European Cups: Frankfurt and Glasgow Rangers will face each other in the final

Published on: 05/05/2022 – 23:50 Rangers beat RB Leipzig (3-1) when Eintracht Frankfurt won (1-0) against West Ham on Thursday in the semi-finals of the Europa League. The final will pit the two clubs against Seville on May 18. Glasgow Rangers against Eintracht Frankfurt: the Europa League final on May 18 in Seville (Spain) will be a story of passion between two teams transcended this season by the flavor of Europe. Eintracht, after having achieved the feat of to win the first leg 2-1 at West Ham, confirmed Thursday, May 5, by controlling the Londoners at home 1-0, thanks to Rafael Borre (26th). The Rangers, they lost 1-0 at the go to the other German club in these semi-finals, RB Leipzig. But it was a transformed Scottish team that suffocated the Saxons for more than an hour in their cauldron at Ibrox Park, first with goals from James Tavernier (18th) and Glen Kamara (24th). The inevitable Christopher Nkunku briefly gave Leipzig hope (2-1, 70th), but John Lundstram sealed the logical victory for Rangers (3-1, 80th). On May 18, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium, the lair usual Sevilla FC, will perhaps not welcome two of the biggest clubs in Europe, but two formations which have shown an enthusiastic desire and fighting spirit throughout the competition. A final which promises to be passionate Eintracht, winner of the C3 which was then called the UEFA Cup in 1980, was a bit like the “Villarreal” of the Europa League this season: a lackluster mid-table team in its championship (currently 11th), but literally transfigured by the lights of Europe. The teammates of Kevin Trapp, the former goalkeeper of Paris SG, reached the final undefeated after 12 games in the competition. Their ticket to Sevilla is all the more deserved as they themselves eliminated the big favorite, FC Barcelona, ​​in the quarter-finals, winning 3-2 at Camp Nou (1-1 in the first leg). Frankfurt). ‘Hammers’ coach David Moyes was also shown a red card late in the game for protesting. Their final opponents Rangers, who won the Cup Winners’ Cup, their only European trophy, in 1972, had built a defensive wall in their 30 meters on the way to Leipzig, to concede only one goal at the very end of the match. They recalled Thursday that, pushed by 50,000 unleashed fans, they also knew how to put their aggressiveness of the attack. With his opener, James Tavernier became the only top scorer in this Europa League, with seven goals. promises at least to be passionate. We can count, moreover, on the supporters of the two camps, arch-boiling, to create the atmosphere of a great European evening. With AFP