Benfica forcing Juventus to the equalizer and will face Sevilla in the final of Turin

Valencia	3 – 1    (0 – 2)	Sevilla
Juventus	0 – 0    (1 – 2)	Benfica

Semifinal of the UEFA                                                                                                 5/1/2014

                                                  

Eagles refuse to fall in front of the Bianconeri and kidnap transit card to the final of the European Cup League.

Benfica and Sevilla Qualified to the final of European Cup after their overriding Juventus and Valencia, respectively, in the semifinals Thursday. 

Benfica equalized negatively , which revived their hopes of winning their first European title in 52 years in the second leg with Juventus in Turin, Italy to climb to the final for the second year in a row after winning 2-1 on aggregate.

In the second match of the semi- finals ​​Stephane Mbia scored for Sevilla in the fourth minute of stoppage time to climb his team to the final despite loss 3-1 against Valencia, but benefited from the base of calculation of the goal outside the ground after he had won the cup 2 - zero in the first leg.

the sons of coach Jorge Jesus will return to Turin on May 14 to face Sevilla in the final, after closing its defenses against Milan league leaders, although he completed the last 23 minutes of the match with ten men after the expulsion of Enzo Perez for a second bookable offense because of an error undue against Arturo Vidal.  

Benfica will hope to win their first European title since winning the European Cup in 1962 and lost of that time in the seven-team finals of the European Cup final, including European clubs last season against Chelsea.

Despite the win of Sevilla 2 - zero in the first leg at home conceding three goals forth by Sofiane Feghouli in the 14th minute and goalkeeper Beto (OG) in 26 minutes and Jeremy Mathieu in the 69th minute to lead Valencia 3-2 on aggregate before scoring Mbia goal to climb for the final in the last gasp when he received the ball Played Federico Fazio headed for turning Cameroonian player also headed into the goal to snatch Sevilla card to qualify for the final.

Mike Petke Biography

Mike Petke is a former American football player and current head coach of New York Red Bulls in MLS . Petke was born in January 30, 1976.

His Playing career:

His early life in college :

Petke was selected as All-American when he attended St. john the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip New York. Then he moved to play a soccer in college in Southern Connecticut State university. In 1995 he won with SCSU the title of the NCAA Division II to be named Conference Rookie of the year.

Petke did not stop at this point , so he was named New England Collegiate Conference Defensive Player of the year and also was selected of All-American.

His professional playing career:

Petke played his first five years of his professional career with MetroStars , making his first MLS debut on April 17, 1998 in a win 1-0 over Chicago Fire. He became a fan favorite and played 169 of 196 game in all competitions .

Petke moved then to Colorado rapids in 2005 helping them to reach  the Western Conference Finals in 2005. Then he signed with New york Red bulls on November 26, 2008 where he appeared in 19 regular season games. Red bulls won over Santos FC 3-1 and Petke scored the second goal for his team . and in 2010 he announced that he will retire at the end of the season . 

His international career:

Petke won two caps with the US national team . he also was a member of the U.S. squad competing in the 1995 World University Games in Japan.

After retirement career:

Petke became as Manager of Business operations with New York Red Bulls . on January 24, 2013 he became the assistant coach to be then a head coach .

His managerial career:

Petke lead the Red Bulls to their first major trophy , after a big win in the final match against Chicago Fire 5-2.