The situation is such that the title will go to their home as soon as Sevilla reach the final of the Europa League (former UEFA Cup). In the last decade and a half, the Spanish team has reached the Europa League final five times, winning each time.
This time too there was no exception. No matter how strong the opponents are, like Inter Milan, Sevilla made it clear that they could not be kept away from the title if they reach the Europa League final. They already had the title record in the tournament, with Hulen Lopetegui's Sevilla taking the record to '6' by beating Cal Inter 3-2 in Cologne. He explained that they are the ‘Real Madrid’ of the Europa League. As the Champions League says, the first thing that comes to mind is Real, which has won a record 13 times in that tournament, the team in Europe is Sevilla.
The whole match was a match for Sevilla's Brazilian defender Diego Carlos to make amends. This defender who started the match as a villain is the hero of the team at the end of the match. Romelu Lukakur, the Belgian striker of Inter Milan, is the hero of the reverse journey যাত্র leading the team at the beginning of the match, and finally becoming the villain with a suicide goal. His suicide goal has created the title.
How Carlos can stop Lukaku, who is strong in body and in great form in front of the opponent's goal post, was discussed before that match. Carlos made the first push in the fourth minute of the match, could not keep pace with Lukaku and got fouled and sat inside the box. Lukaku scored from his own penalty. The frustration of the state in the eyes of Carlos, the smile of victory in the face of Lukaku.
Three more goals were scored in the first half, which was a great freeze. Sevilla took just eight minutes to return to parity. From the right, Dutch striker Luke de Young scored with a great header from a measured cross by former Manchester City winger and Sevilla captain Jesus Navas. De Young, who has been shining in clubs like Ajax and Newcastle for many years as a traditional striker, led the team to victory in the semi-finals against Manchester United. In that respect, De Young has used the eleventh place in tomorrow's final as a replacement for Youssef N-Neseri.
De Young led the team with another header in the 33rd minute. This time, Argentine star Ever Banega is playing the role of helper. The 32-year-old Argentine midfielder played his last match in the Sevilla jersey yesterday. Qatari club Al Shabaab will officially join in a few days. The former Inter and Valencia star wanted to paint his last match for Sevilla in his own color. That is, this time from his free-kick to Head de Young.
The record for scoring a pair of goals in the final has never been held in a European competition, the Europa League or the Champions League. The Dutch striker has also written his name in the record book leading the team. After two minutes, the match was leveled again. Diego Godin equalized for Inter with a header as the fourth goal of the first half, but Uruguayan center-back De Young could not do much in the first goal.
Both teams started playing cautiously in the second half. But in the end it was Sevier who smiled. Carlos atoned for the mistake he had made earlier, and Lukaku, who had played great all season, ended the season in despair. In the Inter D-box, Carlos' overhead kick hit Lukaku's leg and went into the net.
Inter tried to get Christian Eriksen and Alexis Sanchez back in the match at the end of the match. Did not gain. In the 62nd minute of the match, Sanchez almost equalized the team. But Sevilla's French center-back Jules Kunde cleared from the goal line but the Nerazzurri did not get a goal.
And that is why the two coaches met the opposite fate in the first season of their respective teams as coaches. Hulen Lopetegi finished his first season in Sevilla with the title. Lopetegui, who spent three months in a nightmare at Real Madrid after being sacked by Spain on the eve of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, seems to have found himself back in Sevilla. And Antonio Conte, who has won many titles at Juventus-Chelsea, returned empty-handed.