Frankfurt beats Rangers in shootout to win Europa League
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt’s 42-year wait for a European trophy is over.
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SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt’s 42-year wait for a European trophy is over.
SEVILLE, Spain: Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers 5-4 on penalties to win the Europa League on Wednesday after the final in Seville finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst has defended Aaron Ramsey after his missed penalty cost Rangers in their Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Crestfallen Ally McCoist insists Rangers fans must look back on the club's Europa League journey with great pride after a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in tonight's final.
Aaron Ramsey missed for Rangers in the shoot-out after coming on as a substitute with only three minutes left of extra-time, before Rafael Borre struck the winning shot to complete Frankfurt’s remarkable triumph.
Rafael Borré stood alone in front of a sea of blue. All that and it came to this. One shot to secure Eintracht Frankfurt’s first European trophy in 42 years. The forward ran up and struck the ball into the net, beyond Allan McGregor, to win a dramatic penalty shootout and send the supporters in white at the other end of the ground wild. Rangers’ fans meanwhile, fell silent for the first time: 50 years they had waited for a European trophy; who knows how much longer they will have to wait for another chance.
Rafael Santos Borré Maury, natural de Barranquilla (Colombia) es el héroe latino de la segunda Europa League en la historia del Eintracht. Primero, Borré empató un partido que había comenzado ganando el Rangers y después el propio jugador cafetero mandó a la escuadra en la tanda el penalti decisivo que proclama campeón al equipo alemán 42 años después de su primer título europeo, la UEFA de 1980. Habían arrasado los escoceses (también en comportamiento, todo hay que decirlo) por las calles de Sevilla pero le pusieron fútbol, casta y coraje los alemanes en el escenario donde priman precisamente esas virtudes, el Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. Un estadio, una ciudad, pintada también de blanco Eintracht ya para siempre. Todo, bajo un calor extremo de Sevilla, más propio de julio que de estas fechas, donde se cocinó una final con todos sus avíos, prórroga y hasta penaltis. Qué mejor homenaje a los seis paragüeros que lucen brillantes ese paraíso del #nuncaterindas.