José Luis Mendilibar, the coach of Sevilla, released the tension and recognized that permanence is almost a given, so his team can think about the duel against Juventus in the Europa League semifinals after the victory against Spaniard with a spectacular return to Sánchez Pizjuán.
“With 44 points, there are no problems for permanence. Today we will rest, seven days off, and think about Juve. This is the important game we will do. Dreaming? Dreaming is for the fans. We think about Juventus and the season and then it will play in the next League game”, said the Basque before the possibility of entering a European final.
Mendilibar acknowledged that it will be difficult for his players to prevail against a formidable opponent. “It was a hard fought, complicated, sweaty, difficult victory… The game went 1-0. That seemed like it would reassure us, but the tie upset us and since then they have improved the game a lot. We were nervous and they had a chance to score more goals than they did before the break,” he admitted.
“They left us alive and in the second half, from minute 10 or 15 we went up. We had the ability to lock them up, not leave them spaces. We tied, we made it 3-2… and then we had. to suffer. He is a game that anyone can win, with a very open back and forth”, he added.
The coach from Biscay explains 7 changes to the eleven in a very busy week. “We had planned to change eight players, but Lamela woke up with a sore back. Fernando woke up from a nap with a painful, stomach ache. And Suso noticed something, he is smart and hopefully not too much. Then he was very tired Bryan, full after playing two games in a row.”
A week to recover… and Turin
He did not rule any of them out for the next game, at least the first leg of the Europa League semifinal on Thursday, May 11. “There’s a week in between and hopefully they will recover and go there,” Mendilibar said.
Source: La Verdad
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