On Wednesday in Piraeus, at the home stadium of the Greek “Olympiacos”, the match for the UEFA Super Cup was held, which faced the winner of the English Champions League “Manchester City” and the owner of the trophy of the Spanish Europa League “Sevilla”.
Following their success, the Spanish club shocked the fans with the news that all the team’s players were put on transfer. The reason for such a desperate step was serious financial problems. But for the match for the UEFA Super Cup, Sevilla still managed to keep the lead.
The favorite of the meeting, which is quite logical, were the players of “Manchester City”. However, the team’s coach, Josep Guardiola, expected a difficult match.
“It won’t be easy against Sevilla. It’s a team with character and fighting qualities. They usually win when they show a good game. So they’ll have to work hard,” Guardiola said, referring not only to the heat in Greece. .
“We have to stick to our ideas and try to impose our football, even if we play against the best team in Europe. Our squad will not be very different from the last games played in the last Europa League, although City will be much faster than Roma”, said the Sevilla coach, José Luis Mendilibar.
In the first half, “Manchester City” hoped to have the advantage. But Sevilla followed the cunning Mendilibar’s plan. The Spanish club defended well and was always ready for a crushing attack.
And at minute 30 it worked. Following a cross into the penalty area, Nathan Ake and Joshko Guardiol were unable to prevent Youssef En-Nesiri from opening the scoring with a header.
After the break, “Manchester City” continued to close the gate. But at first I almost missed it. But this time fortune was on the side of Guardiola’s team. And in the 66th minute, Cole Palmer also equalized with a header.
In the remaining time, no goals were scored, and the team was awaited by a series of penalties. The Manchester City players turned out to be more accurate in it – 5: 4, and the fault fell on Nemanja Gudel, who hit the crossbar last.
