England’s Manchester United survived a disastrous evening by ignoring a win that was within reach and took a big step towards the semi-finals when they fell to a 2-2 draw against Sevilla, and Juventus took a hard-fought victory over them. Portuguese host Sporting, 1-0, Thursday, Europa League quarter-final first leg. “Europa League” in football.

Manchester United were on course for an easy and big win with two clean sheets late in the first half from their Austria international midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, on season-long loan from Bayern Munich in the 14th and 21st minutes. , but in the last 10 minutes of the second half, Al-Sadiqah turned the tables with two goals by Dutch players Terrell Malaysia (84) and Harry Maguire (90 + 2) against Spain’s David de Gea.

The two teams meet next Thursday in Seville.

Manchester United, and particularly their Dutch coach Erik ten Haag, paid the price for his second-half overhaul, notably sacked by Portugal captain Bruno Fernandes, who will miss the return match today after being suspended for picking up a yellow card. Anthony Martial (62), then Brazil’s Anthony (81), so Sevilla took advantage of that well. And he got a lovable draw thanks to his new coach Jose Luis Mendeley’s successful changes, especially veteran captain Jesus Navas (37 years old). ), and Moroccan international striker Youssef Al-Nusairi, who was responsible for two goals.

Al-Nusairi said, “The tie at the Manchester Stadium is a big thing for us. We did well and we will give our fans the qualification in the next match.”

He added, “I think it wasn’t me who scored the goal, but I contributed with my head and the important thing was the ball hit the net and we managed. To equalise, we wish us well in our return match.”

As for Maguire, “We’re very disappointed. We dominated the match and we could have killed it off with the counter-attacks that came in front of us, but also in the second half, but that’s football.”

It will be the fourth time United have failed to beat the Andalusian side, who specialize in the competition, having been knocked out of the Champions League final by them in 2017. -2018 season (nil-nil in Seville and 1-2 ahead in Manchester) and “Europa League” semi-final in 2020 (2-1 in a match as a result of the consequences of the corona virus).

And after finishing second in the group behind Real Sociedad, Sevilla will be the fourth Spanish side to face Dutch coach Eric den Haag’s men. Final price.

Defender Federico Gatti led his side Juventus to a hard-fought victory against visitors Sporting, his 73rd-minute goal giving the Turin side a slight advantage ahead of the return leg in Lisbon.

In the 44th minute of the first half, the brilliant Polish “Old Lady” goalkeeper, who had saved many dangerous balls, left because he felt pain in his chest.

And the “Dazon” broadcast network reported that Szczesny felt “a bit rattled” and was replaced by his counterpart Mattia Perin.

Dutch Beynoord snatched a valuable win from its Italian guests Roma, 1-0, Mats Feuer (53).

Roma, who finished third in the league, suffered a morale blow with an injury to its Argentine star Paulo Dybala and he was taken off in the 25th minute, so Stephane El Shaarawy, an Italian of Egyptian descent, stepped in to replace him.

The capital club’s frustration did not stop at this point, as its captain Lorenzo Pellegrini missed a penalty kick (43).

Feyenoord translated its dominance in the first half into a stunning goal in the second, after a pass from Al-Idrizi, followed by Fever hitting the ground with an “on the fly” shot from outside the area that hit the net. Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio (53).

Three minutes later, Roma lost the efforts of England striker Tommy Abraham, who suffered a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Andrea Belotti.

With a goal from Florian Wertz (82) against a goal from Nigerian Victor Boniface (51), Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen fell into the tie trap in front of its Belgian visitors Saint-Gilloise.