Since Jose Luis Mendilibar took over as coach, Sevilla have lost just one of their previous nine matches, and the former Osasuna and Eibar coach is aiming for his biggest title yet.
Sevilla seeks a seventh Europa League title on Thursday in the opening leg of their semi-final against Juventus in Turin.
Since Jose Luis Mendilibar took over as coach of Sevilla, the team has only lost one of their most recent nine matches. Jose Luis Mendilibar
who previously coached Osasuna and Eibar, is now aiming for the most significant title of his extensive coaching career.
In an interview with UEFA, he stated that "if we can get to the final, it will be my greatest achievement in football." He was referring to the UEFA Champions League final.
After being eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League, Juventus will begin their adventure in the Europa League in front of the home fans in Turin.
This will be similar to how the last three rounds of the Europa League have been played for Juventus. Tonight, in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, Juventus will take on the Europa League experts, Sevilla.
Sevilla is currently in the midst of an outstanding run under their new manager after spending a large portion of the 2022-23 season hovering near the relegation zone in La Liga. Juventus is currently in the midst of a run that has won them the Europa League.
After victories against Lecce and Atalanta, we will now get to see if Juventus' strong start to the month of May can be carried over to the European stage. This will obviously not be the case for as long of a period of time, but we will finally have our chance to find out.