Sevilla will not win this Wednesday at their home, Sánchez Pizjuán, which will be their seventh Europa League. Even Betis will not be able to achieve first in the stadium of their eternal rival. Barcelona, having lost the European Cup in 1985-86 against Steaua in Sánchez Pizjuán, also did not reach the final tonight to win their first Europa League. However, now Villarreal will have a replacement. This is the day of Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers. There are no teams in LaLiga, but Seville is pure football.
Seville is football awaiting a great celebration of this sport but also alert to possible incidents: it is expected that 150,000 fans of Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers, with majority or no tickets, will be in the capital of Seville today for the final ito.
Five decades of waiting
The Rangers ’only European title was the Cup Winners’ Cup which they won in 1971-72 right at Camp Nou against Dinamo Moscow. Five decades passed and in the middle the historic club Glasgow Rangers lost, for financial reasons, to be reborn as Rangers, compete from the Fourth Division and reach this final. Eintracht Frankfurt are dreaming of lifting the Europa League today after winning the UEFA Cup in 1979-80 against Borussia M’gladbach.
Eintracht Frankfurt, who finished 11th in the Bundesliga finish on Saturday and 27th in the UEFA rankings, reached this final after eliminating Betis in the round of 16, Barcelona in the quarterfinals (after the ‘attack’ of their fans at Camp Nou who opened a crisis at Barça club due to resale of tickets) and West Ham in the semifinals. According to the German team’s goalkeeper, Kevin Trapp, “we are facing two teams playing a similar game, honest football”. Eintracht’s great heroes are Santos Borré (who scored against Barcelona and West Ham) and Filip Kostic (who scored a brace at Camp Nou and is the top assistant in this Europa League).
On command, Gio van Bronckhorst
What brought Rangers to Seville was former Barcelona player Gio van Bronckhorst, who replaced Steven Gerrard in November when he left to manage Aston Villa. With Gio on his bench, the Rangers finished second in the Scottish Premier, but he dreamed of this Europa League and the Scottish Cup (final against the Hearts on Saturday).
The Rangers (34th in the UEFA rankings) also achieved victories: they kicked Borussia Dortmund in the round of 32 and Leipzig in the semi-finals. Now Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos will be a great absentee to the Scottish team, whose top scorer in the tournament is their captain, James Tavernier, with 7 goals.
Security is the main issue today in Seville, recalling the violent incidents in 2008 in Manchester when Zenit beat Rangers in the UEFA Cup (2-0).
History says that in 1959-60 Eintracht left the Rangers without a European Cup final by beating them in the semis. The Germans lost the title to Real Madrid. The Rangers want revenge and raise the Europa League to the Seville skies
Source: La Verdad
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