In the early morning of May 19 (Vietnam time), the second leg of the semi-finals of the Europa League and Europa Conference League ended with the overall victories of Sevilla (against Juventus), AS Roma (against Bayer Leverkusen), West Ham (against AZ Alkmaar) and Fiorentina (against Basel).
Sevilla will face AS Roma in the Europa League final on 1.6. By bringing Roma to the final, Jose Mourinho had the sixth time in his career that he had reached the European Cup final with his team.
Previously, in the 5 times reaching the final with Porto (2 times), Inter Milan, Manchester United and Roma, Mourinho all won.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina will face West Ham in the Conference League final on June 8. And with the presence of Roma and Fiorentina in the decisive match of these two fronts, Italian football forced Europe to mention them when having 3 representatives in the 3 finals.
Against Roma and Fiorentina, Inter Milan have qualified for the Champions League final (against Manchester City on 10.6).
The result is unknown, but Serie A has made a strong impression on the continental arena this season, because AC Milan also reached the Champions League semi-finals, Napoli reached the Champions League quarter-finals, Juventus reached the Europa League semi-finals.
In the history of European Cups, there has only been once in 3 finals with 3 representatives from the same country. For the first time, there are also 3 Italian teams. That was the 1993-1994 season.
At that time, Fabio Capello's AC Milan won the Champions League (C1 Cup) after defeating coach Johan Cruyff's Barcelona with a score of 4-0. In the UEFA Cup (the predecessor of the Europa League and known as the C2 Cup), the team from the same city as AC Milan, Inter Milan, beat Salzburg 2-0.
In the Cup Winners' Cup (C2 Cup), Parma lost 0-1 to Arsenal. This tournament maintained its existence for 39 years, before being banned after the 1998-1999 season.
From the 2021-2022 season, UEFA established a new tournament called the Europa Conference League, with AS Roma being the first team to win the championship. Fiorentina has the opportunity to join their hometown team to be crowned.
It is worth noting that in both times Italy had 3 representatives in the finals of the European Cup, Napoli was the Serie A champion.
