Sevilla vs. AS Roma - Football Match Report - May 31, 2023 - ESPN

Sevilla beat AS Roma 4-1 on penalties on Wednesday to win the Europa League for a record-extending seventh time, handing Jose Mourinho his first defeat in six European finals.

Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final for Argentina, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick to seal the shootout win after the match finished 1-1 following extra time in Budapest.

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«Sevilla is a great team, we knew that,» Mourinho said after the match. «They have the experience and good quality players that we don't have. We played a great first half, Sevilla reacted in the second half. After that, it was balanced.

»Over the 120 minutes, we had the best chances to win. Then penalties are penalties, you score, you save them."

Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou, who made it to the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup with Morocco, saved spot kicks from Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez while Sevilla were flawless in their execution, scoring their first four.

«I have lived a lot of moments like this, and I understood that you have to be very calm to face these moments,» Bounou said. «My colleagues also gave me a lot of calm and security. It's been a year of emotions with the World Cup and now this. I always said that I'm a club worker, ready to defend Sevilla. [Manager] Jose Luis Mendilibar trusted me and I had to repay that trust.»

Sevilla, the undisputed kings of the Europa League, have now won all seven of the finals they have played in the competition, and are well-versed in the drama of the occasion, having seen their opponents score first in the last four finals.

Paulo Dybala gave the Italians the lead from a counter-attack in the 35th minute but Sevilla then