Seville is celebrating. The team that now leads José Luis Mendilibar after the expulsion of Jorge Sampaoli has reached the semifinals european championship after defeating Manchester United 3-0 at the Sánchez Pizjuán with goals from Moroccan Youssef En-Nesyri and Frenchman Loic Bade. But the great protagonist of the Andalusian night was the Spanish goalkeeper of the English team: David DeGea.
The first mistake by United’s defense was immediately after 8 minutes when De Gea conceded a very compromised pass to Harry Maguire (the injured substitute Lisandro Martínez) who lost the ball under pressure and left the Moroccan striker in goal. Tight definition against the stick and 1-0.
With that goal, Sevilla earned a ticket to the semi-finals after a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford. But there was even more. Bade scores the 2-0 and at the end of the game comes the play that drives the English goalkeeper crazy.
There were nine minutes to go when De Gea left the area to neutralize a ball that fell like a bomb from the sky. The Madrid goalkeeper tried to control the ball with his right footbut he committed a blooper that is difficult to understand and gave En-Nesyri the goal which he defined as an empty ribbon to seal the 3-0.
Sevilla qualified for the semi-finals with Marcos Acuna, Erik Lamela and Lucas Ocampos among the starters (Alejandro Papu Gómez remained on the bench). The Andalusian team is the queen of the tournament with six titles in six finals (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020) and is aiming for seventh.
But first you have to overcome the Juventus which he drew in Portugal and entered the top four. The Azzurri drew 1-1 against Sporting Lisbon (they had won 1-0 in Turin) and earned the right to play the semi-final against Sevilla for a ticket to the final.
Ángel Di María started and played the full 90 minutes for the Old Lady (Leandro Paredes and Matías Soulé were on the bench). France’s Adrien Rabiot opened the scoring after 9 minutes and Marcus Edwards equalised, from a penalty, for the locals, although it wasn’t enough to turn the run around.
Source: Clarin
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