Eintracht, Europa League champion in penalties

Eintracht Frankfurt, executioners of Barça and Betis, completed their great career in the Europa League by winning the title by beating Gio van Bronckhorst’s Rangers on penalties (1-1 and 5-4) in the final played in Sánchez-Pizjuñan in Seville under strong heat.

Colombian Rafael Santos Borré (formerly Atlético and Villarreal) is the architect of the Germans ’success, 42 years after winning their only continental title so far (the 1980 UEFA Cup), by forcing a tie in his goal (1 -1) and decide the shootout with his last shot (5-4).

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Santos Borré and Trapp, decisive

But Santos Borré shared the spotlight with Kevin Trapp, who made two providential saves in the final moments of extra time and saved Aaron Ramsey’s only missed penalty in the shootout.

Eintracht remained true to the style that led them to eliminate Betis and Barça. Arranged on defense, withdrawn from his skeleton waiting to recover the ball to come out firing in retaliatory attack. He succeeded on several occasions as the Rangers, with a more flexible game, swapped long possessions with long blasts to avoid the decisive defeat that gave the rival wing.

lazy the first part

Under this pattern, Eintracht started the game better and, faced with sterile Scots dominance, had three chances to advance, the clearest on running left-back Ansgar Knauff, whose placed shot was captured by veteran Allan McGregor (20 ‘).

Eintracht lacked determination, hit, in the first half and allowed the Rangers to balance the duel and could even score two separate shots by Scott Wright, who skimmed the post (26 ‘), and a header by John Lundstram. caught Kevin Trapp at the tip of his fingers (36 ‘).

The duel between right -back James Tavernier and Filip Kostic, the German figure, was one of the highlights of the first half with little football. The second was another story and the game had all the feeling of an ending.

VAR did not receive a penalty

The Eintracht, with more talented individuals, started again with a bigger drive. The Rangers were saved when Jesper Lindström’s half-turn shot almost went in after bouncing off Glen Kamara (49 ‘) and, most importantly, when Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic, in collusion with VAR, missed the clear penalty from Connor Goldson against Rafael Santos. Borré (53 ‘).

Serious error of Sow and Aribo marks

Eintracht forgave and paid for it in a bad move when Joe Aribo took advantage of a horrible back clearance from Djibril Sow and Tuta’s stumble to break free and beat Trapp on his exit (57 ’). It was the first goal in the Europa League for this London-born Nigerian midfielder who is playing ahead in the absence of Alfredo Morelos and the presence on the bench of a Kemar Roofe coming off an injury-

The Rangers were ahead in their second shot between the three poles, but Eintracht did not fall, they insisted and imprisoned him. Calvin Bassey providentially chested out a shot from Lindström (58 ‘) and, after a swooping shot from Daisi Kamada that almost missed him, it was a 1-1 that did justice.

It was placed by Kostic and drawn by Santos Borré

Kostic, tournament king of assists with 6, put up a beautiful cross from the left that put down the Scottish’s tough defense for the first time and Santos Borré, who was ahead of Bassey, showed his shot at the nearby post ( 69 ‘). The Colombian, formerly of Atlético and Villarreal, scored 4 goals and scored in the quarterfinals against Barça, the semis and the final.

Already enough power due to the intense heat and fear of being beaten, a cross shot by Kostic was the last cartridge for Eintracht before extra time. Balance was maintained and, on his last breath, the Rangers had a very clear double chance to avoid the shootout, but Trapp miraculously got a point-blank shot from Ryan Kent using his body and seconds later saved the a free kick from Tavernier.

Trapp completed the penalty shootout task by stopping Ramsey’s shot and Santos Borré completed a 100% victory for Eintracht to win the second European title in its history before the joy of a crowd storming Camp Nou and has now played glory in Seville.

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