HE Seville was about to reach another milestone. european leaguewinning juventus in Turin, However tied at the last second With the goal of Gatti, who left the semi-finals open. After a spectacular first half, the Sevilla players were left behind and they paid a heavy price in the end. Those from Nervión also escaped a clear, unnecessary penalty from Bade to Rabiot in the last place. In his fifth match in Europe, Mendilibar’s pragmatism was about to win. A draw is not a bad result for the second match and the final in Budapest is closer.

The Europa League is Sevilla’s rivalry. His track record says it, and it shows every time folks from Nervión come out on the field to play. In Turin, they entered the field of many personalities, not afraid of the mighty Juventus, which they took as the first name from the first minute. In fact, the first opportunity won the duel against Alex Sandro with a head ball from Ocampos. Two minutes later, the Argentine faced Szczesny again. La Vecchia Signora suffered from dead balls, but there were many gaps in the game. And there Di María, Kostic and Rabiot are deadly. And Vlahovic issued two consecutive warnings to the people of Seville.

En-Nesyri’s Coup

And at the 25th minute Devouring Ocampos meters, Sevilla’s deadly counterattack came to an end as En-Nesyri scored the first visitor’s goal. The striker had scored twice in 15 games before the World Cup and scored 16 goals after the Qatar event. Coming from Nervión oiled the backs of Brazilian defenders Allegri improvised with Danilo and Alex Sandro. A minute later, En-Nesyri was able to confirm the victory, taking advantage of his opponent’s slip, but Szczesny canceled the attempt. Sevilla were in disarray against Juventus, who were completely behind. Half an hour later, Mendilibar got bad news when Ocampos pulled back injured, pushing Navas forward and pushing Montiel aside.

Sevilla parked the vertigo, and with association and support, football began to mature and reached the edge of the area where Rakitic coached the local goalkeeper. As Siebert pointed out the rest, Sevilla had shot five times on goal and Juve, none. Even the pointer looked short.

Juventus take out the knives

Allegri sharpened his team after the restart with Federico Chiesa and Iling Júnior facing off as wingers, which added more players to the area but changed the defensive structure, leaving a four-line streak. Sevilla had to cool the game but they couldn’t get the ball back. It was time to suffer, but this is Sevilla, and even more so with Mendilibar on the bench, stamina professors. The people of Seville backed off and organized themselves not to leave any gaps where Di María or Chiesa could appear; these two real local threats, because Vlahovic has been disconnected by Bade and Gudelj.

An hour later, Sevilla had faded without the ball and before the opponent set foot on the pitch. Juventus also did not create a chance, but the arrivals on the field from the wing caused concern.. While Iling Junior turned out to be agitator, he punished Allegri Vlahovic by replacing him with Milik. He looked at the Mendilibar bench and couldn’t find anyone to guarantee him in a complex scenario like the one that existed. In the end, he decided with Papu Gómez for Óliver Torres to implant legs and lungs without touching the system.

One step away from Budapest

Little football was played in the last minutes and there was more frustration than the danger of Juventino. Especially when there was a clear penalty from Bade to Rabiot, neither the referee nor the VAR wanted to blow the whistle. Mendilibar requested a bounty from his team, and the gladiators cooled the engagement so that nothing was at stake. Juventus is not the team it used to be. An aircraft carrier with the resources to win games with the jersey. Today they are a group with a lot of doubts in defense, little creativity in midfield and confused in offense.. No football but at least he maintains his identity which forced him to a draw in the last match. A portrait that fits Seville perfectly until Mendilibar Nervión arrives on the bench. A pragmatic team whose virtues shine through today, where commitment is not negotiated. One step away from Budapest after not losing in Turin. The ticket must be stamped on Thursday in Nervión.

Data sheet:

1 – Juventus: Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci (Gatti, art.61), Alex Sandro; Meydan, Miretti (Chiesa, m.46), Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic (Iling-Junior, m.46); Di Maria (Pogba, m.70) and Vlahovic (Milik, m.61).

1 – Seville: To connect; Jesus Navas, Badé, Gudelj, Acuña; Fernando, Rakitic; Ocampos (Montiel, m. 34), Óliver Torres (Papu Gómez, m.74), Bryan Gil (Lamela, m.81); and En-Nesyri.

Goals: 0-1, M.26: En-Nesyri. 1-1, M.97: Gatti.

Judge: Daniel Siebert (Germany). Locals Rabiot (m.43), Lacatelli (m.77) and Chiesa (m.79) and visitors warned Rakitic (m.72), Bryan Gil (m.78), Badé (m.82) and Lamela. (m.93).

events: The first leg of the Europa League semi-finals was played at the Juventus Stadium, which was packed with forty thousand spectators, including 1,500 Sevilla fans. It rained during some parts of the match.