BREAKING: Sevilla win Europa League after Lukaku blunder
Sevilla have won the 2020 UEFA Europa League, beating Inter Milan 3-2 on Friday night to mark their sixth title and their fourth in the last seven seasons.
In a UEFA Europa League final that will be remembered for the sheer amount of goals, Sevilla won 3-2 after a brace from Luuk De Jong and an insane own-goal from Romelu Lukaku.
⚪️🔴 Sevilla love this competition!
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2⃣0⃣2⃣0⃣🏆#UELfinal pic.twitter.com/9NqOj8nYL0— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 21, 2020
Your 2020 UEFA Europa League champions! 🎉🎉🎉
Bravo, Sevilla 👏👏👏@SevillaFC | #UELfinal pic.twitter.com/XGMc3TMM8c
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 21, 2020
📸Drama! Diego Carlos overhead kick is deflected into the net by Lukaku ⚽️#UELfinal pic.twitter.com/yhi3eoPaQA
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The game started off fast with Lukaku being taken down in the Sevilla box by Diego Carlos. This was Carlos’ third penalty given away in as many games in the Europa League.
🔥 34 goals in all competitions in debut season for Inter
🔝 Scored in 11 successive UEL games – a competition record
🥈 Second in UEL scoring charts this season with 7 goals🤔 Lukaku = best striker in Europe in 2019/20?
#UELfinal pic.twitter.com/iXFnoVXz1n— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 21, 2020
Lukaku easily slotted the penalty to put Inter up 1-0 within five minutes.
However, the Spanish team came back fast and played incredibly aggressive, constantly pumping balls into the box for striker De Jong. The Dutch native finally found the end of the crosses, scoring twice within the first 35 minutes of the game.
The game continued with it’s end-to-end play with Diego Godin netting Inter’s second goal with a header off a Marcelo Brozovic’s in-direct free-kick only two minutes after De Jong’s second goal.
🤯 Unbelievable scenes as centre-back Diego Carlos pulls off an overhead kick to put Sevilla ahead again 🔥 #UELfinal pic.twitter.com/TynwiZ3e1v
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⏰ RESULT ⏰
🔥 Drama and goals in Cologne 😍
⚪️🔴 Sevilla become six-time champions! #UELfinal
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The second-half seemed to quiet down with the action dying down through the first 30 minutes.
However, on the 74th minute from another set-piece, Carlos tried a bicycle kick, and with Lukaku having the chance to clear the ball out of his area, his notorious first-touch bounced the ball into the back of his own-goal.
Sevilla seemed to sit back and let the game finish with Inter trying to bring the game back level. However, they were unable to get the equaliser with Sevilla going on to win their sixth Europa League title, and their fourth within seven years.