It is impossible to topple Sevilla in their favorite competition. A kind of paradise where he enjoys like few others, a very special space for this team that is invincible in this Europa League that he loves so much. For this reason, due to that mystique and because of the construction of a very competitive group, Sevilla entered their sixth final of the Europa League, defeating a great rival, Manchester United, who beat them in many phases of the game, especially in the beginning of the second half, when Bono, with four consecutive stops in five minutes, supported this brave group. Sevilla did not give up and will contest the title again, against the winner of Inter-Shakhtar this Monday. He will seek his sixth title after having won the previous five finals (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016).
After the moment of suffering, Sevilla returned to command in the game, competing in an exemplary way and hitting their only approach on goal in the second half. Navas, once again, celebrated being the Sevilla player with the most games in Europe (51) with a perfect pass to De Jong, who scored to the disbelief of the United players.
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MNUSevillaBounou, Diego Carlos, Jesús Navas, Jules Koundé, Reguilón, Banega, Fernando, Joan Jordán (Gudelj, min. 86), Suso (Franco Vázquez, min. 74), Youssef En-Nesyri (Luuk de Jong, min. 55) and Lucas Ocampos (Munir, min. 55) M. UnitedDe Gea, Harry Maguire, Nilsson-Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka (Daniel James, min. 86), Brandon Williams (Timothy Fosu-Mensah, min. 86), Bruno Fernandes, Pogba, Fred, Rashford (Mata, min. 86) , Mason Greenwood (Ighalo, min. 92) and Anthony Martial
Goals0-1 min. 8: Bruno Fernandes. 1-1 min. 25: Suso. 2-1 min. 77: Luuk de Jong. Referee Dr. Felix Brych Yellow cards Brandon Williams (min. 16), Diego Carlos (min. 20), Rashford (min. 65), Harry Maguire (min. 85) and Munir (min. 85)It was a triumph that fuels the Andalusian epic. United fell under the spell of this team that fights with fewer economic weapons, but with colossal hunger and competitiveness.
You have to have a certain curd so as not to lose control of a European semifinal when a whole Manchester United takes the lead, offering an indisputable image of superiority. The historic English team, all vitality, was a gale that wiped out Sevilla in a disturbing start to the match for Lopetegui's. The penalty scored by Bruno Fernandes placed Sevilla in an unusual scenario, behind on the scoreboard and being subject to the fast movements of footballers such as Martial or Rashford, fantastic in the play of the penalty scored by Fernandes.
Julen Lopetegui, coach of Sevilla, during yesterday's game. On video, Lopetegui's statements after yesterday's victory PHOTO: AFP / VIDEO: ATLAS
Sevilla, however, knows how to compete. And I knew that this good United also has its flaws, especially centered on a weak defensive system. That is why he tried to accumulate numerical superiority in the bands. Especially on the left. Banega approached there to help Ocampos and Reguilón, who unhinged the young Wan-Bissaka, orphan of Pogba's aid. That's where Sevilla breathed with a shot from Ocampos that De Gea saved, to which Solskjaer gave the starting position instead of Romero. And that's where the great play of the tying goal also came. Ocampos saw Reguilón's unchecking, which made it a fable for Suso to tie.
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United, however, followed their own, with an amazing facility to approach the area of Seville with danger, that lost the ball too easily and that only was better below the scoreboard. Martial and Rashford enjoyed good chances against a rival outperformed in defense, but with options also in attack in a duel that came close to the exchange of blows. United were better than Sevilla, but Lopetegui's group resisted in a magnificent duel played from power to power.
Bono became a hero in the first five minutes of the second half. Four stops saved a Sevilla massacred by United's offensive power. In reality, it was a full-fledged bath for a Sevilla overcome physically and soccer. But this team has more than seven lives in the Europa League. United, astonished at not having scored, loosened. Sevilla, helped with the entry of Munir and De Jong, came up.
After suffering an enormity, he touched the sky with a play by Navas (the two sides were the assistants in the two Sevilla goals) and his precise center to the area, where De Jong emerged to make the comeback a reality. United lowered their arms. Gudelj, recovered from the coronavirus, entered and fulfilled so that the party was complete. Sevilla continued to nurture their legend to maintain the Spanish flag in Europe.