Sevilla FC temporarily parks LaLiga after the disastrous news generated in the visit to Atlético de Madrid on the last day to focus on their fetish competition. The sevillistas host Fenerbahçe SK in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League, in a match that will serve as a rematch of the 2008 UEFA Champions League round of 16, where the Ottomans went through after a penalty shootout. The clash, which will be broadcast by Gol Play, will take place on Thursday 9 at 9:00 p.m..
This is how Sevilla FC and Fenerbahçe SK arrive
Sevilla FC arrives at the game in the middle of a maelstrom of negative news after the disastrous last game in the league competition. This will be the second clash for Jorge Sampaoli’s men in this competition after having played the playoff round against PSV Eindhoven and the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The balance of the Sevilla team at home in Europe this season is 2 losses and 2 wins.
For its part, Fenerbahçe SK comes into the clash after having defeated Kayserispor one-two on the last league date. The Turks have disputed 3 away matches in the Europa League, reaping 2 wins and 1 draw.
François Letexier will referee
The French collegiate Francois Letexier He will be in charge of refereeing the match between Spaniards and Turks. The referee already managed Sevilla FC with negative news, since the Sevilla team lost against Dinamo Zagreb and ended up sending off Thomas Delaney. He will have help in the bands Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. Ruddy Bouquet will be the fourth referee while in charge of the VAR will be Eric Wattellier and Pierre Gaillouste.
This is how Jorge Sampaoli and Jorge Jesus face the clash
In the last previous press conference before the match, Jorge Sampaoli spoke about how Sevilla FC has been preparing for the clash: «We train different options for system changes even in the same game and that has to do with the culture of the game. We have to find the dynamics that the team had in some games. We always defend and play in the same way and we had no problems until the last two games. The team has quite prepared what the rival brings and the systematic changes will keep us attentive for our own modifications and bother the rival.
For his part, Jorge Jesus analyzed Sevilla FC and what to expect in Nervión: «Sevilla players are used to playing under pressure. They always have a good team. Pride is very important to them. They will want to show themselves. They lost 6-1 but that’s not an indicator for me. A hot atmosphere awaits us in their stadium.”
The possible elevens of Sevilla FC and Fenerbahçe SK
The most relevant news from the list of 20 summoned by Sevilla FC for the match are the return of Fernando Reges and the casualties of Papuan Gomez, Corona, Badé, Marcão, Gueye and Rekik.
In this way, the eleven would be made up of Bono in goal, Navas, Nianzou, Gudelj, Telles and Acuña will form the back 5 line. The center of the field will be occupied by Fernando and Rakitic. The bands will be for Óliver Torres and Bryan while En-Nesyri will play up front.
Sevilla FC: Bono, Navas, Nianzou, Gudelj, Telles, Acuña, Fernando, Rakitic, Bryan, Óliver Torres and En-Nesyri.
For its part, Fenerbahçe SK faces the Europa League match with the loss of Luan Peres.
Thus, Bayindir will be the goalkeeper. The defensive line will consist of Kadioglu, Akaydin, Szalai and Lincoln. The midfielders will be Arão and Crespo, while the wings will be for Rossi and Güler. Above they will form King and Valencia.
Fenerbahce SK: Bayindir, Kadioglu, Akaydin, Szalai, Lincoln, Arão, Crespo, Rossi, Güler, King and Valencia.
