Seville (EFE) fetish and of the one who is the ‘king’, with six titles; and they went brilliantly to the semifinals in a well-rounded game and in which they were far superior to an English team that was stuck and widely outmatched.
With tremendous physical waste, pressing up front and being in control with a good defense and a lot of effectiveness in attack, the Sevillistas gave an overwhelmed and aimless United no option, which perhaps began to lose this quarterfinal with the 2nd -2 from the first leg, after they had gone 2-0, but that on another great night in Nervión they could not stop a thrown Sevilla and that they resolved with goals from En-Nesyri (m.8 and m.81 ) and Badé (m.47).
Decisive duel between two champions
A decisive duel between two UEFA Cup/Europa League champions, the Spanish, with six titles, the last one in Cologne in 2020 after precisely eliminating United in the semifinals; and the Red Devils, a historic and widely awarded club, with the win in 2017 in Stockholm; so both teams came out with everything to a packed Sánchez-Pizjuán, with Sevillism tremendously excited after a fateful season and some 2,500 Englishmen in the stands.
Without the Mexican Tecatito Corona or the Senegalese Pape Gueye, not registered in Europe; nor the Argentinian Montiel due to suspension and Jordán due to injury, and saving these casualties, the Sevilla coach, José Luis Mendilibar, brought out his gala eleven with the Moroccan Bono again in goal, En-Nesyri in forward or the Argentines Ocampos and Lick it like ends.
United arrived at the ‘caldera’ of the Nervión stadium with very notable casualties (the central defenders Lisandro Martínez and Varane or the Scotsman McTomina, due to injury; and the Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, due to suspension) and various ‘touches’ that remained in the bench: Shaw and Malacia and, above all, their scorer Marcus Rashford, recently recovered from a muscular ailment.
even start
The clash started even, intense, but with the English team looser and wanting to step on dangerous ground, especially with the mobility of the Austrian Sabitzer -mustache-maker in the 2-2 first leg- to look for the trident formed by Antony, Martial and Sancho , although the people from Seville, very focused, pressed well and stopped the lukewarm visitors’ attempts.
Sevilla very soon found the reward for their commitment, for their tireless fight to win individual duels and not give facilities to a group of strength and quality like the one led by the Dutchman Erik ten Hag, by taking advantage of En-Nesyri after 8 minutes a robbery on the edge of the Lamela area after a blunder by Maguire, who did not control a poisoned ball sent to him by De Gea, to beat him low.
The 1-0 win gave more confidence and verve to a very solid Spanish team, who never lost their place or balance despite the fact that Manchester United had to push up. He had no other choice, but he lacked depth and more talent to overcome the defense of a local team that defended itself by maintaining good pressure and trying to have the ball.
His first shot on goal, loose and focused after an action by Jadon Sancho, was signed halfway through the first half by right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, but it was not a problem for Bono, who, except for a high header from Casimiro to the center Antony hardly had a job in a good first half for Sevilla against a stuck United.
disallowed goal
The Spanish team was able to extend their lead, but Ocampos, very incisive, like Lamela, in pressing and getting the ball out, to relieve his team, did not reach a header from En-Nesyri that De Gea cleared and then, 5 minutes from the break, Ocampos himself scored with his right foot against the center of his compatriot Marcos Acuña, but, at the behest of the VAR, the goal was annulled for offside by the Argentine left-back.
Earlier, the Brazilian central defender Marcao withdrew injured and crying half an hour into the game and was relieved by Suso, with which Rakitic went down to the middle. At the restart it was Ten Hag who moved the tree. He had no other choice and brought on his top scorer Rashford (28 goals so far this season, 6 in Europe) and left-back Shaw, another of those ‘touched’.
However, it was Sevilla who made a blow on the table that shook the foundations of a block as solvent as United’s. Tireless physically and mentally and superior to his rival, he made it 2-0 after 47 minutes with a header from the center-back Badé from a corner kick masterfully taken by Rakitic, which hit the crossbar and bounced inside the English goal.
En-Nesyri raises the score to 3-0
He pressed, in addition, when he saw the ‘slut’ of a lost, unknown and aimless Manchester United, totally surpassed, but a shot from Rakitic deflected it, providentially, De Gea, who again had to intervene to clear a header from En- Nesyri and, in a subsequent hubbub in the area, it was the Portuguese Dalot who saved the goal after Ocampos clinched the ball.
But the English team did not give up and pushed to get into the game. Rashford, very intermittent as he was not yet at his best, did not take advantage of a ball in the area when prevented by a huge Jesús Navas and then Casemiro ran into Bono and Eriksen sent off a dangerous free kick.
To add insult to injury for United, Sevilla did not lower the piston and rounded off their magnificent game with the 3-0, the work of En-Nesyri in minute 81 after a resounding mistake by De Gea on his way out when going to clear. At the end, a party in Nervión for the six-time champion of the UEFA Cup/Europa League and follow the magic of the Sevillistas in their fetish competition.
- Datasheet:
3 – Seville: Bonus; Jesús Navas, Badé, Marcao (Suso, m.29), Acuña (Alex Telles, m.84); Gudelj, Fernando; Ocampos, Rakitic, Lamela (Bryan Gil, m.80); In-Nesyri.
0 – Manchester United: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka (Shaw, m.46), Maguire, Lindelof, Dalot; Eriksen (Garden, m.86), Casemiro, Sabitzer (Fred, m.68); Antony, Martial (Weghorst, m.54), Jadon Sancho (Rashford, m.
Goals: 1-0, M.8: En-Nesyri. 2-0, M.47: Badé. 3-0, M.81: En-Nesyri.
Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal). He admonished the local Bono (m.73) and the visitors Casemiro (m.56), Antony (m.59) and Shaw (m.93).
Incidents: Second leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa Football League played at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in Seville before 41,974 spectators who filled the stadium; including 2,847 English fans, according to official data.
Curry Carrillo