On Thursday, May 18, following the Champions League, where English Manchester City and Italian Inter will compete for the “big-eared” cup, the finalists of two more European cups, the Europa League and the Conference League, were determined.
Europa League. ½ final. Return matches
“Bayer” (Germany) - “Roma” (Italy) - 0:0.
The first match - 0:1.
The Italian Roma, after a minimal home win, relied on defense in the second leg and achieved success. Bayer, with a colossal playing advantage (statistics on shots - 22:1 in favor of the Leverkuseners!) could not score, and now Jose Mourinho’s wards, following the victory in the Conference League last season, have every chance this year to win the European Cup with a higher rank.
As for the Roman coach personally, the upcoming European Cup final will be his sixth in his coaching career. It is noteworthy that all the previous ones turned out to be victorious for the Special - the Champions League-2003/2004 and 2009/2010 from Porto and Inter, respectively, the Europa League-2016/2017 from Manchester United, the UEFA Cup-2002/2003 Porto “, and also already the aforementioned Conference League 2021/2022 with Roma.
Sevilla (Spain) - Juventus (Italy) - 2:1 (Suso, 72, Lamela, 95 - Vlahovich, 65). In the 115th minute, Acuña (Sevilla) was sent off.
The first match - 1:1.
The Spanish Sevilla have previously reached the semi-finals of the Europa League/UEFA Cup six times and in all cases have consistently reached the final, and then won the honorary trophy. The Andalusians did not break the tradition that was pleasant for themselves this time either - you can’t call such stability of Sevilla in the tournament otherwise than magic. Although Turintsy opened the scoring first, but after a few minutes the hosts equalized the situation, and in extra time they tipped the scales in their favor.
Conference League. ½ final. Return matches
AZ (Alkmaar, Netherlands) - West Ham (England) - 0:1 (Fornals, 90+4).
The first match - 1:2.
“Basel” (Switzerland) - “Fiorentina” (Italy) - 1:3 (Amduni, 55 - Gonzalez, 35, 72, Barak, 120+9).
The first match - 2:1.
For both West Ham and Fiorentina, the future European Cup final will be the first in a long time. The Hammers fought for the European trophy for the last time in the 1975/1976 season, losing in the decisive match of the Cup Winners’ Cup to the Belgian Anderlecht, and the Violets in the 1960/1961 season triumphed in the Cup Winners’ Cup, breaking the last ruble. Rangers.
Let us add that the final of the Europa League will be held on May 31 at the Puskas Arena stadium in Budapest, and the decisive match of the Conference League will take place on June 7 at the Eden Arena in Prague.
Earlier, FACTS reported that Andriy Shevchenko called the 2002/2003 Champions League final the best moment of his life.
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