A five-star cast as a curtain-raiser. Ahead of the highly anticipated Champions League final on Sunday between PSG and Bayern Munich, Sevilla FC and Inter Milan face each other this Friday evening in Cologne in the final of the Europa League (9 p.m.). A match to watch on RMC Sport 1 and in clear on RMC Story. On the radio, after the start of Ligue 1 at 7 p.m., the match will of course be followed on RMC. And live commentary on the site and the RMC Sport app.
To reach this final, Sevilla first rose to the top of their group, before getting rid of Cluj, Roma, Wolverhampton and Manchester United. Reversed in the Europa League after finishing in third place in their group in the Champions League behind FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund, Inter left without trembling Ludogorets, Getafe, Bayer Leverkusen and and Chakhtior Donetsk.
Fire attack vs. iron defense
Antonio Conte’s men will seek to offer a trophy to an Italy deprived of a title on the European scene since the coronation of Inter in C1 in 2010. They will count for this on their duo of strikers Romelu Lukaku-Lautaro Martinez. Between them, the Belgian and the Argentine have scored 54 goals this season. At 27, the former seems never to blossom again after leaving Manchester United last summer for a check for 80 million euros. His agreement with Martinez, courted for many weeks by Barcelona, allowed the Nerazzurri this season to finish just one point behind Juventus Turin in Serie A.
For its part, Seville will rely on its experience. With five titles in the Europa League (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016), the club today coached by Julen Lopetegui is the record holder of the event. Strong defensively with their goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, heroic in the semifinals, and their central hinge Diego Carlos-Jules Koundé, the Andalusians will also rely on the talent of the former Marseillais Lucas Ocampos, author of a remarkable season and a priori recovered from his right knee pain. As a reminder, it was Chelsea who won in the Europa League final last season by bending Arsenal (4-1).
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