An excellent Wojciech Szczesny is not enough for Sevilla. His intervention helped Juventus survive.

As befits the semi-finals of the Europa League, the meeting between Sevilla and Juventus turned out to be excellent - fast, tense and productive. Although Wojciech Szczesny doubled and tripled, he didn’t keep a clean slate. The collision also lasted longer than the classic 90 minutes.

Wojciech Szczesny saved Juventus, and the post saved Sevilla

I had to wait a quarter of an hour for the first dangerous situation for one of the parties. After that, Gatti entered the shock position from the corner and greatly frightened the Sevilla goalkeeper. However, Bono, as during the World Cup, showed a fantastic intervention. A few minutes later, Szczesny was just as well-behaved when Ocampos shot from close range. The Pole caught the ball when he was already on the line.

One would have expected the Old Signora to take the lead in the next act when Di Maria burst into the box. The Argentine came out from the right, and then tried to hang the goalkeeper. However, he did it extremely ineptly. Akuna bellowed from afar in response, but once again the Polish representative did an excellent job. Los Nervionenses were in turn saved by the post in the 33rd minute when Keane scored.

There was a lot of controversy towards the end of the first half when Cuadrado clearly fouled Torres on the edge of the box. Although the replays clearly indicated that a foul had taken place, the referee hesitated to dictate “eleven” despite consulting the VAR car.

Dusan Vlahovic and Suso scored in the match Sevilla - Juventus

The second half also started at a frantic pace, at times it was hard to keep up with the ball. However, it was Sevilla that seemed more dangerous once play resumed. It became hot in Szczesny’s penalty area, including about the corner, but the Pole first caught a too light blow, and then dealt with Khil’s flat attack.

Juventus responded from time to time, and finally, in the 65th minute, Vlahovic flashed with a goal. The Serbian capitalized on two errors by Gudel and Bade, squeezing between them and then throwing the ball over Bono. Turintsy enjoyed the advantage for only a few moments, because after the loss of Chiesa, Suso shone with a sensational shot from outside the penalty area. In the 83rd minute, the Spaniard once again scared our compatriot, this time from a free kick, but the goalkeeper was stronger. He also performed phenomenally after heading En-Nesiri at the end of the second set.

The outcome of the match between Sevilla and Juventus was decided in extra time.

Since both the first and second meetings ended in a 1-1 draw, both teams went into extra time. In it, Chiesa had a great opportunity at first, but nothing came of it. Trainer Mendilibar’s men responded with a deadly response. In the penalty area of ​​Juventus, no one was guarding Lamela, who ran over the ball perfectly and defeated Szczesny with his head.

The hosts were in the lead until the break in extra time, so after him Massimiliano Allegri brought on the field another representative of Poland, namely Milik. However, not he, but Chiesa had a great opportunity to level the score in the 110th minute. The Italian also sent the ball into the stands. Sevilla ended the match with ten men, because the second yellow card for delaying the game was shown to Akuna. Despite this, the “Old Lady” failed to achieve a draw and dropped out of the Europa League. In the grand final, the team from Spain will play against Roma.