Sevilla have won the Europa League title for the sixth time after defeating Inter Milan 3-2 in their encounter on Friday.


An own goal by Lukaku was Sevilla’s third goal in the match.

Tonight’s match-up between Sevilla and Inter is the 11th Europa League final since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup in 2009.

The final in Cologne is Antonio Conte’s first European final since Jose Mourinho walked out on the high of securing the only ever treble of Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia in 2010.

It is nine years since Inter won any trophy.


The Spanish side are the most successful club in UEFA Cup/Europa League history, making the final on six occasions and winning the competition six times.

Sevilla have won their last six European finals and victory tonight equaled the record, currently held by Liverpool and Real Madrid, for the most consecutive final wins in UEFA competition.

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Eyaa lukaku sorry........take heart

congrats

Number1benue:
Eyaa lukaku sorry........take heart

he single handedly dragged inter down to the final and its jus too bad they lost it..bt dts life...sevilla were more hungry for that cup..

Congrats to sevilla. PSG will be crowned UEFA champions come sunday.

sevilla and Europa are inseparable.

dangermouse:
Congrats to sevilla. PSG will be crowned UEFA champions come sunday.

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Sevilla has done well.. King of Europa cup

Atonio conte should be sack spend lot of money nothing to show 4 it lukaku should go to barca

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CONGRATULATIONS once again Sevilla, The kings of Europa!!!

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Europa League kings Sevilla won the tournament for a record sixth time thanks to victory over Inter Milan in a thrilling final in Cologne.

The drama started when Sevilla defender Diego Carlos fouled Romelu Lukaku for an Inter penalty - and ended when Lukaku deflected Carlos' bicycle kick into his own net.

It means Inter Milan's wait for a trophy will tick over into a 10th year at least.

Lukaku gave the Italian side an early lead from the penalty spot for his 34th goal of the season, extending his record of scoring in consecutive Europa League games to 11.

Luuk de Jong scored two headers - from Jesus Navas and Ever Banega crosses - to put Sevilla into the lead.

Inter were level when Diego Godin nodded in to make it 2-2 in the 35th minute.

The game could not continue at that high tempo, but with extra-time on the cards, there was a twist to come.

Carlos flew into the air to meet a high ball with an overhead kick which was going wide until Lukaku stuck out a leg and diverted it past his own goalkeeper.

It was a first trophy in the managerial career of Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui, whose side are unbeaten since February, a run of 21 games.

"This is a magnificent club," said the former Spain and Real Madrid boss. "I hope all the fans can celebrate it but with caution.

"This squad are great. They believe in it, what they work on and what they transmit. Even if we hadn't won I'd still love these guys, but today we take home the prize. We always believed."

The last nine Europa Leagues all have been won by Spanish or English teams - Sevilla have won four, Chelsea two and Atletico Madrid and Manchester United one each. The last Italian team to win were Parma in 1999.


Diego Carlos has scored two goals for Sevilla since joining last summer.
The winner was initially awarded to him but later became a Romelu Lukaku own goal
Sevilla's excellent record of never losing a Uefa Cup or Europa League final continues - six finals, six victories.

But this was a new Sevilla team - with barely anybody left since their three wins in a row from 2014 to 2016.

Lopetegui took over last summer and built a new-look team. Nine of the starting XI in Cologne were in their first season at the club.

They were cheered on by two fans, with Sevilla giving two of their 25 tickets for officials to supporters with membership numbers 2108 and 2020 (to make the date of this game).

Carlos looked as if he was going to the villain of the run as he lost Lukaku and then fouled the Belgian striker on the corner of the box after five minutes.

That was the third Europa League game in a row that he conceded a spot-kick, doing the same in wins over Wolves and Manchester United in the previous two rounds.

But their unlikely hero was De Jong, a man who had scored only eight goals since joining last summer - and had a goalless spell with Newcastle in 2014.

His first header was a diving one from a Navas cross and his second was a wonderful looping effort into the top corner from Banega's free-kick.

Carlos' redemption was complete when his audacious effort led to Lukaku's own goal.

Romelu Lukaku's deflection helped Sevilla score the winner
Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte - who has brought in five Premier League players since taking over last summer - led Inter Milan to second place in Serie A this season.

That was their best finish since 2010-11, which was also the last time they won a trophy - the Coppa Italia.

Left wing-back Ashley Young became the first Englishman to start a European final for a non-British club since Owen Hargreaves in the 2001 Champions League final for Bayern Munich.

And it was his former United team-mate Lukaku who had a quick impact when he was fouled for a penalty which he fired home excellently.

The plaudits rolled in at that moment. He is the first player to score 34 goals in his first season with Inter since Ronaldo in 1997-98 and his nine European goals is a joint record for an Inter player in a season.

But he was not the story of the game - in the way he would have wanted anyway - as Sevilla came back.

Inter's confidence rose again when Godin, another big-name signing last summer, headed in.

But Lukaku missed a one-on-one and substitute Alexis Sanchez had a shot cleared off the line, either side of the own-goal winner.

Conte's future is in doubt after disagreements with the club's owners. A trophy would have helped.

"We'll take a few days off and then meet [with the president] with cool heads," he said.

"I don't have many regrets now, my players gave really everything they had against a team used to playing these kind of games.

"Many young players earned a great dose of valuable experience this season. They can continue on this path with great confidence."

Uefa Cup/Europa League finals
Sevilla Inter Milan
2006 - 4-0 win over Middlesbrough 1991 - beat Roma 2-1 on aggregate
2007 - penalty shootout win over Espanyol after 2-2 draw 1994 - beat Austria Salzburg 2-0 on aggregate
2014 - penalty shootout win over Benfica after 0-0 draw 1997 - lost to Schalke on penalties after 1-1 aggregate draw
2015 - 3-2 win over Dnipro 1998 - beat Lazio 3-0
2016 - 3-1 win over Liverpool 2020 - 3-2 defeat by Sevilla
2020 - 3-2 win over Inter Milan

Inter defender Diego Godin became the sixth player to score in a European Cup/Champions League and Uefa Cup/Europa League final, after Steven Gerrard, Hernan Crespo, Dmitri Alenichev, Allan Simonsen and Pedro.
Romelu Lukaku's goal in the fifth minute for Inter was the earliest in a Uefa Cup/Europa League final since 2001, when Liverpool's Markus Babbel scored in the third minute against Alaves.

Sevilla's Diego Carlos conceded three penalties in the 2019-20 Europa League, the first player to concede that many in a single campaign since Casar Azpilicueta in 2012-13 for Chelsea.