UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 7, 2015
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Sevilla DDWWL 3
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1st Leg · Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán · 35,840 att.

Match Report

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Defending champ Sevilla take 3-0 advantage in Europa League semifinal

Sevilla remain firmly on course to retain their Europa League title after earning a 3-0 lead from the home leg of their semifinal with Fiorentina.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
54.8
Possession
45.2
11
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
386
Accurate Passes
287
467
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
57
29
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
22
23
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
25
32
Clearances
25

Lineups

SEV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Sergio RicoG
  2. 15Timothée KolodziejczakCD-L
  3. 6Daniel CarriçoCD-R
  4. 2Benoît TrémoulinasLB
  5. 22Aleix VidalRB
  6. 19Éver BanegaAM
  7. 4Grzegorz KrychowiakLM
  8. 25Stéphane M'biaRM
  9. 9Carlos BaccaF
  10. 20VitoloAM-L
  11. 10José Antonio ReyesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Vicente IborraSUB
  2. 5Diogo FigueirasSUB
  3. 7Kevin GameiroSUB
  4. 17Denis SuárezSUB
  5. 3Fernando NavarroSUB
  6. 23CokeSUB
  7. 1Mariano BarbosaSUB

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 1NetoG
  2. 15Stefan SavicCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 40Nenad TomovicRB
  6. 5Milan BadeljCM
  7. 20Borja ValeroLM
  8. 14Matías FernándezRM
  9. 33Mario GómezF
  10. 17JoaquínLF
  11. 74Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Juan Manuel VargasSUB
  2. 10Alberto AquilaniSUB
  3. 4Micah RichardsSUB
  4. 72Josip IlicicSUB
  5. 7David PizarroSUB
  6. 19José BasantaSUB
  7. 12Ciprian TatarusanuSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! FC Sevilla 1, Fiorentina 0. Aleix Vidal (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Bacca.
  2. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Micah Richards replaces Nenad Tomovic.
  3. 46' Daniel Carriço (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 52' Goal! FC Sevilla 2, Fiorentina 0. Aleix Vidal (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vitolo.
  5. 58' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Coke replaces Reyes.
  6. 68' Substitution, Fiorentina. David Pizarro replaces Milan Badelj because of an injury.
  7. 70' Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 73' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Vicente Iborra replaces Stéphane Mbia because of an injury.
  9. 75' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Kevin Gameiro replaces Carlos Bacca.
  10. 75' Goal! FC Sevilla 3, Fiorentina 0. Kevin Gameiro (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
  11. 78' Borja Valero (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 80' Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Mario Gomez.
  13. 83' Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+5' Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.