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Paulo Dybala: “The loss to Sevilla in the Europa League final killed me.”

Andy Mattioli
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - MAY 31: Paulo Dybala of AS Roma looks dejected after Sevilla FC defeat AS Roma in the penalty shoot out during the UEFA Europa League 2022/23 final match between Sevilla FC and AS Roma at Puskas Arena on May 31, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Paulo Dybala did not mince words when discussing his disappointment from the painful defeat in Budapest in 2023.

The Argentine forward discussed this painful episode in an interview with A Donde Vamos Quando Soñamos.

”After the World Cup with Argentina, I had another very important final to play with Roma. We lost it and it killed me emotionally.”

“I was completely in pieces. I can’t do it anymore. The defeat hit me very hard. For us, at that time, it would have been something as historic as winning the World Cup.”

“I mean, I know that for the people of Rome it would have been something unique in their entire history. Do you understand me? And I had been there for a year.”

“Everyone was asking me: but why did you take this defeat so personally? I don’t know. The time spent together with the team, the experience of living in the city, getting to know the people, the locker room. I was killed by the fact that I lost that final.”

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