Wednesday, April 12, 2023 – 3:12 PM
ABU DHABI, 12th April, 2020 (WAM) — After overcoming the Spanish hurdles Barcelona and Real Betis in the previous two rounds of the championship, Manchester United will be on a date with a new Spanish test in its career in the European League competition; When he meets Sevilla tomorrow in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the tournament.
The match attracts great importance; Being between Manchester United, the strong candidate for the championship title this season, and Seville, the record holder for the number of times winning the championship title (6 titles).
The first-leg round for the same round tomorrow, Thursday, will witness 3 more matches; The Italian Juventus will meet Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, Feyenoord of the Netherlands with Roma of Italy and Bayer Leverkusen of Germany with Saint Giloise of Belgium.
Manchester United defeated Barcelona in the knockout round and then defeated Real Betis in the round of 16 to successfully make its way to the quarter-finals of the tournament, which it won once previously in the 2016-2017 season.
Now, the team is preparing to face a competitor with great experience in the European League competition (formerly the European Union Cup); Where he meets Sevilla, who won the championship title 6 previous times.
And with the strong competition that Manchester United faces in the English Premier League for the qualifying places for the European Champions League next season, the team is looking to find another way that may be safer than relying on the race for positions in the English Premier League with Newcastle and Tottenham.
Manchester United is also looking forward to returning to the European podiums after an absence of several years, noting that the team crowned the English Professional League Cup title last February, to be its first title after 6 years without titles.
On the other hand, Seville seems more in need than Manchester United to win this confrontation, especially since the team currently ranks 13th in the Spanish League, and is looking forward to winning the European League title for the seventh time to save its season from failure.
Winning the European League title has also become the only alternative for Sevilla now to return to participating in the European Champions League next season.
The two teams previously met in the Champions League round of 16 in the 2017-2018 season, tied goalless in Spain, and then Seville beat Manchester United 2-1 at home.
In the 2019-2020 season, the two teams met in the semi-finals of the European League competition, and the victory went to Seville 2-1 before winning the title by beating Inter Milan 2-1 in the final.
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