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THE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE RETURNS TO THE RAMÓN SÁNCHEZ-PIZJUÁN

17/02/2022
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The Croatian side finished second in their group, behind West Ham
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The UEFA Europa League returns to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, the only place in the world you can see six of the trophies together. As Monchi said yesterday, "anything to do with the Europa League sounds good to me." The team will look to get off to the best start possible in the first leg of this play-off round. Trying to stop them will be GNK Dinamo Zagreb, the powerhouse of Croatian football.

Sevilla, after reaching the Champions League last-16 a year ago, now find themselves back in the competition they would win for the sixth time in Cologne in the summer of 2020, in football's return following the COVID break. Sitting in an excellent position in the league, Julen Lopetegui's team will be looking to Europe tonight to start our journey in winning the trophy that has brought so much joy to the club.

GNK Dinamo have seven wins on the trot, one in the EL and six in their league

The Croatian side come into the play-offs having finished second in their group, behind West Ham. They actually managed to beat Moyes' team on the last day, finishing the group with 10 points. Rapid Vienna and Genk were the two teams Zagreb finished above. As such, Zagreb have seven wins on the spin which has put them three points clear in the Croatian league with a game in hand. Julen Lopetegui said yesterday that "if we play at their pace, they'll cause us danger."

The last time the teams played each other was back in 16/17 in the Champions League group stages. Sevilla would win the away match in Zagreb 1-0 before a 4-0 win in the Sánchez-Pizjuán. Tonight's match will be refereed by the Italian Marco Guida, with kick-off at 21:00.