the Spaniard should have been able to be defended, but only Mancini took it.
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Watch the video of Sevilla’s equalizer. Futs of the European League can be seen on VSport’s channels and on Elisa Viihde’s Viaplay service.
Sevilla’s grip only got tighter when Dybala’s fitness failed for good in the 68th minute.
Tired overtime
However, Roma made it to extra time, when VAR guided Taylor to correct the spot-kick he had given just over a quarter of an hour before the end.
In overtime, two extremely tired combinations met. No great football spectacle was really served in Budapest, and both teams waited practically the entire 30 minutes for the tough competition.
Right at the end of extra time, Roma top scorer Chris Smalling headed the ball over Sevilla’s crossbar.
You couldn’t get any closer to a solution by playing. In the end, it was fetched from ranker spots.