Eintracht take Europe on penalties 42 years later

• Narration and statistics This is how we live the game

• Incidents Battle pitched in Seville between fans of Eintracht and Rangers

Kevin Trapp

, a goalkeeper who has been fighting against his curse since those six goals he received at the Camp Nou in Barça's historic comeback against PSG in 2017, experienced the other side of football.

The one that gives meaning to years of suffering.

Trapp sank an

, brought Rangers to tears and led Eintracht to the Europa League title 42 years after their UEFA Cup triumph.

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How many times will Rangers be reminded that, despite being the most successful club in Scotland, they have only been able to win one European title in their entire history, 50 years ago.

Also, full of smudges.

Then, in a final played against Dinamo Moscow, their fans devastated the Camp Nou.

They smashed the seats.

They stormed the bars.

And they took the field of play up to five times during the match.

While the police used the baton, the captain of Rangers,

, received the trophy hidden in a small room in the Barça stadium.

In the cauldron of the Sánchez Pizjuán, in that Rangers fan sheltered behind their United Kingdom flags, the alcoholic tension was sensed.

Also in the opposite background, where flares burned in the white stands of the Germans.

Responses to the overwhelm of those who are faced with the need to generate new memories.

Eintracht, a modest team in terms of success despite its tradition, was also fighting against history.

Only in this way could it be understood that both teams faced the duel with the typical nervousness of appointments with no return.

It didn't even seem to matter too much that Eintracht was a team with more rennet against the rival faith.

Rangers hardly knew what to do with the ball once it passed the midfield line.

Despite the loss of

, Eintracht's defensive leader,

's side were in no trouble at the back.

It was enough for him to disconnect

, the top scorer in the competition despite the fact that his record continues to indicate that he is a winger.

To Tavernier, unfortunately for him, he had to share the shore with

, a torment capable of covering distances of 70 meters at a gallop and finishing himself with a shot.

sighed.

Rode

, the Eintracht captain, resisted with a bulky bandage on his head after

's studs turned into blades after a dispute.

It was precisely Lundstrom who was in charge of covering Tavernier's advances down the flank, although the Liverpool-born midfielder did what he could when Eintracht started one of their offensive waves.

McGregor took a shot at

after a solo adventure;

Lindstrom sprained his foot in a rehearsed play that left him alone in front;

and Kostic, who else, was throwing a volley out.

Those of

missed a greater presence of the talented

.

Instead, they found in

, a striker who is not, the answer to his problems after the break.

nodded back, the worst he knew,

split in two running off balance, and Aribo had no choice but to crown.

The Scottish goal, far from intimidating Eintracht, encouraged them to continue attacking.

Until

took the tie thanks to a cross from Kostic and a rude error from the central defenders.

Fatigue took center stage along with fear, noticeable during regulation time, unbearable in extra time where Rangers had a resounding chance in the throes of agony.

Kent, on goal, ran into a heavenly foot from Trapp.

The same one that, before Borré's sentence, caused tears in Ramsey's shootout.

Also from McGregor, a goalkeeper who, at 40, saw the opportunity of his life slip away.

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