SEVILLE
From the carom of Munir's and Chelsea's goals, for the victory in Rennes, there is a ticket for the best 16 teams on the continent but also, a step. The one uploaded by a team with ambition as a raw material and impervious to conformity and that disputes the first place to a huge rival a day in advance. A luxury to verify that he has already changed the skin of the Europa League.
Chelsea, therefore, will be the thermometer that measures this Seville of ups and downs, more visceral than brainy and that comes from overcoming the first valley of the season to face the first peak of the first mountain range. Only Lopetegui's men will be missing the public and a left-back of office.
AS to watch: Ivan Rakitic. Hierarchy match for a player like the Croatian. The experience of the Sevilla captain, hardened in atmospheres like today's, will be an unquestionable plus for the team. Lopetegui booked him in Huesca.