A third successive UEFA Europa League final is seemingly within Sevilla FC's reach as they welcome FC Shakhtar Donetsk in their semi-final decider.Previous meetings• Kevin Gameiro's penalty earned Sevilla a 2-2 draw in Lviv; the holders took an early lead but trailed 2-1 at the break.• Juande Ramos's Sevilla overcame Shakhtar in dramatic fashion in the round of 16 en route to lifting the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. After a 2-2 draw in Spain, Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop scored at the death to make it 2-2 in the return leg, Ernesto Chevantón eventually winning it for the visitors in extra time.
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Shakhtar Donetsk v Sevilla background
FC Shakhtar Donetsk will look to erase the memory of a fateful defeat from 2007 as they welcome holders Sevilla FC, the Pitmen unbeaten in six UEFA Europa League games.Previous meetings• Juande Ramos's Sevilla overcame Shakhtar in dramatic fashion in the round of 16 en route to winning the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. After a 2-2 draw in Spain, Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop scored at the death to make it 2-2 in the return leg, Ernesto Chevantón winning it for the visitors in extra time.• The teams for that game in Donetsk on 16 March 2007 were: Shakhtar: Shust, Lewandowski, Chygrynskiy, Kucher*, Shevchuk* (Raţ 44), Gai, Matuzalém (D...
Sevilla v Athletic background
Sevilla FC will look to take another step towards a third successive UEFA Europa League triumph when they welcome Athletic Club for their quarter-final decider.Previous meetings• In the sides' first UEFA competition meeting, Aritz Aduriz headed Athletic in front in Bilbao, but goals from Timothée Kolodziejczak and Vicente Iborra earned Sevilla their first away victory in the UEFA Europa League and Liga this season.• Sevilla are now 65-63 ahead of Athletic (with 31 draws) in the teams' 159 competitive encounters (158 of them in Spanish football). Sevilla have had marginally the better of their 143 Liga tussles (W59 D29 L55), while Athletic have edge...
Dortmund and Liverpool draw, Sevilla win away
Holders Sevilla, 2009 winners Shakhtar Donetsk and Spanish Liga top-four contenders Villarreal all picked up quarter-final first-leg victories on Thursday.The only game that finished without a winner came in the opening instalment of arguably the tie of the round. Jürgen Klopp's return to Borussia Dortmund with Liverpool ended in a 1-1 draw, Mats Hummels' header cancelling out Divock Origi's first-half opener for the Reds.
Ozil´s goal against Sevilla
MESUT OZIL´S GOAL NINE MINUTES FROM TIME ON WEDNESDAY, BROKE SEVILLA´S RESISTANCE AND EFFECTIVELY PUT REAL MADRID INTO THE COPA DEL REY FINAL. THE MIDFIELDER SCAMPERED THROUGH ON TO A PASS FROM GERMAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM MATE SAMI KHEDIRA, AND NETTED HIS FOURTH IN THE CUP THIS SEASON. Özil The whole team is delighted with the result because it was such an important game. We were determined to get into the final and now all we have to do is beat Barcelona and win the title. It's alway...