Sevilla seek relief in the Champions League balm

EI Seville faces the third day of the group stage of the Champions receiving the Krasnodar Russian and with the possibility of leaving his pass to the eighth of the competition very on track (follow the game live on As.com). A triumph would place those of Lopetegui with seven points, for only one of his rival tonight. Meanwhile, if the logic is fulfilled in the other party of the group, Chelsea and Rennes They would trace the scores of Seville and Krasnodar, leaving the English and Andalusians with six points of advantage over their rivals.

But the accounts say one thing and the feelings, quite another. Because Sevilla goes to the Champions League, who would say it, in search of the balm that relieves the pain that three consecutive defeats in LaLiga have inflicted on him. Granada, Eibar and Athletic They have caused the team that a month ago was said to be able to fight for the league title have to lick their wounds in the top continental competition against Krasnodar. A suitable match for this, without a doubt, but one that could do a lot of damage if the reaction expected from a team like Sevilla was not seen.

In NerveAt the moment, there are no alarms on. Nobody likes to lose, but the mitigations are obvious. The first, that Sevilla is the team that has had the least rest, to the point that today's clash will be its 39th game of this strange 2020. Second, It is true that Sevilla had a chance to win in the three league defeats they have accumulated and, third and most important, Monchi's confidence in Lopetegui and the squad made up for this year is total. It is not with the first crisis of results that they deal with in the offices of the Sánchez Pizjuán And the reaction during the week has been to publicly stage support for the coach with the presence of the club's staff at the first team's training sessions.

With these ingredients, the logic indicates that the Krasnodar should pay for the broken dishes on the rainy night that is expected in Nervión. And if that was not enough, The Russian team is going through an even more pressing crisis than the Sevilla team. With a team formed to win the league in their country, the ranking places them in tenth place, six points from relegation. However, Lopetegui warns that on the last day of the Champions League the 0-4 that Chelsea endorsed the Russians was misleading. A win like this seems to have little lie inside, but the development of the match kept Krasnodar with options until the last quarter of an hour, something that is being avoided today.

With the losses of Idrissi, Suso and Sergi Gómez and the bad memory of the more than 20 occasions that it took to win 1-0 at Rennes, Sevilla are looking to drink the balm of the Champions tonight.