On a day with a lot of football news of the bad kind (FIFA politics and corruption), we had a great Europa League final in Warsaw between the defending Champions of Sevilla and Dnipro Dniprotovosk from Ukraine.
I think nobody expected much from the
Ukrainians; but you do not get into a final for nothing, and with
spirit and skills they gave the Spaniards and football fans a great
match. 3-2 was the Spanish victory with two goals by the tearful
Carlos Bacca, who is following in the step of another Colombian, Radamel
Falcao, who also won two Europa League's in a row, albeit with two different teams (Atletico Madrid and FC Porto).
This is not the first time Sevilla win the title twice in a row: they also did it in 2006 and 2007, and with four victories they are surely the best team in the Europa League over the last 10 years.
Dnipro could not repeat what another Ukrainian side, Shakhtar Donetsk, did in 2009, by winning the title. But surely Dnipro should be proud of their team, which has made a mark in Europe this season.
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