It is not about dreaming. He Seville has five titles in its windows like the one that the UEFA will deliver on the 21st in the box of the Suburb. No one has won more Europa League than the Andalusian club, so the feeling among its players, fans and managers is that Lopetegui They haven't come this far just to be a guest and see if the flute plays.
Without Gudelj, who stayed in Seville While the quarantine passes after testing positive for coronavirus, the Nerviano footballers have promised the Serbian to pick him up again to play the final when his nightmare has passed. The midfielder is at home without symptoms, but logically his case, probably after a trip to Holland during the mini vacation he gave Lopetegui at the end of the League, he turned the club's planning upside down to reach this final phase of the European tournament and, first, to this knockout round of 16 Rome that UEFA has designated to be played in Duisburg.
The Italian team arrives more shot after having finished the A series beating at home the same champion last Sunday and add seven wins and a draw in the last eight games. But Seville appeals to his experience in Europe and in particular in a competition that has magic for its footballers.
The extraordinary way in which the League, getting into Champions with a fourth place and without losing since February 9, has not been erased with the positive of Gudelj. On the contrary, this has strengthened and united the group more, which has grown to overcome difficulties.
The Diego Carlos, Koundé, Navas, Fernando, Ocampos and company cause true respect to any rival and the mere presence of the Seville in competition it makes him a favorite and feared. The goal VaclikIn addition, he joins after the injury that prevented him from finishing the League, so that Lopetegui He will dress his eleventh gala, as the only casualty he maintains is the aforementioned Gudel
j.
It will be a special match also for Monchi, the architect of all the successes of this Seville and that on his return after trying the Italian club, he wants to play silver again.
On the side of Paulo Fonseca the illusion is maximum despite arriving with two important losses as Smalling and Veretout, the first after not receiving the OK of the Manchester United to continue playing at the end of his loan contract and the second by sanction. Have in the strength of Dzeko up to his great trick to ring the bell.
PROBABLE ALIGNMENTS:
Seville: Vaclík; Jesús Navas, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Reguilón; Fernando, Joan Jordán; Ocampos, Éver Banega, Munir; and De Jong.
Rome: Pau López; Mancini, Ibañez, Kolarov; Bruno Peres, Cristante, Diawara, Spinazzola; Mhkitaryan, Zaniolo and Dzeko.
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands).
Stadium: MSV Arena in Duisburg (Germany).
Time: 6:55 p.m. (Movistar Champions League)