City, whose group leadership is already assured, will get a Sevilla team that is much more knowledgeable about the League and the Villamarín derby
Erling Haaland injured his foot against Borussia Dortmund and the Norwegian striker will not play with Manchester City against Sevilla this Wednesday in the Seville side’s Champions League farewell. Sevilla will therefore lose City’s formidable goalscorer in their last continental game before the Europa League, four days before the derby in Villamarin. In the 0-4 draw on the first day of the Champions League in the Sánchez Pizjuán, Haaland approved a double for the team that is still led by Julen Lopetegui. Thanks to the absence of Haaland, Jorge Sampaoli and his team have one less thing to worry about against a city that as group leader has already secured a ticket to the Champions League round of 16 and is facing a team that is going through a serious crisis.
After their elimination from the Champions League, Sevilla’s head is much more drooping in the League and in Betis than on this last day of maximum competition against a far superior City that has not lost in Europe. As nothing sporty will be at stake at the Etihad Stadium, although City could dive into Sevilla’s wound, Pep Guardiola and Sampaoli will seize the opportunity to make rotations, with several forced absences, as they join Haaland alongside Haaland. City will not hurt Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips.
In the case of Sevilla, however, when Youssef En-Nesyri’s withdrawal was taken for granted, the Moroccan striker traveled to Manchester on Monday as the main novelty in the call along with Carlos Álvarez, the last jewel of the Sevillian quarry. At City, Haaland’s replacement will be Argentinian Julián Álvarez, with whom Guardiola is “elated at how he is settling into the team”. “Of course he can improve, but just like all of us,” Guardiola said on Monday, referring to the former River Plate striker.
Source: La Verdad
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