In the group stage of the Champions League this season, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Villarreal competed together, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal advanced to the knockout rounds, and Barca and Sevilla could only participate in the Europa League knockout play-offs.
Barca, one of the favorite champions in the champions league in the past, has not qualified for the first time in two decades in the Champions League group after losing Messi, which makes people sigh. And Sevilla's fall into the Europa League like Barcelona is not surprising, or even disappointing, because the Europa League is the real arena for them.
The team has won the Europa League six times in its history, including 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 to achieve three consecutive Europa League titles, unprecedented in football, worthy of the "First God Team of the Europa League".
In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Sevilla beat Dinamo Zagreb 3:1 at home to take advantage of the promotion.
In the early morning of February 25, Beijing time, the second leg of the Europa League 1/16 final, Sevilla played Dinamo Zagreb away.
In the game, Sevilla started 433, Rafa Mir, Ocampos, Corona formed a forward trident, midfielders Gomez, Fernando, Rakitic, four defenders Acuña, Carlos, Conde, Montiel, goalkeeper Bunu. The total value of the starting eleven is 240 million euros. The total value of the first eleven people on the opposite side is only 51 million euros, and the gap in strength is obvious.
Dinamo Zagreb is the absolute hegemon of Croatian football, achieving four consecutive titles in the 2020-21 season and winning the top flight 22 times in its history. Davao Souk, Modric, Miura Chira and other football players have all played for Dinamo Zagreb.
So far this season, Dinamo Zagreb has accumulated 50 points in 23 games to lead the first division table, and the second round of the minor round leads the second SyonY Osijek by 1 point, and the hope of defending the title is great. Of course, the record in Europe is still not up to hand, last season's Europa League quarter-final elimination of Tottenham Hotspur, is already its historic achievement, 1/4 final, Dinamo Zagreb was eliminated by the final champion Villarreal.
In the 36th minute, Rafa Mill picked up his teammate and hit the goal from a tight angle on the right side of the penalty area, which was deflected. Subsequently, Stefan Listowski's long-range shot was also deflected.
In the first half, the two sides temporarily drew 0-0.
In the 55th minute, Acuña crossed from the left and Rafa Mir failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
In the 64th minute, Acuña was handballed inside the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, and Orcic took the lead. Dinamo Zagreb leads Sevilla 1-0.
In the 80th minute, Rafa Mir fired a shot from a tight angle on the right side of the penalty area and hit it high.
In the end, Sevilla lost 0-1 away to Dinamo Zagreb, still eliminating the opponent 3:2 on aggregate.