In the quarter-finals of the Europa League “Zenith”, which took place there, knocking the Italian “Torino”, will meet with even more dangerous opponent. He went to the Spanish “Seville”, the current holder of the second prize in the status of the continental club football.
The result of yesterday’s draw was happy to “Zenith” can hardly be considered. Officially, she is blind (when there are no crops and baskets), but for a single national club, who managed to break into the top eight of the Europa League (Moscow “Dynamo” in the quarterfinals could not cope with another Italian team – “Napoli”), totally blind still was not. Union of European Associations (UEFA) and at this stage, as the previous two, decided to breed clubs from Russia and Ukraine on different pairs. That is no “Dnepr” or Kiev “Dynamo” went to St Petersburg could not. And among the other five options, if I may say so, modesty opportunities and ambitions clearly distinguished Belgian “Bruges”. Here it is probably worth it to consider something like a gift. And I received a gift “Dnepr».
«Zenit» he got an opponent from the category favorites. In quotes William Hill yesterday he was on a par with “Seville”: on their victory in the European League was put coefficient 6. And it is – a high coefficient. Slightly above – only in German “Wolfsburg” and “Napoli”. And such a serious attitude toward the “Seville” and her chances should not be surprised.
This club last year won the Europa League. And compared to the previous season weaker “Seville” has not. The championship of Spain is, for example, is very good. Currently seviltsy occupy in the championship in fifth place, and the fourth, which belongs to the owner of last year’s gold “Atletico”, reached the quarterfinals of the main European competition – the Champions League, it is separated only four points. In the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, “Seville” took another Spanish team – strong “Villarreal”. Composition she is not that full of star names to be associated with expensive transfers, but at least he’s very, very smooth and deep. Lines, raises serious questions, it does not.
«Zenit», however, can be considered a small fortune by the fact that the first match of the confrontation, in contrast to the confrontation with the “Torino” He will play at a party: it is believed that such an alignment gives a slight advantage. But we must note that this guest match St Petersburg have performed immediately without four key players who have earned on Thursday in Turin disqualification – defender Igor and Domenico Criscito Smolnikova and no offensive line players – Hulk and Danny. If the “Zenith” will stand, will be able to find a way to compensate for the loss of personnel, it will dramatically improve prospects tournament.
The draw for the European cup football
1/4 finals of the Champions League
PSG (France) – “Barcelona” (Spain)
«Atletico” (Spain) – “Real” (Spain)
«Porto» (Portugal) – “Bavaria” (Germany)
«Juventus” (Italy) – “Monaco” (France)
The first matches will be held April 14 and 15, the response – April 21 and 22.
1/4 finals of the Europa League
«Sevilla” (Spain) – «Zenit» (Russian)
«Dnepr” (Ukraine) – “Bruges” (Belgium)
«Dynamo» (Ukraine) – “Fiorentina” (Italy)
«Wolfsburg” (Germany) – “Napoli” (Italy)
The first matches will be held on April 16 responses – April 23.
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