MONTELLA: "AN IMPORTANT AND DESERVED VICTORY"

Vincenzo Montella appeared before the press satisfied following his team's enormous victory against Atlético Madrid at the Wanda: "It's an important victory, a deserved one...We have played a great match with attitude, spirit, and sacrifice...".

For the coach the key to their success has been "to have a little more confidence, to have speed in the game and to be more direct...To have confidence you need to have conviction in certain aspects and I believe that, little by little, the team is getting there".

He also commented: "the team has played well in defence, it has been more compact and I believe there's still room for improvement...What I have been impressed most by is the team's ability to react when losing".

Finally, the Sevilla FC manager made clear that nothing is certain for the squad's next fixture with Atlético. He expects that the second leg will be "a difficult match".