Sevilla were crowned champions of the Europa League for the seventh time in its history; ‘Tecatito’ was not summoned.
After a season full of ups and downs. Finally, Sevilla were crowned champions of the Europa League Through seventh time in its history and maintains its undefeated streak in last instances in this competition. This time, the Rome the José Mourinho was his victim.
The Red and white they knew how to suffer during long passages of the game, in which they even went up the scoreboard, thanks to Paulo Dybala’s goal 34 ‘of the first half. However, their combativeness and history in this tournament brought them -like all season- from the ashes and they managed to tie the game at 55’ from the game thanks to an own goal by Gianluca Mancini.
The tie was maintained through the 90 minutes of regulation time and extra time was in place in the Puska’s Arenawhere after 30 minutes of extra time the title had to be decided by penalty kicks, where the Sevillian team was left with the shootout from eleven kicks and incidentally the championship of the match representing the other side of Europe.
the Mexican, Jesus Manuel ‘Tecatito’ Corona, he saw the actions of the game from the stands and at the end of the game, he went out on the field to celebrate with his teammates. However, he was not seen receiving a championship medal. That’s why inside GOAL we tell you why:
WHY IS ‘TECATITO’ CORONA NOT THE EUROPE LEAGUE CHAMPION?
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Despite being part of the group and making the journey to Budapest, Sevilla did not register ‘Tecatito’ for the direct elimination round of the current Europa League. This due to the injury he sustained in the second half of 2022 and that’s why he missed the Qatar World Cup 2022 with Mexico.
Corona got minutes after overcoming the injury that kept him off the field for 9 long months and was even on the scoreboard against True Valladolid Through Day 34 of the competition.
Source: Goal
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