The Seville is one of the most reliable teams away from home since Lopetegui took the reins of the bench Nerve. The seasons in which the 38 days were completed without adding a single win outside went down in history with the arrival of the Basque, who has endowed the team with a personality that is shown both at home and away from Sánchez Pizjuán.
With these credentials the Seville at the Camp Nou, where the 2-0 in the first leg puts him ahead. Furthermore, the statistics are clear: Of the 45 games that Lopetegui's Sevilla have played as a visitor in a little more than a season and a half between all competitions, only once did they fall by more than two goals difference. Or what is the same, only on one of those 45 occasions would he have been eliminated from going to the final.
The problem is that that one occasion took place, precisely, against Barcelona at the Camp Nou. It was on the eighth day of last season, when those of Nervión fell to the knee by a 4-0 that on Wednesday would leave them out of the Copa del Rey. Mirandés and Eibar They are the other teams that have the honor of having scored more than three goals against Sevilla de Lopetegui, although the 3-1 and 3-2 achieved last season would allow the Sevilla players to reach the final.