Holders Sevilla, who crushed Fiorentina, face unheralded
Ukrainians Dnipro in the Europa League final in Warsaw on May 27.
The finalists progress to the Polish capital finale in
wildly contrasting fashions.
Sevilla, seeking a record fourth success in the competition,
were firmly in the driving seat after last week's 3-0 first leg-success, and
finished off Fiorentina 2-0 in Thursday's (Friday AEST) second-leg semi-final
with first half goals from Carlos Bacca and Daniel Carrico.
Dnipro, a former rocket factory side, on the other hand
secured their first ever European final by grittily edging Rafa Benitez's
Napoli 1-0 in Kiev to go through 2-1 on aggregate.
Napoli, the 1989 UEFA Cup winners, were the better side in
the first half but Yevhen Seleznyov put paid to their Europa League dreams when
heading past keeper Mariano Andujar in the 58th minute, with Yevhen
Konoplyanka's cross from the left setting up the all important goal.
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