Making his debut and practically inexperienced he will face United

The Sevilla FC coach, Jose Luis Mendilibar, said this Wednesday that if he is going to lead his first game in European competition against Manchester United in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, it is because I have done something that the fans liked. managers who have hired him to straighten out the final stretch of the season at the Andalusian club.

If I am in this game, it is because I have also done something that the people who have hired me have liked. It is true that, after 15 or 16 years training in the First Division, it is the first time that I am going to be in a European competition; but hey, I will have done something to be able to be here, Mendilibar stressed at a press conference.

It's my first game in Europe with the team. I face it with tremendous enthusiasm and the desire to compete against them, and to get a good result here. The idea will always be, with the respect we have for our rival, to try to win the match, commented the Sevilla coach.

I am convinced that they also respect us because Sevilla's history in this competition is great, even greater. Before arriving here, the club has already eliminated two good teams. We are two steps away from a possible final and what we have to try is to think about tomorrow's game. Of course we know that there are 180 minutes, but first we are going to think about tomorrow's game, he reiterated.

Complete team for Seville

Mendilibar was also happy to be recovering troops. There have been six days from the game before this one and it is true that from this one to the next there are only three. But I think we're getting people back. The people who were injured are already training with everyone and that will help us to compete well, he said in this regard.