Sevilla Again, Came from Behind to Beat Inter and Lift the Europa Trophy
It was a bad for the Italians and Antonio Conte and his men lost the Europa League to Spanish giant Sevilla yesterday night, the Italian coach came out to say expressed his sadness for failing to end Inter Milan’s long wait for a European title since 2010, following the 3-2 loss to Sevilla in the final of the Europa League on Friday.
Sevilla clinched a record sixth Europa League title after coming from behind to beat Inter Milan 3-2. Despite going behind early in the game from a Romelu Lukaku’s penalty, Luuk De Jong scored two goals to put them 2-1 ahead. But Inter drew level late in the first half thanks to former Atletico Madrid star Diego Godin.
But less than 20 minutes remaining for the game to advance to the extra-time former Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku scored an unfortunate own goal from Diego Carlos’ bicycle kick to secured the win for Sevilla. And speaking after the painful loss, Conte said: “I’m sorry because I wanted to give the boys the satisfaction of winning an important trophy. After ten years we managed to reach the final and I would have liked to give them a better joy.”
The former Chelsea boss also said: ”Congratulations to Sevilla but also congratulations to my boys for the improvements this year. They showed a great sense of belonging.” “It was a wonderful experience that will serve the players well for the future.”