Reporter Han Bing reported that on the evening of May 31, the Puskas Stadium in Budapest will finally witness a new record in the history of European competition "100% winning the final championship". Whether it is Sevilla, or Jose Mourinho, it will make new history.
It will be a veritable "100% king of kings" battle in the final. In the two semi-final second legs played in the early hours of this morning Beijing time, Sevilla, who have won the UEFA Cup/Europa League six times, drew 1-1 at home with Juventus, eliminated their opponents 3-2 on aggregate after entering extra time, and returned to the final after three years, and the team won the UEFA Cup/Europa League for the seventh time in its history. In the other semi-final, Jose Mourinho, who has reached five European finals in 20 years, led Roma 0-0 away to Bayer Leverkusen, 1-0 on aggregate, reaching the European final for the second consecutive year, and the Portuguese will also attack his sixth European trophy.
Dybala is still plagued by injuries, Spinazzola and Celik have retired from injury in this game, and the injured Roma only completed a shot away from home, with a staggering shot ratio of 1-23 and a 0-6 shot ratio, Rao is so, Mourinho's team still relies on tenacious defense and a first-leg one-goal advantage to keep a clean sheet against Bayer Leverkusen, the biggest dark horse in the second half of the Bundesliga, giving former Real Madrid disciple Alonso a practical lesson on how to survive in the European Cup.
Roma are only 6th in Serie A, seven points behind fourth-placed Lazio with three rounds remaining, and qualification for the Champions League from Serie A has come to naught. The team has only three points from five winless league games and is the only way to qualify for next season's Champions League is to win the Europa League. In this Europa League trip, from Red Bull Salzburg, Real Sociedad, Feyenoord to Bayer Leverkusen, the difficulty of Roma's promotion has climbed round by round, but Roma have won all 4 knockout rounds at home, 4 away games, although not winning, but 2 draws, 2 defeats and only 2 goals conceded, the Muhammad steel defense continues to prove his top quality.
It is a continuation of Jose Mourinho's illustrious European career, reaching the UEFA Cup final in Porto in 2003 and the Champions League final in 2004, the Champions League final at Inter in 2010 and the Europa League final at Manchester United in 2017. Last year, he led Roma to the UEFA Europa League and Europa League finals, winning each of the previous five European finals, with a 100% win rate in European finals. In fact, even counting domestic cups, Mourinho reached the final nine times only in the 2018 FA Cup.
Portugal's "Madman" is the coach who has reached the European finals the most times (except the UEFA Super Cup), tied with Alex Ferguson and Trapatoni. Ferguson has reached the Champions League final four times and the Cup Winners' Cup final twice; Trapatoni has reached the Champions League final twice, the UEFA Cup final three times and the Cup Winners' Cup final once. This time he led Roma to the Europa League final, and he also surpassed Muñoz, Cruyfff, Rocco, Gotars, Latke, Ericsson, Hapel, Lippi, Ancelotti, Klopp, Emery (5 times). If Jose Mourinho wins the title in Budapest, he will be offered a chance to participate in the UEFA Super Cup in August. Counting the UEFA Super Cup, the most European finals are Ferguson (10), Carlo Ancelotti (9) in second place, Jose Mourinho and Emery (8) in joint third place.
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Of course, in front of Mourinho, there is also Europa League number one bug Sevilla. Sevilla, who have reached the final of the UEFA Cup/Europa League seven times in the last 17 years, have won all six of their previous titles. 2006 and 2097 were UEFA Cup winners, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2020 Europa League winners. At one point, fans and media nicknamed the "Sevilla Cup". Sevilla FC have no chance of entering next season's European competition through the league in La Liga, and the Europa League triumph is the only hope. The victory over Juventus at home was also due to goals from injuries from Lamela and Suso.
Sevilla and Jose Mourinho's "king of European finals" suspense even surpassed the achievements of Serie A teams in all three European cup finals. Historically, Serie A teams have reached the finals of the three European Cups twice in the same season, in 1989 and 1990. 1989 AC Milan Champions League (winner), Napoli UEFA Cup (title), Samp Cup Winners' Cup (defeat to Barca); In 1990, Milan defended their Champions League title, Juve won the UEFA Cup (beating Fiorentina) and Samp won the Cup Winners' Cup. The last time three Italian teams reached the European finals was in 1998, when Juventus lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, and Inter and Lazio won the UEFA Cup final.
Given Inter's disadvantage against Manchester City in the Champions League final, Sevilla and Jose Mourinho's "king of European finals" suspense may be more striking.