Sevilla defeated Fenerbahçe 2-0 in the first match of the last 16 of the Europa League. After a bad first half, which the opponent forgave, the Spanish team reacted in a timely manner and prevailed in the final minutes. second and with Goals initially from Joan Jordán and almost eventually from Argentina’s Erik LamelaHe earned a good income for his return to Istanbul.
After a weak first half for the team coached by Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli, Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic played a leading role by canceling the Turkish team’s many clear chances, Sevilla changed its mentality in the second time and took a step forward and defeated Fenerbahçe with the goals of two men who came without rest.He deflected Jordan’s shot from the defender in the 56th minute and Lamela’s shot from Croatia’s Ivan Rakitic in the 85th minute.
On their second visit to Fenerbahce’s Sánchez-Pizjuán, who defeated Andalusia 3-2 in the last 16 of the 2007-08 ‘Champions’ but eliminated on penalties, they faced Sevilla at their worst in the middle of the season. A Turkish team struggling to stay in LaLiga and second in the league entered this round as the undefeated champion of Group B (4 wins and 2 draws).
After losing 3-0 in the first leg (they lost 2-0 in Eindhoven) after having difficulties in the previous draw against PSV and fooling themselves with a tough 6-1 in the League against Atlético de Madrid on Saturday. With 1 defeat and still many losses behind, Sevilla is facing the challenge of lifting their heads, building a good image and gaining confidence with this new test.
Sampaoli listed the only pure center defender, Frenchman Nianzou, in the back five, Navas and Argentinian Acuña as fullback, and Serbian Gudelj and Brazilian Telles turned into defenders. The eleven that Brazilian Fernando returnsThe League was sanctioned with Bryan Gil as a left-handed winger and En-Nesyri as a forward.
Meanwhile, Jorge Jesus chose his two mainstays on offense, Ecuador’s Enner Valencia and Belgium’s Michy Batshuayi, who have scored 26 goals so far this year, and Norway’s Joshua King, who is out of the game due to illness in the last game of the season. He became a substitute player in the Turkish league.
Due to the serious problems behind the Spanish team, the duel started, albeit unbalanced in favor of the Turks. In the first quarter of an hour, Kadıoğlu’s shot away by Dmitrovic is ahead of the pace of the visiting attackers, who in the middle of the Portuguese Crespo the Serbian goalkeeper decapitated Valencia and warned them up to three times with a long shot attempt. The Ecuadorian narrowly noticed the goalkeeper and came out.
The Turkish team prevailed in the arrivals and matches., as in the one-on-one that Dmitrovich received from King (m.28) after a pass from Valencia. Sevilla was never in control and only touched the goal in the middle of the first half on a free kick by Croatian Rakitic, who was poisoned and saved by Altay. Headed on stringer.
On the restart, with Jordán entering for Telles, a cardholder, and Fernando, now a centre-back, Sevilla came out with more rhythm and created more problems for their opponent, This turned out to be two good options in a row for En-Nesyri and Nianzou, who narrowly missed a cross deflected by Akaydın from Navas, but the header was well cleared by Altay.
This new face of Sevillistas bore fruit in a short time after going through the dressing rooms. Jordán scored 1-0 with a powerful shot from the edge of the field touching Brazilian Willian Arao. and misled his goalkeeper. The goal was a relief for Sevilla, who had imposed themselves on a Ferrari that was even more lost with the very dynamic Navas, Acuña or Bryan Gil.
Jorge Jesus made a move, granting entry to Uruguayan winger Rossi for Crespo and striker Batshuayi for King. The Istanbul team tried to react, but again they encountered a great Dmitrović.Halfway through this half, Valencia blocked the goal with two nearly consecutive moves and then cut a dangerous pass into the field that landed at Rossi’s feet.
Seville which Argentine wingers renew their attack with Lucas Ocampos and Erik LamelaHe made mistakes, but this second part was more solid and deeper. He also took advantage of a mistake made by Fenerbahçe when the 90 regulation did not have 5 minutes. 2-0 with Lamela after a move in the area and a good pass from RakiticGet a clearer advantage for returning to Istanbul.
Data sheet:
2 – Seville: Dmitrovitch; Jesús Navas, Nianzou, Gudelj, Telles (Jordan, art.46), Acuña (Suso, art.86); Oliver Torres (Ocampos, m.70), Fernando, Rakitic, Bryan Gil (Lamela, m.70); An-Nesyri (Rafa Mir, m.86).
0 – Fenerbahce: Long and; Kadıoğlu, Aziz, Samet, Szalai; Kahveci (Güler, m.87), Willian Arao, Lincoln Henrique (Osayi-Samuel, m.82), Crespo (Rossi, m.67); Valencia (Joao Pedro, m.82), King (Batshuayi, m.67).
Goals: 1-0, M.56: Jordan. 2-0, M.85: Lamel.
Judge: François Letexier (France). Local players Alex Telles (m.3) and Bryan Gil (m.48+) warned Kadıoğlu (m.48+) and assistant coach Jorge Jesus (m.57) on the guest side.
events: The first match of the Europa League Round of 16 was played at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium in front of 24,480 spectators, 1,300 of whom were Turkish fans.