Lopetegui: “We have only won the right to one more game”

Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla coach, analyzed what happened in the clash against Roma: “We are happy, the team played a great game. We have defended well and attacked well against an opponent who came from not winning many games. This is football, sometimes it goes wrong, but today we compete well and we must continue.”

Adversities: “One of the things I am most proud of is the generosity of the people who are out one day and are in the next. This group brought us here, showed a lot of personality. The team has grown in the face of difficulties and we are already thinking of the next game. “

Final: “There are no possible accounts, this victory only entitles you to play the next game, no more. So now we focus on the next appointment.”

What does it tell you that every time Sevilla goes to the quarters they win the Europa League?

-It tells me absolutely nothing. We have only earned the right to play the next game. Everything else is only part of the hypotheses, it lives on what you have to do. We have won this match brilliantly, we have kept the door to zero which is not easy and nothing more.

Could it have been Sevilla's best match with you?

-We have played a good game, it has been a good rival for the occasion and the importance. We understood the game from the beginning and deactivated a great rival. We had a good mentality, we came from a very complex week with difficult situations and the team has shown character and mentality. I do not know if it is the best, each game is a different context and a different rival, in all fields and game concepts. We have to recover quickly and prepare for quarters.

Are they going to miss Banega?

-When Sevilla plays well Banega also plays well. Ever is a fantastic player, he is at a very high level. But I think it is a collective work of all. No one needs to be singled out, they have all done a great job defensively and offensively. From there I highlight the attitude and the mentality. We show character and ambition and we must continue. Sometimes you do everything right and it doesn't come out.

Do you think En-Nesyri's departure was key?

-The key is attitude, from there there are details. We had thought that En Nesyri would look behind him and then the work of both him and De Jong is incredible. But the game has been good for Youseff's conditions, it is true, although everyone who has left has been very good.