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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 18, the first leg of the Europa League knockout play-off ushered in a match, Sevilla against Dinamo Zagreb. Sevilla's performance in La Liga this season has been outstanding, only four points behind Real Madrid in second place, and it is a very rare situation for the title to be a favourite team, leaving Both Barca and Atletico far behind. However, Sevilla's performance in the Champions League was relatively poor, winning only 1 of the 6 group matches, resulting in the failure to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages and having to play in the Europa League. Sevilla are facing Dinamo Zagreb, who is no. 1 in the First Division. Sevilla are worth much more than Dinamo Zagreb and are playing at home, making this match a must.
In this game, Lopetegui discharged a 4231 formation. Bunu served as the starting goalkeeper. Conde, Diego Carlos, Requique and Acuña are paired at 4 defenders. Rakitic and Fernando form a double back. Ocampos, Alejandro Gomez and Muriel joined forces. Martial is at the top. Rafa Mill, N-Nesri, Delaney and Goodley were all on the bench.
The first threat at the start of the game was the away team, with Orsic's long-range shot from outside the box of high quality, slightly off the right upright. However, after that, the game completely entered the offensive rhythm of Sevilla. Rakitic relied on penalties in the 12th minute to give Sevilla the lead. The climax of the game came in the minutes near the end of the first half. Orcic blasted a shot inside the penalty area to equalise for the visiting team. But soon Sevilla responded. Ocampos and Martial scored two goals in a row, opening up the gap at once. At half-time, Sevilla led 3-1. Sevilla scored 3 goals on target on target in 12 shots on target. Dinamo Zagreb had just four shots on goal in the first half and scored one goal.
The second half was easy to fight again, and the goal efficiency was not as high as in the first half. After all, leading by 2 goals, Sevilla is not in a hurry, play steadily, and let time pass slowly. And Dinamo Zagreb did not have much to do, and if he wanted to fight back, he could only watch the end of the game weakly. In the end, Sevilla beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1. Sevilla are unbeaten in five matches in all competitions. In this game, Manchester United's abandoning martial Arts has performed well, scoring one goal, his first since joining Sevilla, and he is also the first player in Sevilla to score in his Europa League debut since 2018. Sevilla's next match will return to La Liga against Espanyol.