Europa League Draw & Results For 2022 / 23

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Gonzalo Montiel celebrates his winning penalty

Sevilla claimed a record-extending seventh Europa League title as they beat Roma on penalties at a raucous Puskas Arena in Budapest.

Gonzalo Montiel, who also scored the winning penalty for Argentina in the World Cup final against France, repeated the trick for the Spanish side following a 1-1 draw, with a retaken spot kick after Roger Ibanez and Gianluca Mancini had missed for Roma.

The Spanish side, have now won all seven of the finals they have played in the competition with captain Jesus Navas involved in their first triumph against Middlesbrough in 2006.

Their most recent sees them qualify for next season's Champions League despite finishing outside the top four in the La Liga.

There will be a feeling that it could have been so different for Roma and their manager Jose Mourinho, who had won all five of the previous European finals he had been involved in and guided the club to inaugural Europa Conference League success last term.

Montiel's international teammate Paulo Dybala had deservedly put Roma in front during the first period, racing onto to Italy defender Mancini's incisive pass to expertly steer a low effort past Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou into the bottom right corner.

However, the Serie A side, who also saw Leonardo Spinazzola test Bounou before the break, relinquished their control of a testy encounter which saw 14 players and coaches, including Mourinho booked.

And Sevilla drew level 10 minutes after the break with Navas' cross from the right, deflecting off the unfortunate Mancini into his own net, as they repeatedly pressed forward for an equaliser.

Roma arguably had the better opportunities to win the contest in normal time with Tammy Abraham and Ibanez unable to convert from close range and Andrea Belotti slicing wide from Lorenzo Pellegrini's clever free-kick.

When Lucas Ocampos went down under a challenge from Ibanez, Sevilla appeared to have been handed a golden opportunity to go ahead but, after initially awarding a penalty, English referee Anthony Taylor overturned his decision following a video assistant referee review.

That set up a tense additional 30 minutes with Chris Smalling heading against the Sevilla crossbar 11 minutes into stoppage time at the end of extra time before the dramatic finale.

In a match that had been dubbed the 'The Specialists against The Special One', there was an air of inevitability about Sevilla's latest conquest of Europe's second-tier competition.

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While Mourinho's gamble to name Dybala - despite injury concerns - in his starting line-up for the first time since 13th April initially appeared to pay dividends, Sevilla grew stronger as the contest drew on.

But the Argentine's influence and fitness faded before his second-half substitution against a side that have looked transformed under Jose Luis Mendilibar's guidance.

Sevilla's third coach of the campaign has overseen a superb turnaround, helping the club from Andalusia stave off relegation concerns at home and eliminate both Manchester United and Juventus on their way to the final.

Roma, who had won just one of four previous penalty shootouts in European competition, looked nervy from the spot having withdrawn several potential penalty takers including captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, Dybala and Abraham.

But there was a sense of calmness and conviction to Sevilla, who clinically dispatched all four of their efforts.

One of the dirtiest European finals ever ?

It was one of the least disciplined European finals in recent memory, with English referee Anthony Taylor and fourth official Michael Oliver deserving their post-match medals.

Both were surrounded by players and the benches with alarming regularity. In total 13 players were shown yellow cards, the most bookings in any Europa League game. Seven of them were to Roma players, a record for a final in a competition.

That does not count the booking for Roma boss Mourinho, who was constantly outside his technical area on the edge of the pitch.

Players and benches clashed regularly, with long waits for many injury stoppages. Three of the 13 players booked were on the bench - with two never even getting on the pitch.

There were more than 25 minutes of injury time across the four halves, with including Mourinho, two yellow cards for every shot on target.

Ex-Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Steve McManaman told BT Sport: "The behaviour and histrionics of both benches has been awful and I feel for the fourth official, Michael Oliver. He needed some ear muffs.

"It has been really ugly. In a final like this, we don't need it. It has been really unsavoury."

BBC Sport readers' reactions were mixed.

Martha said: "Jose, hang you head in shame for this brand of football and allowing your players and staff to behave like this in a massive game. A disgusting advert for the children watching who will copy this at the weekend."

But Dan thought: "Mourinho's antics on the touchline are more entertaining than any team he's put together in the last decade."

Jose Mourinho stats..

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Jose Mourinho didn't lose a single home league match between March 2002 and March 2011, a run that lasted 150 games across spells with FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Mourinho has won five major European titles, the joint-most of any manager along with Giovanni Trapattoni - UEFA Cup in 2003, UEFA Champions League in 2004 and 2010, UEFA Europa League in 2017 and UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022. The 2023 Europa League final was the first major European final he failed to win.

The Portuguese manager also holds the record for most points won by a manager in their first 50 games and first 100 games in the Premier League.

José Mourinho's 2003-04 Porto side are the last team from outside of the top five European leagues to win the Champions League.
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Over 1,400 of you said no when asked if Mourinho should return to England.

c74Nck: Like him or loathe him, Mourinho is box office. Premier League needs characters like him. Would love to see him back one day soon.

Predictably pathetic Final. When will UEFA start to ban these moronic managers and players for their stupid, damaging antics? These matches couldn't be further from supposed "showcase" finals. Mourinho going from serial winner to serial idiot...Nazre

Taylor's was the best performance by a ref in Europe I've seen all season. Roma and Jose were a disgrace and to try and pin their failure (which should have been a glorious failure but instead is a shameful one) on a ref whose life they has made impossible for 120+ minutes reflects far more poorly on them than it does the ref.
Tom, London

Let's be honest, it's no surprise that his dominance has all but disintegrated ever since more than one team that can buy trophies with billionaire owners and loose chequebooks. Him and Pep are both managers that rely on having vastly better squads than any of their competition. Difference is, at least Mourinho has attempted jobs that are an actual challenge...Anon

Sulaimon: When Jose wins a trophy, he is everyone's darling but when he loses, he shows a side of him that's so unprofessional. Jose Mourinho is a bad loser.

Mourinho is not box office he is a total embarrassment and when his teams lose he always blames the other team or the Referee, that game was awful to watch and the antics of both teams was shocking, beware Man City and West Ham next week and good luck to you both..Ian, Liverpool

We see the same behavior week in, week out from Arteta, Klopp, Pep etc and it's praised as being passionate. In reality, its just childish and disrespectful. It's an aspect that needs to be stamped out of the sport for good. Its been on the rise and its reflected in grass roots attitudes towards officials giving up their free time to do something good for the local community. Harsh punishments need to be handed out publicly going forward...Callum, London

Hopefully the referees report will have enough in it to prompt UEFA into action. Banning Maureen from football would be appropriate. Behaviour like this, in a show case final, filters down the various leagues and becomes "acceptable". Ultimately it harms grass roots football, kids football and the game itself.
I'm not holding my breath though.

Maureen needs a lengthy ban. 
If the manager behaves like a foul mouthed thug and abuses officials, then the knuckle headed supporters will think it's fine to do that as well. Maureen must take some responsibility for Anthony Taylor and his family being attacked at the airport.
This is why it is so important that the manager behaves like a decent human being and sets an example. 
Bad behaviour filters down the leagues. 
Disgusting.