START TIME Thursday, November 28th, 2019
1500 EST / 2100 CET / 0700 AEST
With 1st place in the group clinched since our last outing, these remaining matches have simply become exhibitions to test out the squad. 2nd place is still to play for between the other 3 teams, so we’ll be welcoming a motivated Qarabag to the RSP.
Carriço returns to a squad list for the first time since matchday 8 at Barcelona. Ocampos makes his first EL squad due to his 3-match league suspension. Lopetegui also calls up 2 canteranos in Pepe Mena & Felipe Chacartegui.
TARGET PRACTICE
It’s not a secret that Lope’s preferred front-3 has been misfiring, namely Nolito & De Jong. Now with Ocampos’ impending 3-match ban, he must find a suitable candidate for the forward line. With Munir being this competition’s current top scorer with 5 goals, he must be seeing a chance for him to nab that starting role.
Nice to see a few young guns called up tonight. 1 or 2 may see some game time, who know? It’s a big opportunity for the rest of the squad to once again show what they can do. Especially in the forward positions as they know a big chance has presented itself with Ocampos 3 match ban.
Even though it’s not a vital game to win, Sevilla’s mentality is always to put on a performance for the fans and keep the winning run going. Hoping for a big performance from the lads tonight. Vamos!
Struggling to create chances. Dabbur on the left of a 4-2-3-1 wasn’t working, and he eventually moved centrally 30 minutes in. Rony’s a non-factor, Munir is getting involved, but we can’t seem to elaborate our play in the final 3rd.
Gudelj is orchestrating the buildup well, Óliver tries to find a playing partner among the attackers, but very little is being offered.
We ended the half playing 4-4-2, with Munir left & Lopes right. A few good passages of play, but no shots being generated. It’s been a boring half to be fair. So for anyone watching, i don’t blame you if you did something else.
Made another post-match recap. We clearly played better away to Dudelange. Today we just reverted back to our form in Matchday 2 vs APOEL. But Dabbur scored!
I think once Jan-Feb comes in, and we start having 2 games per week, we’ll start seeing the players who are actually on form feature more. Less Nolito & Luuk, and more Munir & Chicharito/Dabbur.
