Seville and Copenhagen struggle to survive in Europe

Third in their group, but tied by 2 points with the Danish team, Sevilla are still in crisis in LaLiga, where they are close to the bottom after losing their first match (3-1 against Real Madrid) on Saturday. The second stage of the Argentine coach jorge sampaoli At the Andalusian club, after 3 draws and a single win in their previous four appointments.

Of these four results, two draws (Athletics and Valencia) and a win In the (Mallorca) League, the other balancer was on day four of the ‘Champions’ at Borussia Dortmund (1-1), which caused him to focus the fight on third place to rejoin Europe, less badly. League.

Together Very complicated situation in LaLiga and fully adapted to the new Sampaoli system, Sevilla, who replaces Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked a few weeks ago, must beat Copenhagen as well as the leader of their group, the mighty Manchester City, and expect two defeats against Dortmund this Tuesday. The British and then in the Danish capital, taking second place from the Germans.

It’s a hypothetical combination that’s close to a miracle, so the Sevilla team is realistic and knows that they are hosting Rayo Vallecano in the league on Saturday in the first of two games this week that have been described as almost ‘finals’. – They should focus on beating Copenhagen and tying their pass to the Europa League so they don’t stay out of European tournaments.

blow to Madrid

After that 3-1 blow at the Santiago BernabeuDoomed for two losses against Madrid that meant two goals, when he managed to score a 1-1 draw in the second half without a pure ‘9’ and perhaps play better, the Argentine coach admitted the team needed to adapt. however, he was excited about this decisive appointment and stated that he had “nowhere in his head” not to beat Copenhagen.

sampaoli can’t trust midfielder Óliver Torres, Unregistered for the ‘Champions’ and Mexican Tecatito Corona due to lack of space – that’s a long-term injury – and Brazilian midfielder Fernando Reges continues to have to deal with problems due to mononucleosis. .

However, he saved winger Marcos Acuña and possibly Dutchman Karim Rekik, reintegrating into the group after persistent discomfort in the Argentine’s kidnapper and a fibril rupture suffered by the central defender a month ago, but in the latter case his return seems hasty and has problems behind him. mitigation is not expected.

Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, Argentine Montiel, Serbian midfielder Gudelj can comfort defender again, and Brazilians Marcao and Alex Telles, as well as Moroccan Yassine Bono at eleven; There are also options for Jesús Navas as a winger, behind Jordán and Croatian Rakitic or Isco, along with Denmark’s Delaney and Argentinian Lamela and Papu Gómez; and Rafa Mir or the Moroccan En-Nesyri above.

A touching Copenhagen

Meanwhile, Copenhagen is coming just as requested and enough for Sevillehe touched all the lines and failed to return to the Danish league, where he finished eighth, ten points behind leaders Nordsjaelland.

With the change of coach, the team improved, but they missed two wins at home in two important games where they were better: against the leader and against Midtjylland last Saturday, Swedish striker Viktor Claesson also failed to take a penalty on the discount.

The current Danish champion is missing his best defender (Slovakian Denis Vavro), his captain and center anchor (Portuguese Zeca), his creator (Rasmus Falk) and reference forward (Andreas Cornelius) and several substitutes. leaves the team full of questions about the system to be used as well.

Against City, Jacob Neestrup opted for a line five that worked well, but Boilesen’s injury leaves him without a third defender unless he moves Diks back.

The loss from the removal of New Zealander Marko Stamenic left him without a midfielder. Headache for Danish coachthis may save Cornelius, but the question is whether he will take the risk given his need to climb positions in the league.

Injuries and recent good performances could give a starting role to left-footed young Syrian-Swedish Roony Bardghji, who 11 months ago became the youngest goalscorer in Danish league history to score at just 16 years old.