Europa League Champion, Sevilla Stops Jose Mourinho's Ciamic Record In Europe To Stabilize Hegemony

JAKARTA - Sevilla solidified their hegemony in the Europa League. The Spanish La Liga club again grabbed the trophy after defeating AS Roma in the final, Thursday, June 1, early morning WIB.

In addition, Sevilla's victory also ended the sweet record for AS Roma coach, Jose Mourinho, who always won when he brought his team to the European competition final.

The two teams actually drew 1-1 against Puskas Arena, Budapest. AS Roma took the lead thanks to Paulo Dybala's goal before Sevilla equalized the score through Gianluca Mancini's own goal. The score did not change until normal time was over and the winner had to be determined on penalties.

Four Sevilla executors did their job well, while the second and third AS Roma kickers failed to score so the Spanish club won their seventh Europa League title, according to the official UEFA website as reported by Antara.

Sevilla immediately tried to control the ball from the start, but AS Roma threatened first.

Paulo Dybala sent the ball to Zeki Celik on the right, which then made a pull pass. Leonardo Spinazzola grabbed the ball, but could still be parried by goalkeeper Sevilla Yassine Bounou.

After that Roma began to attack, while Sevilla defended more tightly in order to break attacks from opposing clubs.

However, Roma managed to break into Bounou's goal in the 34th minute. Bryan Cristante won the duel in the middle, the ball was controlled by Gianluca Mancini who then sent a pass to Paulo Dybala. The Argentine striker then fired a low shot into the lower right corner. The score becomes 1-0.

Disadvantaged made Sevilla appear attacking and several times created chances, including efforts from Youssouf En-Nesyri in the 39th minute which Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio was still able to catch. Another Sevilla opportunity came four minutes later, Fernando's header in a free position welcoming still bounced high from Patricio's goal.

Pellegrini asked for a penalty in the 45th minute, when he received the ball from Dybala's stab. But he was actually awarded a yellow card because he was considered diving.

Sevilla came close to equalizing at the end of the first half. If only Ivan Rakitic's hard kick forward the penalty box would not hit the post.

The first half ended with a score of 1-1.

Sevilla increased the intensity of their attack in the second half and tried to equalize.

Their efforts paid off in the 55th minute, Jesus Navas' cross Mancini failed to fully anticipate it so that it went into his own net. The position is 1-1.

Entering the final 10 minutes, the tempo of the match is heating up again.

The referee awarded Sevilla a penalty in the 76th minute after Ocampos was brought down by Ibanez. However, the referee changed his decision after watching VAR replays.

Opportunities for Roma in the 83rd minute. Pellegrini's pass from a free kick was greeted by Andrea Belotti in an unsupervised position, but his volley went wide after being peeked at by Bounou's fingertip.

An additional 6 minutes is not enough to find a winner. Score 1-1, the match is continued to extra time.

Roma had the best chance in extra time, when Chris Smalling's header hit the crossbar. However, until the extra round was over, no other goals were scored so the winner had to be determined on penalties.

Four Sevilla kickers, namely Ocampos, Lamela, Rakitic and Montiel Sukes scored. While only one Cristane managed to score for AS Roma in the penalty shootout, with the second kicker Mancini and Ibanez failing to score the ball into the net.

Sevilla won a penalty shootout with a score of 4-1 over AS Roma and managed to calm the 2022/23 Europa League trophy.

Sevilla: (4-2-3-1): Yassine Bounou; Jesus Navas (95' Gonzalo Montiel), Loic Bade, Nemanja Guidelj (120' Marcao), Alex Telles (94' Karim Rekik); Ivan Rakitic, Fernando (120' Joan Jordan); Lucas Ocampos, Oliver Torres (46' Suso), Bryan Gil (46' Erik Lamela); Youssef En-Nesyri.

AS Roma (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Chris Smalling, Gianluca Mancini, Roger Ibanez; Zeki Celik (91' Nicola Zalewski), Bryan Cristante, Nemanja Matic (120' Edoardo Bove), Leonardo Spinazzola (106' Diego Llorente); Paulo Dybala (68' Georginio Wijnaldum), Lorenzo (106' Stephan El Shaarawy)Pellegrini (19; Tammy Abraham (75' Andrea Belotti).