Westville came from behind to draw 1-1 with Roma in Thursday's dawn showdown at the top of the Europa League. After a thrilling overtime battle, the two teams were unable to distinguish themselves from each other, and it took a penalty kick shootout to determine the winner, with Westville coming out on top. This is the 7th time in the history of the Westville team to enter the final of the Europa League and win the title, deservedly "King of the Europa League", but also won the ticket to the next Europa League. Roma's Moleno's unbeaten run in European finals was broken on this night.
Looking back at Moleno's past trips to European finals, he led his team to five consecutive victories, including taking Roma to the UEFA Europa League. Roma had a slight advantage in the opening stages of the match. In the 11th minute, Spenyasu took advantage of a chance to score, but the angle of the shot was too high, and Sivir goalkeeper Yessinibonu was able to parry it away.
Roma finally broke the deadlock in the 35th minute of the match when center back Kianlucavinceni took a quick penalty kick and assisted Paulo Debana's header. Xavier's counter-attack was swift, with 35-year-old Najdisi hitting the post before the end of the first half.
Shortly after the resumption of the match, Westville's other veteran, Jecisnavas, played a key role in the match, as he crossed the ball from the right side of the field, causing a mistake by Roma's defender, Kian Luca Vincenzo, which led to a 1-1 draw. It's worth mentioning that, with the age of 37 years and 191 days, Jecisnavas became the oldest non-goalkeeper to start in an EHF Cup final for the past 15 years.
Despite the fact that neither team scored in the second half, the match was intense, with a total of 13 yellow cards in the match, a record high for the number of yellow cards in a single match in the UEFA Cup. In the penalty shootout, Sivir's Ogambos, Ramena, Najdisi, and Mundial all scored from the penalty spot, while Roma's Bryan Kierstendi scored a goal, while Kianluckavinceni and Rojak Ibanez missed the target.
