Soccer-Sevilla extend Benfica curse with shootout win

(Adds details) By Brian Homewood TURIN, May 14 (Reuters) - Sevilla defended doggedly in a 0-0 draw before beating Benfica 4-2 on penalties to win the Europa League for the third time on Wednesday as the final curse of Bela Guttmann continued to haunt the Portuguese side. Beaten 2-1 at the death by Chelsea in the same game 12 months ago, Benfica slumped to their eighth successive European final loss, putting a dampener on what had been a triumphant season. Benfica had the best of the opening 90 minutes but failed to take their chances and the confidence seemed to ooze away from them in extra-time. The writing appeared to be on the wall when Sevilla won the toss before the penalties and chose the end in front of their fans.



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