Mendilibar’s men must win in Eindhoven to avoid falling behind Arsenal or complicating second place
En-Nesyri and Óliver Torres return to the squad, but Lamela falls out
He PSV and the Seville They meet this Tuesday in Eindhoven on the second day of the group stage of the Champions League, a tournament that both started with a setback, the Dutchman losing 4-0 in London against Arsenal and the Spaniard in the Sánchez-Pizjuán, where they did not go beyond a draw (1-1) against Lens.
PSV receives Sevilla as leader of the Dutch league with a total of seven victories. The last one, last Saturday 3-1 against Volendam, which presents a statistic that reflects that it has only lost one of its last thirty games, that of the first day of the Champions League in London against Arsenal. And also, There are 19 undefeated games in their stadiuman old acquaintance of Sevilla.
Found Memories
The last visit of Seville to the Philips Stadium It had a bittersweet taste. It was this same year, in the month of February. Second leg of the Europa League round of 32. The people of Seville, at that time still with Sampaoli On the bench, they had a 3-0 lead from the first leg. They lost 2-0 with maximum suffering and with the tie in danger for several moments. Finally, we all know the result: the seventh Europa League for the Sevillian team.
But not all are bad memories for Sevilla at the PSV stadium. In fact, That was exactly where his love affair with competition began. In it he inaugurated his European record on May 10, 2006when they beat English Middlesbrough in the final of what was still called the UEFA Cup at that time by 4-0.
He Seville They have not just started in the domestic competition and travel to Eindhoven aware that second place in the group is going to be very expensive, as was seen against Lens on the first day. Mendilibar recovers En-Nesyri and Oliver Torres for the call, but Lamela falls. In front will be an old acquaintance of Nervión as he is Luuk De Jongas well as his former teammate at the Barcelona Football Club Sergiño Dest. De Jong has six goals and four assists in the league.
Probable lineups:
PSV Eindhoven: Benitez; Teze, Bella-Kotchap, Boscagli, Dest; Gil, Veerman, Saibari; Lang, De Jong, Bakayoko.
Seville: Nyland; Sanchez, Bade, Ramos, Pedrosa; Jordan, Sow; Suso, Rakitic, Lukebakio; Mir.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy).
Stadium: Philips Stadium.
Hour: 21.00.