Sevilla-Inter Eternal Champion – AS.com

Seville, Seville, Seville, Seville, Seville and Seville. Six Europa Leagues, those that from this glory Friday will adorn the sleeve of the Nervión team to further enlarge a gigantic European legend with another victory in an epic and tremendous final, just like almost all the previous ones. A new exercise in football, chaste and courage before a great of Europe, Inter Milan, who bent the knee as Manchester United had bent it only six days ago so that JJesús Navas, that eternal captain, would raise the sky of Cologne Cup that changed Sevilla's life and that changed it back to Sevilla during this pandemic, that of masks, pain, exile and finally the German paradise for the Sánchez Pizjuán team.

A victory forged from suffering, can a final be won in another way, Seville? Practically unapproachable for most of the season, the Brazilian Diego Carlos has been used throughout this Europa League to take penalties in the first minutes of each game. Al Wolves, United … This time he did it before ever. Lukaku beat him in the melee and the Brazilian knocked him down with a scissors, without a doubt from the referee. The Belgian giant himself converted it, glued to the post, impossible for Bono (1-0, 5 '). Again to row against the current.

While Conte repeated eleven for the fourth time in four games, Lopetegui qualified his attack with De Jong, goal-scoring hero of the semifinals against United, in the place of Moroccan En Nesyri. The Basque coach surely relied on the work behind the back of the Dutch striker to try to keep the ball in attack and look for a second play, in front of the heavily populated Inter defense. De Jong said he had told As this week that he preferred the title to the leading role … But he had it, well the Dutchman had it, capable of heading an assist from the same eternal captain, Jesús Navas. Handanovic only managed to touch her before she slipped in (1-1, 12 ')

That he didn't want to be the hero, said the uncle. Three goals between semis and final. A physical match was played, with a very intense literal exchange of blows, on the scoreboard and on the legs. Rather, the one that gave most of the kicks was Inter, especially D'Ambrosio, of whom no one understands that he left rositas, without yellow, after his half a dozen fouls before half an hour. The arrival in the areas had been slowed down when Banega launched a lateral free kick to which Luuk, again responded with another impossible header. He slipped through the squad (2-1, 33) but Inter responded with the same coin just three minutes later: Brozovic took it to the far post and the former athlete Godín headed free from the mark, point-blank (2-2, 33). Lopetegui was disappointed with the markings, once again the designated one was Diego Carlos. How little Sevilla's joy had lasted.

Truce and charge back

The break was reached with a small truce, only broken by another header from Ocampos to which Handanovic this time responded well. Navas put his back and his life at a shot from the front of Gagliardini that looked very bad. The beginning of a second half had been played much more in tran-tran but soon the two teams re-engaged in their roles. Sevilla wanted to play the ball and Inter were comfortable with the ball. In one of those rebounds Bono appeared with the same gigantic figure that had embittered United last Sunday and took a heads up from Lukaku.

Inter had taken the handle somewhat, Sevilla perhaps stunned by Ocampos's injury, which again suffered the same knee problems as against United. But then came the redemption of Diego Carlos, and what a redemption. A loose ball in the area after a foul and the center-back became Hugo Sánchez with a tremendous Chilean, worthy of the Mexican Matador, who slipped in, by the way, after hitting Lukaku. Exchange of roles, sevillista madness (3-2, 76 ').

Koundé took it out almost on the line after a mess in the Sevilla area. Conte had put on the field as a last resort to the Danish Eriksen to give Inter another profile with much more touch, especially between the lines. But there was only passion, there was only Banega and Mudo keeping the ball, only love and glory remained. Only Seville remained. There was only room left for the Hexacampeón.