Sevilla defeated the coach in the Europa League final in 2014 and the Portuguese defeated the Argentinian in the battle for the 2019 Brasileirao.
Seville is measured Thursday to Fenerbahce in the eighth finals of the UEFA Europa League and the duel will serve to reunite with an old acquaintance with whom he has already measured himself on his European path, such as Jorge Jesús.
History of Sevilla and Sampaoli against Jorge Jesús: matches, statistics, wins, draws and losses
The experienced Portuguese coach was Benfica’s coach in the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. The Portuguese team was superior to Sevilla in the final, but found a great game from the Sevilla defense, who held on 0-0 until the Nervión team, with two saves from Beto and no mistakes in their shots, won the final in the penalty shootout in which it was the third of his six titles in the competition.
Interestingly, Jorge Jesús also knows what it’s like to face his namesake Jorge Sampaoli when both they trained in 2019 two of the biggest teams of the Brazilian teams, such as Flamengo and Santos.
His memory against the Argentinian is sweeter as Flamengo won the local title by beating Santos de Sampaoli first. Jorge Jesús won the first round game 1-0 and thus began to seal the championship.
Santos retaliated by winning 4-0 on the final day, but with the title already decided and with Jorge Jesús’ team no longer on the line and a few days distracted after playing in the Club World Cup final, which he could play because Flamengo also won the Copa Libertadores.
Source: Goal