Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou led Sevilla to the Europa League title after a 4-1 penalty shootout win over Roma, after the end of the original and extra time of the match in a 1-1 draw.
Bono saved two penalties that favored Sevilla amid 67,<> fans at the Puskas Arena in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Although Sevilla dominated the game from the start, Roma almost took the lead in the 11th minute when Yassine Bono saved Spinazzola's powerful direct shot from Paulo Dybala's cross.
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And continued control Sevilla and the danger of Roma, which almost culminated in a penalty in the 31st minute when defender Nemanja Godelli kicked the "error" of Roma striker Tammy Abraham, at the level of the head, but the referee refused to calculate it after referring to the video technology to confirm the assistant "VAR".
Roma coach Jose Mourinho's angry objection did not succeed in changing the referee's decision.
Only three minutes had passed until Roma's less possessional danger resulted in the goal with Dybala's shot that found Sevilla on the left of Bono.
Dybala beats Bono and gives the advantage to Roma
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Curiously, Moreno refused to celebrate his team's lead goal and even seemed angry.
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Despite Sevilla's attempts to amend the result, including Youssef Al-Nasiri's header in the 40th minute, the most dangerous of which was Ivan Rakitic's strong ground shot that bounced off the right post of the Roma goal in the sixth minute of injury time for the first half, Roma succeeded in ending the first half ahead with Dybala's goal.
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Sevilla began the second half by tightening the pressure on the Roma goal and quickly equalized the score from a powerful cross by Jesus Navas from the right flank around Roma defender Gianolca Mancini "confused" in the wrong in his own net.
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The goal sparked the offensive tendency of Roma, who launched several attacks, the most dangerous of which was in the 67th minute through Abraham near the goal, but Bono saved them brilliantly.
The match witnessed 5 minutes of refereeing excitement championed by English referee Anthony Taylor, who awarded a penalty in favor of Sevilla player Lucas Ocampos (who fell to the ground) in the 76th minute and then decided to cancel it after returning to VAR.
Only 4 minutes later, Roma players demanded a penalty for the ball touching Sevilla defender Fernando Regus inside his box, but Taylor did not respond to them despite their strong objection.
Immediately afterwards, Bono returned to brilliance and saved a dangerous attack by Roma's Andrea Belotti just steps away from the Sevilla goal.
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After normal time ended in a 1-1 draw, the match extended to extra time of half an hour over two halves but was very cautious of both teams and devoid of the dangerous attacks that the match witnessed.
The match was characterized by roughness and repeated objections, prompting the referee to warn 13 players, including 7 from Roma, in addition to his coach Mourinho, who objected more than once to the referee's decisions.
The two teams ruled for penalties, which saw the usual brilliance of Bono, who saved two penalties to win Sevilla 4-1 and crowned the title of his favorite tournament Europa League, which holds the record to win with 7 titles from 7 finals played in the tournament since 2006 until now.
Sevilla's winning kick for the Europa League title #Europa League
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