KROHN-DEHLI: “I'M VERY HAPPY AFTER A YEAR WITHOUT PLAYING”

Michael Krohn-Delhi made his first start since April 2016 in Sevilla's 4-1 defeat against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.

The midfielder, who has had two separate knee injuries over the past year, was a late replacement for Franco Vázquez in Sevilla's starting XI and was delighted to return to the pitch.

"Obviously I'm very happy after going a year without playing, it was a difficult game to make your comeback in, but I'm happy.

"I was sure I was ready to play, I didn't have any reason not to. I've been training with the group for two months, I was ready. 

"I was good physically, I'm happy to finishing the season like this.

Aside from the result, the Dane gave a positive analysis of the weekend as a whole because "the most important thing is that we qualified for the Champions League, we played well.

"It's a tough ground, but we fought until the last moment".

"I'd had a lot of time alone, had two operations and I worked a lot, but today I've seen it was worth it."