Spanish & Italian Newspaper Reaction to Sevilla Europa League Final win over Inter | Marca AS Gazzetta Corriere dello Sport frontpage headline

Here is a look at the front pages and headlines from the big Spanish and Italian newspapers on August 22, 2020 following Sevilla’s 3-2 triumph over Inter Milan in the Europa League final in Cologne. The victory was Sevilla’s 6th in the competition

Diario AS newspaper frontpage after Sevilla 3-2 Inter EL Final win

AS had a photo of Jesus Navas lifting the trophy on the front page.

AS Newspaper Headline Sevilla Inter Milan Europa League 2020

Marca headline August 22, 2020 and reaction to Sevilla-Inter

Marca listed the venues of Sevilla’s 6 Europa League triumphs.

Marca headline Sevilla Inter EL 2020

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xG Inter Sevilla 2.15-1.02 Europa League 2020 Final | Expected Goals Map Inter Milan Sevilla Shots

Here are the xG stats from Inter Milan vs Sevilla in the Europa League final on 21 August, 2020. Sevilla won 3-2 thanks to a pair of absolutely cracking headers from Luuk de Jong and an unwitting own goal from Romelu Lukaku.

xG Inter 2.15-1.02 Sevilla (Actual score Inter Milan 2 Sevilla 3)

This xG model includes a xG value for Lukaku’s penalty, but there is no xG value assigned for the own goal.

xg Inter Sevilla Europa League Final Map

xG of individual goals scored in Inter vs Sevilla

Romelu Lukaku penalty goal 5′ xG (0.77)
Luuk de Jong header goal 12′ xG (0.33)
Luuk de Jong second header goal 33′ xG (0.02)

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Great Luuk de Jong header vs Inter Milan 2020 from Banega cross free kick | Luuk de Jong two goals for Sevilla

This Luuk de Jong header vs Inter Milan was an absolutely stunning header from the Dutch international. It was his second goal of the game, and came on 33 minutes to put Sevilla 2-1 ahead. De Jong scored two goals in this game- the first time he’s done it for Sevilla, and both his goals were headers. The second, from an Ever Banega cross was even more delightful.

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