England’s Manchester City, joined by world champion Julián Alvarez, were crowned European Super Cup champions this Wednesday after defeating Spain’s Sevilla on penalties (5-4) after a 1-1 draw.
Moroccan Youssef En Nesyri (25m) scored the first goal before Cole Palmer (18m) equalized at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece. .
Manchester City, who won the Champions League for the first time in history, and Sevilla, who won seven trophies in the Europa League, went head to head for the first title of the 2023/2024 European season.
There was an Argentinian presence in the definition Along with Manchester City’s former River Plate, other world champions such as Marcos Acuna, Lucas Ocampos and Eric Lamela have played as Sevilla’s starters.
Meanwhile, Gonzalo Montiel, author of the penalty shootout that marked Argentina’s sanctification at the 2022 Qatar Games, came on in the final minutes of the second half and was one of the defining ’12 steps’. . He was replaced by Federico Gattoni and Alejandro Gomes.
Julián Alvarez, who came on for Palmer in the second stage in the 39th minute, scored in the penalty shootout and City were on the mend. Serbia’s Nemanja Guderi hit the crossbar with a shot that caused Sevilla’s defeat.
The 23-year-old “Spider” added a 14th. He won the title, tying Lionel Messi for reaching it at his age.
Meanwhile, Alvarez won his 11th trophy in his first appearance: Copa Libertadores 2018, Recopa Sudamericana 2019, Copa Argentina 2019 and Champions Trophy 2021 (river). Copa America 2021, Finalissima 2022, World Cup 2022 (Argentina); Premier League 2022/2023, FA Cup 2023, Champions League 2022/2023, European Super Cup 2023 (M. City).
Andalusian teams have lost their last six Super Cup finals And they only lifted the trophy in 2006 when they beat Spain’s Barcelona 3-0 in Monaco, the only venue for the final.
For Spaniard DT Guardiola, this means his 36th title (and fourth Super Cup, twice with Barcelona and once with Germany’s Bayern Munich), according to Sir Alex Ferguson, 49. He established himself as the manager with the second most wins in history. He beat Dynamo Kyiv’s current manager, Romanian Mircea Lucescu, 78.