"THIS MADE US HAPPY BECAUSE WE PLAYED FOR THE FANS"

Jorge Sampaoli, manager of Sevilla FC, assessed the victory over PSV Eindhoven in the home leg of the Playoff round of the UEFA Europa League: "We went through different stages of the game, being dominant in the first half and then we had a number of chances to score, and we should have scored one more. They didn't generate a lot in the second half and that is a good thing for us, that they didn't cause us many problems."

"For some parts of the game we were even better than we were against Mallorca. Fernando had a lot to do, he understood very well what was going on in the match and we were very fluid in possession", he added. 

On Badé who had to be replaced owing to injury: "It will be a muscular injury. He has played a lot after a period of inactivity at his last club, he has not been able to rest. He is very important for us and we will miss him a lot. We also have Rekik out with injury so we will have to improvise in our selection at the back now."

"The fans gave us a lot of encouragement during the match. That made us happy because we were playing for the fans", he ended by saying.