BUDAPEST, Hungary— Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick in the Europa League final to earn Sevilla a seventh title in the competition at the expense of Jose Mourinho’s Roma on Wednesday, May 31.
The Argentina international’s penalty sealed a 4–1 win in the shootout for Sevilla after the match finished 1–1 after extra time in Budapest, where Mourinho was looking to maintain his record of having never lost a final in European competitions.
Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez failed to convert for Roma from the spot.
Sevilla has still never lost a final of the Europa League or its precursor, the UEFA Cup—the team also won the competition in 2006, ’07, ’14, ’15, ’16 and ’20—and secured a place in next season’s Champions League….