Seville of the 7 wonders

Manos Staramopouos • 1 de junio de 2023

On the evening of Wednesday, May 31, at the "Puskas Arena" stadium in Budapest, she performed her ... miracle again. Won against AS Roma his 7th title of Europa League

Sevilla won his 7th tittle in UEFA Europa League

No matter that he changed three coaches during the season, no matter that he does not have world-class footballers. The Sevilla team is a "legend" of the UEFA Europa League. On the evening of Wednesday, May 31, at the "Puskas Arena" stadium in Budapest, she performed her ... miracle again. Despite losing in the final of the second European competition (Europa League) to Roma, the Andalusian team was the one that celebrated in the penalty shootout with 4-1 (1-1 regular time and overtime) and for the 7th time in Her history won the prestigious trophy.


The absolute protagonist of the Spaniards was the Moroccan goalkeeper Bono, who saved the executions of Mancini and Ibanez. With the captain of the Italians (Mancini) developing into a "fatal footballer" for his team, as he was the one who scored the own goal to equalize the Spaniards in the 55th minute.


The Andalusians managed to write 7X7 in 2023 (successes were preceded in the years 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020), and not allow Mourinho's Roma to put an end to their omnipotence.


At the same time, Mendilibar team secured their entry into the UEFA Champions League groups of the 2023/2024 season, as well as the "ticket" for the European Super Cup match, which is scheduled to take place on August 16 at the "G. Karaiskakis" (the opponent will be the winner of the Champions League final, between Manchester City and Inter (10/06).


One of the best coaches in history, Jose Mourinho, led Roma to a second consecutive European final, but this time he did not celebrate, like in 2022 in Tirana, when the "Romans" had won the Europa Conference League trophy.


In his 6th European competition final, the Portuguese coach, Jose Mourinho, was defeated. After the Champions League and the UEFA Cup he had won with Porto, the Champions League with Inter Milan and the Europa League with Manchester United, the Conference League came last year, but in Budapest he saw Roma lose on penalties.


In the 35th minute, Roma took the lead with a perfect pass from Paulo Dybala. Despite not being good offensively in the first half, Sevilla had a great chance to equalize in first-half stoppage time, but Rakitic's shot found Patricio's left-hand post.


The second half was a completely different match. Sevilla came in determined to equalize and taking advantage of the retreat of the "Romans", managed to do so in the 55th minute, albeit with a large dose of luck.


From Navas' turn in the small area, the ball found Mancini and ended up in Patricio's net, "writing" in this way the 1-1 and giving even more interest to the final.


Both teams, obviously tired from the extra effort, did not risk the extra half hour, so for the third consecutive year in the tournament (Villarreal-Manchester United in 2021 and Eintracht Frankfurt-Rangers in 2022), everything was decided in the "Russian roulette" of penalties.


THE PENALTY PROCEDURE

 

Ocampos 1-0

Cristante 1-1

Lamella 2-1

Mancini Saves Bono

Rakitic 3-1

Ibanez Rejection Bono and beam

Montiel 4-1


JOSÉ LUIS MENDILIBAR:


Overjoyed for winning the Europa League, Sevilla's coach, Jose Luis Mendilibar, appeared shortly after the final. "I'm going to enjoy it, because at the moment I don't know if I'm going to renew and I don't care," the experienced technician said meaningfully and added: "We came for what we came for and I think the job was done well. We didn't play well in the first half, but coming back to score at the start of the second half gave us the strength to try for the win. In the end, they tried to defend well and created problems for us, with two or three set pieces."


JOSÉ MOURINHO:


Despite his bitterness, for losing the Europa League, Jose Mourinho assured that he wants to stay in Roma, putting at least... temporarily to the rumor that he wants to wait for a proposal of cooperation from Paris Saint-Germain. Shortly after the lost final by Seville, the Portuguese coach emphasized:


"I want to stay, but my players deserve more, I deserve more. I don't want to fight about it anymore. I'm tired of being a coach, communicator, representative of the club. I want to stay, but in better conditions so that I can give my best."


Juan Carlos QB- Discoveryfootball.com

Manos Staramopoulos

Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs

Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com

Athens (Greece)

   Post recientes


Por Manos Staramopoulos 16 de abril de 2025
Arsenal failed to maintain the euphoric atmosphere that existed after the imposing 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Their tank was almost... empty, stuck at 1-1 against Brentford, and now Mikel Arteta's team seems to be raising the white flag in the championship battle!.  Now Arsenal is turning its attention exclusively to the Champions League, where after the 3-0 win, it seems to have a big lead to qualify for the semi-finals of the top club competition in Europe, if not the world.
El Barcelona de Hansi Flick jugará las semis de la Champions.
Por Juan Carlos Quiñonez Bonilla 15 de abril de 2025
El cuadro de Hansi Flick fue superado en todo por un gran Borussia Dortmund que lo devoró a base de intensidad.
Vangelis  Pavlidis striker of SL Benfica
Por Manos Staramopoulos 11 de abril de 2025
The greek striker is the first Benfica player to score 3 goals in Porto's famous "Dragão" and it is logical that his name now appears quite often on the front pages of Portuguese newspapers.
Barcelona very close of  reaches of the Champions League semifinals after won to BVB
Por Manos Staramopoulos 11 de abril de 2025
The German's Barcelona head coach, Hansi Flick's, crushed Borussia Dortmund 4-0, which caused a storm of enthusiasm among its fans.
Lamine Yamal great star of FC Barcelona
Por Manos Staramopoulos 9 de abril de 2025
Yamal made a big splash at Barcelona's party against german team in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals held at Montjuic.
El Arsenal venció al Real Madrid 3-0  en Londres
Por Juan Carlos Quiñonez Bonilla 8 de abril de 2025
El Arsenal venció al Real Madrid 3-0 en Londres y dio un paso clave hacia las semis de la Champions
Everton`s team mates in    a  full  match of Premier League in 2024
Por Juan Carlos Quiñonez Bonilla 7 de abril de 2025
Everton have recorded a loss of €63.4m in the 2023/24 season, their seventh consecutive year of financial losses
Nico  O`Reilly new star of Manchester City
Por Manos Staramopoulos 2 de abril de 2025
Nico O’Reilly is the reason why Manchester City did not exit the FA Cup and overturned Bournemouth, winning 2-1 to reach the semi-final at Wembley on 26 or 27 April
Carlo Ancelotti coach of Real Madrid`s
Por Manos Staramopoulos 27 de marzo de 2025
Brazil wants a new head coach after the defeat against Argentina 4-1 in Monumental Stadium. The italian coach is number one candidate.