Fair enough. The situation with Yugoslavia is a lot more unreasonable than the Russia one.
Appreciate things are bigger than football and this clearly is, so I can understand the reason behind these decisions.
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Curious how many foreign players in Russia will want out of their contracts and if they can make that happen.
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Iāve gone through some of the West Ham forums and the comments are mixed, but generally they are showing us respect as EL veterans. What I like about the ānon-top clubsā of not only EPL but around the world as well is that they are more humble and more passionate about football in overall, always with exceptions of course.
Many of them are considering this as the most important match in their lifetime. On the contrary, for us this is just another match in EL, especially at this stage (1/16th round).
Iām a bit hopeful about this given our great track record against English teams - and West Ham are nothing special, but our inconsistent form and often lack of proper approach in the game is quite worrying.
This is very similar to our match vs. Wolves in 2019-20 EL mini-tournament, although that was a one-off match in a neutral ground without spectators and the passionate fans of both sides in the stadiums can potentially make the difference in this one.
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Delaney is suspended and will miss the match vs. West Ham which is a huge blow already.
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@SurreySevilla - what do you think about this one and West Ham in particular. You follow the EPL, besides the counter-attacking risk and maybe set pieces, what other threat do they pose?
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Iām thinking physique and high tempo in key situations will be problematic But generally I also feel we can find a way to slow it down and get 65% possession and make it a 0-0 for example.
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The west Ham fans do not seem very confident do they, perhaps they donāt realise that we have virtually
a full team out either injured or suspended.
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I donāt have a lot to addā¦ Set pieces they are dangerous, Soucek in particular. Jarred Bowen is a very very good player and may cause us problems.
The thing is West Ham can be got at, but it all boils down to our tactics and how we choose to attack. If we go our usual tippy tappy back and side bs they will sit back and lap it up all day long. We need to start going for it like we did in the BÄtis game.
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Heard Bowen might not make it, due to injury or something. Letās see
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That would be a result although they have the other lad whose name escapes me at the moment who is also pretty decent.
Said Benrahma.
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Unfortunately Iām working Thursday evening and will be too nervous to check on the score in case I jinx Sevillaā¦ 
The pace and strength of English (and others) teams in general worries me vs the Sevilla defence, particularly given how attacking AcuƱa can be and how rash Diego Carlos was in the last tournament.
I think relying on this being Sevillaās tournament is a dangerous attitude for the team and fans, given the quality of the sides remaining in the tournament. LopĆ© needs to step up if he hopes the team can get past West Ham at least. That said if Sevilla donāt win this tournament, maybe then thereās finally a justification to get a new manager hahaā¦ Nah but if they donāt win it, itās not the end of the world, especially if they can finish the La Liga season strongly.
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Good article. Basically Monchi is talking about how they are sending players out to specialists in Madrid trying to heal quicker.
States that 95 percent of the club has had Covid-19ā¦ The most in La Liga.
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Not the Europa League but Bayern showing us how itās done against Salzburg tonight. 7-1 winners!
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Yeah they certainly did. Masterclass from Bayern!
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I expected them to go through, but 7-1ā¦ damn!
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Wober was woeful!
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Anyone planning on going to the West Ham game in London ?
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Are BÄtis deliberately trying to sabotage their season? Why do they keep playing Claudio Bravo? 
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Not sure why they donāt play Rui Silva
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