Sevilla had the worst possible luck in the Europa League quarterfinal draw and was paired with Manchester United. The English group, curiously, will face the Nervionenses after having eliminated their eternal rival, Betis, in the round of 16. At least, Sampaoli’s team will play the second leg in their own stadium after having played the previous rounds with the second game away. And another piece of information for hope: every time he reached the quarterfinals of this tournament, he lifted it.
Sevilla, in any case, does not have bad precedents against Manchester United. In the 2016-17 Champions League, they eliminated the Mancunians after winning at Old Trafford in the second leg and in the semifinals of the 2020 Europa League, in Germany, the Nervionians also won just before raising the Sixth.
The semifinals of the competition were also drawn, with little luck also for Sevilla. If he manages to eliminate United, Sevilla must win too the champion of the tie between Juventus and Sporting Lisbon, which was another of the pairings that the draw brought.
The other two matches were Bayer Leverkusen-Union Saint-Gilloise and Feyenoord-Rome. The winners of these two qualifiers will face each other in the semifinals. The quarterfinals are played on April 13 and 20, in about four weeks.
