Sevilla take on the visitors Manchester United in the second leg of UEFA Europa League quarterfinal match. The first leg result: 2-2. The match will be played on Thursday, April 20th at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (Sevilla).
Sevilla are currently focused solely on the Europa League. In La Liga, as often happened before, there are no particular tournament tasks left by mid-spring. However, while in the past they mainly achieved this by collecting enough points to secure the customary 4th place in the final standings, now "White Andalusia" can be satisfied only with the fact that they have at least stopped discussing the threat of relegation to Segunda. It was the terrible results at home that led to the early dismissal of Julen Lopetegui this season, and to the fact that his replacement, Jorge Sampaoli, worked for only six months, without providing any serious progress for the project. The only place where "nervionenses" managed to demonstrate their level was in the Europa League (although at first they fell there from the 3rd place in the Champions League group). In both previous playoff rounds, the Spaniards settled everything at home, winning not minimally and not conceding to both PSV and Fenerbahce. As a result, they comfortably lost the return matches, but still advanced to the next stage. However, they started with the English away - and dramatically escaped defeat thanks to own goals in the last 10 minutes in De Gea's goal.
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Manchester United had its own failure last season, although not as tragic as that of Sevilla's. But it was precisely because of this that ten Hag emerged as the coach. It is still too early to say what Erik will achieve in Foggy Albion. However, unlike some of his predecessors, he has already won the League Cup in his new position. And this could be only the first success in the starting season. The accomplishment of the basic task of finishing in the top 4 of the EPL is getting closer, although the competition there will be tough and tight until the very last round, as usual. It should not be forgotten that in another cup, the "Mancunians" are already in the semi-finals, and there is a high chance of a derby in the decisive match for the title. And the highlight of the season could be success in the Europa League. There, the English team became a kind of Spanish executioner in the playoffs, having won the "scalp" of Barcelona in the 1/16 finals, and in March easily knocked out Betis, led by former Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini. It was supposed to work out with Sevilla too, but it seems that after quickly scoring twice, the "Mancunians" relaxed too much.
The visitors have a chance to rewrite the history of confrontations. Everyone remembers the dramatic penalty shootout in the 2020 Europa League final, where Sevilla was still lucky. Two years earlier, the Spaniards knocked out the "Red Devils" in the Champions League playoffs. The "Mancunians" are simply stronger and motivated to finally beat these Spaniards. We dare to suggest that it will finally happen this Thursday.
Prediction for the match: Manchester United to win.
