Sevilla suffers scared in the Europa League, but is still alive

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Just three points from relegation in the League, but moving away from the well, Sevilla seems to have found the necessary balm in the Europa League, the competition in which they are king and in which they won the first of their six titles 17 years ago , precisely in Eindhoven, where this Thursday, after an exercise of seriousness and control, in the end he endangered the 3-0 of Pizjuán, because he was scared by the push and the goals from PSV. Sevilla grows in the continental tournament with which they maintain an idyll and are already in the round of 16 of the Europa League, after overcoming an unbalanced tie that they decided effectively in the first leg and with solidity and personality in the second leg, until they met with somewhat against and fearfully locked himself in his area.

Fortunately, PSV’s 2-0 came with time up. Sevilla did not know how to cool the duel in the last minutes, but they are still alive in their tournament and this Friday they will repeat in the round of 16 draw. Sevilla also caressed victory in Eindhoven, where even Luuk de Jong’s goal, who scored a second goal just four minutes later, canceled for offside, signed a great game.

The stick prevented Sevilla’s victory after a shot by Rakitic in the 67th minute and in the end Jorge Sampaoli’s team lost badly, due to a defensive error by Nianzou that Luuk de Jong did not miss and another goal in discount. After the shock that Sevilla took when they saw a second ball from De Jong in their nets, which did not go up on the scoreboard by a few centimeters from the forward Fábio Silva, the Seville team went through real agony and risked extra time. Strained and shrinking balls in his area, he prayed for the final whistle, reeling in front of an overturned opponent who dreamed of the feat, although PSV reacted too late.

PSV Eindhoven

Walter Benítez, Mwene, Ramalho, Branthwaite, Van Aanholt (Fábio Silva, min 62), Til, Veerman, Gutiérrez (Mauro Júnior, min. 62), Bakayoko, Luuk de Jong and Xavi Simons.

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Sevilla

Dmitrovic, Jesus Navas (Montiel, min. 79), Nianzou, Fernando, Alex Telles, Acuña, Oliver Torres (Suso, min. 69), Jordan, Rakitic, Bryan Gil (Rafa Mir, min. 86) and En-Nesyri ( Ocampos, min. 69).

  • Goals:
    1-0, min. 77, Luuk de Jong. 2-0: min. 95, Fabio Silva.

  • Referee:
    Daniel Orsato (Italy). Yellow cards to Nianzou, Dmitrovic, Mweme, Rafa Mir and Xavi Simons.

  • Incidences:
    Second leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League, played at the Philip Stadion in Eindhoven.

Despite suffering so much in the last few minutes, the Seville team again deactivated the Dutch also at the Philip Stadion. As Sampaoli wanted, Sevilla became strong with the ball and was far superior to PSV until minute 77. Until then, Sevilla suffered nothing behind, they imposed their law and developed football in the midfield led by Ivan Rakitic and looked for the bands with Jesús Navas and Marcos Acuña, although with the enormous advantage of Pizjuán his main objective was to defend himself with the ball.

With the last-minute loss of Bono in the goal that allowed Dmitrovic to start under the sticks, which caused insecurity, because he risked too much with his feet, the Andalusian team wanted, and succeeded for more than an hour, to keep PSV at bay . Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s team, however, relied on Luuk de Jong’s passing game and Xavi Simons’ imbalance on the left. However, more danger was generated in the first half in the opposite field by Navas -the only survivor of the first UEFA tournament of 2006- with his crosses from the right, although they did not find En-Nesyri, a starter despite being touched.

Although Nianzou failed at 1-0, it has been precisely its three central defenders that have allowed Sevilla to recover and go further in 2023 after suffering so much at the beginning of the season. However, it was not a one-off action, since afterwards the Sevilla defense did not stop making water, Sampaoli’s team did not have the capacity to cool down the clash and thus allowed the rebellion of PSV that could cost them trouble.

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