In the shootout, Sevilla’s hero was goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who saved Roger Ibanez and Gianluca Mancini’s penalties.
Sevilla, the champions of the Europa League, defeated AS Roma 4-1 on penalties on Wednesday to win the competition for a record-extending seventh time.
This was Roma manager Jose Mourinho’s first defeat in six European finals.
Gonzalo Montiel scored the winning penalty kick for Sevilla in the shootout, just as he did for Argentina in the World Cup final against France, after an uninteresting match ended 1-1 after extra time.
The defender had missed his first attempt, but he was given a chance when Roma keeper Rui Patricio was found to have come off the line too quickly.
He made no mistakes with his second attempt, which sparked exuberant celebrations.
In the shootout, Sevilla’s goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved Roger Ibanez and Gianluca Mancini’s penalties, while the Spaniards scored their first four goals flawlessly.
Sevilla, the undisputed kings of the Europa League, have won all seven of the competition’s finals and are familiar with the drama because they have conceded the first goal in four of the competition’s finals.
On Wednesday, it was a tense and fractious affair from the beginning, with Roma defending deep with a five-man backline against Sevilla.
Who had almost 65 percent possession but was mostly kept outside the crowded box.
The match was tense, with referee Anthony Taylor giving out 14 yellow cards. The most ever given in a Europa League game—and using nearly 30 minutes of extra time in total.
Roma took the lead in the 35th minute when Paulo Dybala scored on a counterattack. But Sevilla took control and scored an equalizer in the 55th minute when Mancini scored an own goal.
After that, Sevilla won the game, but Roma had more chances from set pieces and counterattacks.
Including a Chris Smalling header that hit the crossbar in the 10th minute of extra time.
After an otherwise difficult season, Sevilla maintained their incredible record in the competition.
Mulling in the base portion of LaLiga for an enormous piece of a mission in which they terminated two directors.
Sevilla just rediscovered their structure subsequent to leaving the Heroes Association.
They defeated Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven, and Fenerbahce on their way to the final, where they lost to Juventus.
“This is difficult. We have something that cannot be explained by this competition.
It was the third time in a row that the Europa League final had to be decided by penalty kicks.
Despite finishing outside the top four in La Liga. Sevilla will participate in the Champions League next season thanks to the victory.
Before Wednesday, Mourinho had never lost a European final. He had led Roma to the Europa Conference League title for the first time last year.
Becoming the first coach to win all European trophies.
Losing was plainly an excruciating encounter for the Portuguese who gave his other participants decoration to a fan in the stand after the show.