Fate sometimes has strange winks. As soon as the tie led to confrontation between Fenerbahçe and SevilleAll the fans of the Nervin team, and undoubtedly the fans of the Turkish club, came to mind dueling in The eighth champions of the 2007-08 season. Sevilla who had just won two UEFA Cups and had one of the best teams in their history, collided Sanchez Pizgon penalty shootout and Volkan Demirel. The legendary Turkish goalkeeper in Fenerbahçe with nearly 400 official matches, Stop three penaltiesin a tie that was 3-2 in both matches. Escud, Marsa and Daniel AlvesThey missed from eleven metres. This was the first time (they arrived later CSKA and Leicester) that Team Nervionense crashes into Eighth of the Champions League.
There is no sense of revenge or revenge because it has rained a lot since then, and Sevilla itself was writing new and beautiful pages in its European history, until four more titles in the European League, out of a total of six titles. He had to suffer and overcome other rounds of punishment. In fact, this is against Volkan Demirel’s huge figure between the sticks It’s the only one Sevilla have beaten, of the six they’ve played in UEFA competitions. Specifically, one of the most famous, being a Final, it was in turn 2014against a Benfica He was obviously superior to the grass, but he couldn’t The character of Beto, and with it Seville, which started another golden stage. He was the coach of Benfica Jorge Jesus, now in Fenerbahçe. The Portuguese coach has outstanding accounts with the Andalusians.
Other penalties, logically, also had their own history and moment of celebration. It was the first time I faced them in Sevilla Greecein the first round of qualifying for UEFA Cup in the 90-91 season. It was against PAOK After a double negative tie. Salguero, Polster, Serrano and Diego They score their shot. Bengochea, no. They went on to the next round falling in the round of 16 vs Moscow torpedo. The most remembered is the following, bypassed in 2007 UEFA Cup Final against Espanyol, with Pallop as undisputed champions. or who outgrew it Benito Villamarn in eighths 2014the same year that passed Benfica In the final of eleven metres. remained one of the Quarter-final in Nervin against Athletic in 2016. I’ve always looked Luck in the eye, roughly the 70’s. less than before Fenerbaheebut the image is in front of Jorge Jesus is his coach.
