Sevillewith a goal from the Argentine Erik Lamelabeat in their stadium 2-1 in extra time against Juventusin the revenge of the semifinals, and went to the final of the europa leagueinstance in which it will be measured with Romewho today equalized without goals in Germany against Bayer Leverkusen and got the ticket to the decisive match for the 1-0 victory in the first leg.
At the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium, in Seville, the local and Juventus staged an exciting round-trip duel, with various emotions in both arcs.
In the initial stage, “Juve” had several chances, including a shot at the post by Moise Kean. Sevilla, for its part, also brought danger to the goal defended by the Pole Wojciech Szczesny and put him in trouble on more than one occasion.
At the end of the stage, the Dutch referee Danny Makkelie omitted a clear penalty from the Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado to Oliver Torres, who received a clear foul at the entrance to the large area, but the judge with the collaboration of the VAR considered that it was not an infraction. despite the claim of all Seville.
The final part had the same characteristics with the search of the two teams for the goal that gave them the classification, due to the 1-1 draw in the first leg in Turin.
After several situations to score, Juventus took the lead after 20 minutes, after a header from the Frenchman Adrien Rabiot to the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, who took advantage of the doubt of the Sevilla center-backs and defined it with class, chipping it before the exit of the Moroccan goalkeeper Bono.
Sevilla went for equality and obtained it after 26 minutes with a tremendous shot from outside the Spanish Suso area, after a loan from Argentine Eric Lamela.
The rest of the stage was similar and the end was reached with a 1-1 equality and the game went into extra time, in which Sevilla scored the second goal in the first goal, after a precise cross from the Spanish Bryan Gil Salvatierra and Pique’s header to the ground of Lamela, for the final 2 to 1.
In this way, the Andalusian team, the top winner of the competition, will seek its seventh Europa League after those achieved in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020.
In Seville the Argentines were headlines Marcos Acuna (expelled 10m. STS) and Lucas Ocampos, who was replaced by his compatriot Erik Lamela (24m. ST); while his compatriot Gonzalo Montiel entered by the Spanish Salvatierra (9m. PTS) and the porteño Alejandro “Papu” Gomez He entered for the Spanish Jesús Navas, prior to the start of the second overtime.
In the “Vecchia Signora” the rosarino acted from the start angel di maria, who was replaced by the Italian Federico Chiesa (18m. ST); while his compatriot and also world champion, Leandro Paredesentered 40 minutes into the initial stage due to an injury to Italian Nicolo Fagioli.
Meanwhile in Germany, Bayer Leverkusen, with the Argentine world champion exequiel palaciossought to balance the 0-1 against him in the first leg in Italy, but Rome, with a neat defensive device, avoided him in the initial stage without going through too many shocks.
In the second period, Leverkusen pressed, controlled the ball all the time, but could not break the team led by José Mourinho, who held on for the tie and qualified for Italy.
In Rome, the Cordovan and world champion in Qatar was on the substitute bench Paulo Dybalawho is not in his best physical shape and Mourinho decided not to include him.
The “Loba” from the Italian capital, in this way, will play the second consecutive European final, after having won the Conference League the previous year, by beating Feyenoord (Netherlands) 1-0.
The final of this edition of the Europa League will be played on Wednesday, May 31 at the Puskás Aréna, in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Source: Ambito
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