LOPETEGUI: "ALL THE HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF"

11/08/2020

The manager spoke about the performance against a side who were "totally different" to AS Roma

Julen Lopetegui spoke to official media after Sevilla FC reached the UEFA Europa League semi finals. The manager spoke about the key aspects of the win against Wolves: "No matter how much they played with the same system, their idea was different and we knew about the difficulties we were going to have. The key was to chip, chip, chip away, have patience, not making mistakes and persevering, having the ball and tiring out the opponent and in the end that work paid off. The team has gone from less to more and we've justly deserved it, although sometimes the credit isn't enough".

He also spoke about the way in which the win was secured: "The team wants, believes and works until the end, and they know that we have to do things very well to be capable of winning it. Today we knew that they could punish us for any mistakes and we had to keep pushing. In the end, the goal came, but we had options before we scored".

Lopetegui finished by talking about Sunday's opponents in a semi final that he thinks will be passionate and just as intense: "We came to try to win our matches, now we face a spectacular Manchester United who will oblige us to play well and we'll have to face up to them".