Sevilla 2-1 Juventus: Erik Lamela header in extra time sends Jose Luis Mendilibar’s side into Europa League final

Erik Lamela scored an extra-time winner as Sevilla booked their place in the Europa League final with a 2-1 win over Juventus. After an incident-packed first half, Dusan Vlahovic came off the bench to put Juventus 1-0 in front on the night, and 2-1 ahead on aggregate. Ad Substitute Suso cancelled out Vlahovic’s opener six minutes later with a wonderful goal to level the tie and send the game into extra time.

Serie A'The end of a defensive era' — Bonucci to retire next yearYESTERDAY AT 13:30 Early into the first half of extra time, Bryan Gil crossed for Erik Lamela to guide a header past Wojciech Szczesny to put Sevilla in the lead. Although Marcos Acuna was sent off in the latter stages for time wasting, 10-man Sevilla held on to set up a final with AS Roma who edged out Bayer Leverkusen. Sevilla dominated the opening minutes of an action-packed first half, but Juventus threatened first when an unmarked Federico Gatti had a strong header from a corner beaten away Yassine Bounou.

Szczesny was then called into action and made a remarkable save on the line to deny a cheeky Lucas Ocampus header sneaking in at the near post. Jesus Navas delivered a low cross which Ocampus threw himself at on the near side of the six-yard box to divert the ball towards Szczesny’s front post, but the Polish goalkeeper reacted quickly to scramble the ball — which was 60% over the line — behind for a corner. Sevilla quickly tested the Juventus goal again from the following corner, but Youssef En-Nesyri’s header was hooked away by Manuel Locatelli on the line.