Sevilla had all-but booked their place in the showpiece in Warsaw after thumping the French side 3-0 in last week's first leg in France and will seal a record fourth triumph in Europe's second-tier club competition in the event that they can overcome Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on May 27.
Holders Sevilla swept in to a second consecutive Europa League final when a 2-0 victory at Fiorentina on Thursday secured a crushing 5-0 aggregate success for the La Liga club in their semi-final tie.
The Ukrainians won 1-0 at home to Fiorentina's Serie A rivals Napoli to progress to their first European final 2-1 on aggregate.
Sevilla coach Unai Emery paid tribute to his players, who also dispatched Borussia Moenchengladbach, Villarreal and Zenit St Petersburg in the knockout rounds.
"Dnipro have made it and nobody has gifted them anything," Emery told French tv broadcaster Cuatro.
"Knocking out Napoli is an impressive achievement," they added. "It's not going to be simple, it is 50-50 and they won't be going there as favourites."
Carlos Bacca fired Sevilla ahead in the 22nd minute at the Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi in Florence when they sent a close-range work arrowing in to the roof of the net.
That left Fiorentina needing goals without reply to progress but they fell further behind when Daniel Carrico made it 2-0 to the visitors minutes later.
If Sevilla clinch a fourth UEFA Cup/Europa league crown in their fourth final they would surpass Inter Milan, Juventus and Liverpool, who also have.
Fiorentina's night went from bad to worse halfway through the second half when Josip Ilicic sent a penalty kick sailing over the crossbar after Sevilla defender Grzegorz Krychowiak had felled David Pizarro in the penalty area.
Sevilla won back-to-back UEFA Cups in 2006 and 2007 and beat Benfica on penalties to secure the renamed trophy last term.
Another triumph would also carryover a profitable berth in the group stage of next season's Champions League.
Holders Sevilla swept in to a second consecutive Europa League final when a 2-0 victory at Fiorentina on Thursday secured a crushing 5-0 aggregate success for the La Liga club in their semi-final tie.
The Ukrainians won 1-0 at home to Fiorentina's Serie A rivals Napoli to progress to their first European final 2-1 on aggregate.
Sevilla coach Unai Emery paid tribute to his players, who also dispatched Borussia Moenchengladbach, Villarreal and Zenit St Petersburg in the knockout rounds.
"Dnipro have made it and nobody has gifted them anything," Emery told French tv broadcaster Cuatro.
"Knocking out Napoli is an impressive achievement," they added. "It's not going to be simple, it is 50-50 and they won't be going there as favourites."
Carlos Bacca fired Sevilla ahead in the 22nd minute at the Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi in Florence when they sent a close-range work arrowing in to the roof of the net.
That left Fiorentina needing goals without reply to progress but they fell further behind when Daniel Carrico made it 2-0 to the visitors minutes later.
If Sevilla clinch a fourth UEFA Cup/Europa league crown in their fourth final they would surpass Inter Milan, Juventus and Liverpool, who also have.
Fiorentina's night went from bad to worse halfway through the second half when Josip Ilicic sent a penalty kick sailing over the crossbar after Sevilla defender Grzegorz Krychowiak had felled David Pizarro in the penalty area.
Sevilla won back-to-back UEFA Cups in 2006 and 2007 and beat Benfica on penalties to secure the renamed trophy last term.
Another triumph would also carryover a profitable berth in the group stage of next season's Champions League.
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