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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2023
Understudy keeper Bono is Sevilla's unlikely hero

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Reuters
17 August, 2020, 06:00 pm
Last modified: 17 August, 2020, 06:04 pm

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Understudy keeper Bono is Sevilla's unlikely hero

Substitute De Jong stole in to fire Sevilla into next Friday’s final in the 78th minute, but only after Moroccan shot-stopper Bono kept them in the match either side of halftime.

Reuters
17 August, 2020, 06:00 pm
Last modified: 17 August, 2020, 06:04 pm
Football - Europa League Semi Final - Sevilla v Manchester United - RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne, Germany - August 16, 2020 Sevilla's Luuk de Jong celebrates scoring their second goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Reuters
Football - Europa League Semi Final - Sevilla v Manchester United - RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne, Germany - August 16, 2020 Sevilla's Luuk de Jong celebrates scoring their second goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Reuters

Sevilla's match-winner Luuk de Jong led the praise for keeper Yassine Bono after an inspired series of saves kept Manchester United at bay in the Europa League semi-final on Sunday.

Substitute De Jong stole in to fire Sevilla into next Friday's final in the 78th minute, but only after Moroccan shot-stopper Bono kept them in the match either side of halftime.

He made six crucial saves to deny Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial, at times appearing to be taking on United's attack on his own.

"Compliments to Bono, who saved us so many times at 1-1," Dutchman De Jong, who put Sevilla one win away from a sixth title in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, said.

"Then I got the chance to come in and score the winning goal. It feels fantastic to be in the final now. We had a really good match tonight, with an incredible goalkeeper on our side."

Bono, on loan from Girona, has been Sevilla's number two keeper behind Tomas Vaclik this season in La Liga. But with the Czech having suffered a knee injury he took his chance to shine at the end of the domestic campaign.

Before being beaten by Fernandes's early penalty, Bono had conceded just once in six games.

"Our goalkeeper put in a good performance," coach Julen Lopetegui said. "We waited for De Jong's arrival and we took advantage. Bono in the second half was very important for us."

Bono has been Sevilla's Europa League keeper this season and now will get the chance to help the Spaniards win the competition for an astonishing sixth time.

"I'm very happy because we know Manchester United are a big club," the Canada-born 29-year-old, not surprisingly named man of the match, said.

"We were clever and in the bad moments we were strong. When they had difficult moments, we scored the goals. This team has good motivation, and now we have a beautiful final."

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