Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final vs france, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick for Sevilla in the Europa League final Wednesday to beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma.

It earned Sevilla a seventh title in the competition.

Montiel missed his first attempt but had another chance after Patrício was judged to have come off his line.


The Argentine international sent Roma goakeeper Rui Patrício the wrong way with his retaken penalty to seal a 4-1 win in the shootout after the match finished 1-1 after extra time in Budapest.

Another Argentina player who scored a World Cup final penalty goal, Dyabala, is in tears; he can't control his emotions and feels bad after a loss in the European final.
Paulo Dybala had put Roma ahead in the 35th minute, but he got substituted, and Sevilla equalized in the game. The Argentine forward had recovered from an ankle injury in time to be declared fit for the final.It was Dybala’s fifth goal of the Europa League and 17th overall this season.


Sevilla has still never lost a final in the Europa League the team also won the competition in 2006, ’07, ’14, ’15, ’16 and ’20 and Also secured a place in next season’s Champions League.

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