At 3 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday, the 2022-23 Europa League final will begin, Sevilla FC vs Roma, there are many highlights to see, definitely not to be missed!
1. This is the 14th time that La Liga and Serie A teams have met in a European final, having won nine of the first 13 games and the last three of them.
Sevilla FC have won the UEFA Cup/Europa League six times, in 2006, 2007, 2014-16 and 2020, at least twice as many as any other team.
3. Sevilla FC only need to play in the Europa League final to win the title, having won all six games before.
4. If Sevilla FC win their 7th title, it will be the 5th most European titles in history, behind Real Madrid with 16, Barcelona with 12, AC Milan and Liverpool with 9 titles, and Bayern Munich with 8 titles.
5. This is the second time Roma have played in the UEFA Cup/Europa League final, the first time in 1991, 32 years ago, when they lost to Inter.
6. This is also the 5th European final in Roma's history, with 2 wins and 2 losses in the first 4 times, with a 50% win rate.
7. Roma won the UEFA Europa League last season and would be the fifth Serie A team to win the Europa League this season for two consecutive years, Inter in 1964 and 1965, AC Milan in 1968 and 1969, Juve in 1984 and 1985, and Milan in 1989 and 1990.
8. Jose Mourinho has won European titles five times, including two Champions Leagues, two Europa League and last season's UEFA Europa League title.
9. If Roma wins, Jose Mourinho will surpass Trapatoni with 6 European titles to become the first man in history (not counting the European Super Cup).
10. Seville manager Mendilivar has played in a European final for the first time, but the Spanish manager has won the Europa League 12 times, more than any other national manager, and six of the last 10 have belonged to them.
11. Sevilla veteran Jesús Keylor Keylor Navas, who can start, will become the oldest non-goalkeeper in a Europa League final since 2008 at the age of 37 years and 191 days.
12. Roma's Pellegrini has 103 shots on goal and 105 chances created in Serie A this season, making him one of only four double-100+ players in the five major leagues, the other three being Messi, B Fei and Venicius.
13. Roma have gone four winless games in all competitions, winning only one of their last nine, drawing five and losing three.
14. Sevilla FC have been in better form of late, losing just two of their 15 games in all competitions since April, with eight wins and five draws.