Spanish Sevilla and Morocco national football team goalkeeper Yassin Bono was named the best player of the Europa League final match played against Italy’s Roma. official site Association of European Football Associations (UEFA).
In the 11-metre penalty shootout, where the winner of the European Cup was determined, the goalkeeper saved two penalties and missed only one shot on his own goal.
Bono appeared in a total of six matches during the Europa League season, conceding five goals in those matches.
Recall that Sevilla defeated Roma in the Europa League final. The main and extra time of the decisive match of the tournament ended with a score of 1:1 and the fate of the cup was decided in the penalty shootout, where the players of the Spanish team were stronger (4:1).
For Sevilla, this was their seventh win in the Europa League. The club has never lost in this European Cup final. It has won the UEFA Cup twice and the Europa League five times in the last 18 years.
Previously, the goalkeeping coach of the Russian national team and the Russian Premier League (RPL) “Rostov” club Vitaly Kafanov compared to The match between the former goalkeeper of the national team Igor Akinfeev and the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bono played against the Spaniards in penalty shootouts in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Source: Gazeta
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