COLONIA.
He Sevilla prolonged their historic idyll with the Europa League, where they increased their record for titles to six after beating Inter Milan 3-2 in an exciting final without an audience in the stands due to the new coronavirus pandemic, this Friday in Cologne.
It ended up being decisive a ball shot from behind, in an acrobatic way, by the Brazilian Diego Carlos (74) and who touched Romelu Lukaku before becoming the third goal for the Spanish team.
Until then, the match was equaled by a double for Sevilla of the Dutch Luuk De Jong (12, 33), already the author of the goal that served to eliminate Manchester United in the semifinals, and for the goals of Lukaku (5 penalties) and Uruguayan Diego Godín (36) for Inter.
He This Friday’s match began at a frenetic pace and the scoreboard was already moving in minute 5, when Lukaku transformed a penalty that Diego Carlos had committed on him and that was decreed after the video review.
Reacting with rage, Sevilla did not take long to restore equality to the scoreboard thanks to a center by Jesús Navas that De Jong headed to the interista network in 12.
De Jong was again lethal with his head, this time surprising everyone by to top off a free kick in the box by Ever Banega. The Dutchman managed to cross to the other post, out of reach of Samir Handanovic.
But if before Inter had not had much time to celebrate their advantage, Sevilla also saw their rival rebalance the situation very soon: it was in 36, with another header, this time by Godín before a foul taken by his Croatian teammate Marcelo Brozovic.
In the second half, Lukaku had a heads up with Yassine Bounou ‘Bono’, which the Moroccan goalkeeper saved at 61 ‘.
Ocampos, who already arrived with knee problems, asked for the change in 64 and when everything seemed to get complicated for Sevilla the goal arrived, with that Chilean shot from Diego Carlos (74), the ball touching Lukaku and entering the goal the runner-up of the last Serie A.
Jules Koundé (81) saved on the line an attempt to tie Inter and Diego Carlos was changed in 1985, also with physical problems.
Six finals and six titles: that is the impressive balance that Sevilla has in the Europa League, where he had already been champion in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
In the record, He already has three titles over the most direct group of pursuers, formed by Juventus, Inter, Liverpool and Atlético de Madrid. Inter’s three date back to when the tournament was known under its previous name, the UEFA Cup (1991, 1994 and 1998).
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