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Sevilla – Inter 
The big day has arrived. The moment of truth where Inter is the only Italian Serie A team remaining in a European Competition. Here is everything you need to know about the 2020 UEFA Europa League final between Sevilla and Inter on Friday 21 August 2020 at the Stadion Köln in Cologne, Germany at 21:00.
Match Officials
Referee Danny Makkelie of the Netherlands of the Netherlands will be assisted by Mario Diks and Hessel Steegstra from Netherlands. The Fourth Official will be Anastasios Sidiropolous from Greece. The Video Assistant Referee will be Jochem Kamphuis from Netherlands. The AVARS will be Kevin Blom from Netherlands and Pawel Gil from Poland. The Offside VAR will be Tomasz Sokolnicki from Poland.
- Referee Makkelie , 37-year-old, has been an international referee since 2008. This season, Makkelie has officiated at seven UEFA Champions League matches, as well as at the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg between Bayer Leverkusen and Rangers in Germany. This will be the first UEFA Europa League final that Makkelie has overseen as referee, having been an additional assistant referee at the competition’s 2018 decider between Marseille and Atlético de Madrid. He was also the video assistant referee at last season’s UEFA Champions League final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
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FACTS AND FIGURES
Tonight’s match will be the first ever meeting in European competition between Inter and Sevilla. This is the sixth time in eleven seasons of the Europa League in its current format that the two finalists have never previously faced one another in European competitions. Inter have made 13 appearances against Spanish sides in the UEFA Cup/Europa League so far, with five wins, three draws, and five losses, scoring 17 goals and conceding 19. Meanwhile, Sevilla have faced Italian sides on 13 occasions, with six wins, two draws and five losses.
THE KITS FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL
Inter will be taking to the pitch in their classic Nerazzurri (black and blue) colours with a special badge for the final, with black shorts and white socks. Meanwhile, Sevilla will be wearing white shirts and shorts and black socks. The Inter keeper will be wearing a full-orange kit, while the Sevilla keeper will be wearing yellow. The referee will be wearing a pink shirt and black shorts.
OUR OPPONENTS
Sevilla are coming into this game with their longest ever unbeaten run in all competitions (20 matches, eleven wins and nine draws) and of all the clubs in La Liga, only Real Madrid achieved a better run this season (21 matches between October and February). The Spanish side have won the Europa League more times than anyone else, having reached six finals (including tonight’s match) and they have won the trophy five times. Julen Lopetegui’s side finished the La Liga season with a total of 70 points in 38 matches, with 19 wins, 13 draws and six defeats, netting 54 times and conceding 34.
KÖLN CALLING: WHEREVER YOU ARE, JOIN US IN COLOGNE IN SPIRIT
This evening, wherever you are, make sure you’re with us in spirit in Cologne for the Europa League final: to take part in Köln Calling, all you need to do is to set your location to Cologne on social media to show your support for the team, so you can make your presence felt ahead of the final, even if only digitally. The initiative is open to fans from across the world: all you need to do is publish something, either as a post or using the Stories feature of Instagram or Facebook, set your location to Cologne, and tag Inter’s official social media accounts.
TRIVIA
Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has scored in each of his last seven matches for Inter in European competitions (eight goals and four assists). In all competitions, the Belgian striker has scored 33 goals this season. The last Nerazzurri player to do better was Samuel Eto’o in 2010/11 (37).
In the semi-final, Suso and Luuk de Jong have become the tenth and eleventh Europa League goal-scorers in the current competition, and excluding own-goals, only Manchester United (12) have seen more different players get on the scoresheet this season.
THE WORDS OF ANTONIO CONTE
“We wanted to become protagonists and we’ve managed to be competitive in all the competitions we’ve been involved in. I saw that we were making progress through our work, that our ideas were taking root. We believed and became braver. The fact that we had more courage meant that our chances of winning the Europa League increased. We need to demonstrate this out on the pitch against a team that is used to winning this competition. It won’t be easy, but we’ll do all that we can to bring joy to our fans.”
THE WORDS OF HANDANOVIC AND GODIN
HANDANOVIC: “We’re good together as a group, then the wins are something else. It’s winning that brings you confidence, courage and awareness, it helps you to correct the smallest of mistakes and that’s how we’ve improved. The team has a desire to improve, to make sacrifices and to win games. This group has been strong, solid and compact since the start of the year.”
GODIN: All of us want the same thing: to win, and to do that we have to do everything we’ve prepared and play with our hearts, from the first whistle until the end of the game, facing the game as a team. We have to play as we’ve prepared in training plus something more, we have to do everything to win this game and take home the trophy, that’s what everyone wants; the team, the staff, the Club and all of the fans, who are by our side despite the current situation.”
Your 2020 #UELfinal!
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— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 17, 2020
2019-2020 UEFA Europa League Final
Sevilla – Inter
Friday 21 August 2020
Stadion Köln
Cologne, Germany
21:00
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistants: Mario Diks, Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropolous (Greece)
VAR: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)
VAR assistants: Kevin Blom (Netherlands), Pawel Gil (Poland)
Offside VAR: Tomasz Sokolnicki (Poland)
