While the attention of Ukrainian fans was focused on the twists and turns of the Shakhtar - Basel match, Wolverhampton and Sevilla met in a parallel duel. The Spanish team was the favorite of the match, but given the specifics of the wolves' game, no one promised the Andalusians an easy walk. The charges of Nuno Espirito Santo started the meeting more actively, carrying out several meaningful attacks, but none of them led to a dangerous moment. Then the nominal guests seized the initiative, moving to someone else's half of the field.

Ahead, the team of Julen Lopetegui did not succeed, and in addition to this Diego Carlos also brought a penalty kick into his own goal, knocking Traore down. However, Jimenez did not use the chance to bring his team forward by failing to convert the penalty kick.. After that, the “wolves” again gave the ball into the possession of the opponent, focusing on defensive actions. Suso could have brought the Nerves forward with a powerful kick from outside the penalty area, but Patricio managed it. Further, the Sevilians continued to have a lot of possession of the ball in the other half of the field, but everything was limited only by his control.

Despite the fact that nominal guests spent a lot of time in someone else's half of the field, this did not bring them any dividends. Didn't manage to create dangerous moments either from the game or after serving from setups. A more or less dangerous blow was struck only by Ocampos from outside the penalty area, after which the ball flew near the post. Santa's charges defended confidently, not allowing the opponent to count on an early goal. " In the first half, the teams did not manage to open an account. They went on hiatus with boring zeros on the scoreboard.

After the resumption of the game, what is happening on the field has not changed. The nominal owners were pinned to their own penalty area, and the Nerves were moving forward with great forces. But, as in the first half, they did not manage to open the opponent's defense. After a while, the " The Anadalusians responded to several attacks of the opponent with an episode that almost ended in a goal - Saiss at the last moment prevented Jordan from breaking through on goal from close range.

After a few minutes, En-Nesiri could have distinguished himself, who beat three opponents at once and tried to push the ball into the goal, but his shot turned out to be too weak. A little later, Kunde could open an account, to whom Suso put the ball on his head, but the Frenchman missed the goal. Lopetegi's wards continued to carry out attack after attack, intending to put the squeeze on the opponent.. The Wolves defense, however, was almost flawless, without getting Patricio to actively enter the game..

Towards the end of the meeting, the Sevillians began to earn standard after standard, which could help to score. Banega had a great opportunity to score with a direct free-kick, but Patricio coped with it, moving the ball to the corner. The nominal guests served the corners one after the other, and the drawing of one of them did lead to a goal. In the 88th minute, Banega served exactly on the head of Ocampos, and Lucas sent the ball into the net - 0: 1.

Having taken the lead, “Nervion” did not stop there, but, on the contrary, continued to control the ball. “Wolves”, surprisingly, did not even try to escape, continuing to play without the ball.

As a result, Lopetegi's charges brought the match to its logical conclusion, having issued a ticket to the semifinals of the tournament.

In the semi-finals of the Europa League will play with Manchester United on Monday 17th August. The match kicks off at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Wolverhampton - Sevilla 0: 1.

Goal: Ocampos, 88 Wolverhampton: Patriciu - Pain, Cody, Saiss - Doherty, Dendonker, Neves, Moutinho (No, 71), Vinagre - Traore (Jota, 79), Jimenez Sevilla: Bunu - Navas, Kunde, Diego Carlos, Regilon.