Sevilla-Juventus and Bayer Leverkusen-Roma on the pitch at 21 LIVE for the semi-final second leg of the Europa League. In the first leg Juve started 1-1 while Roma lost at the Olimpico 1-0
Dutch Danny Makkelie is the designated referee for the Sevilla-Juventus match. Makkelie, who in addition to working in football is also a policeman, will have as line assistants compatriots Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries, while Var and Avar will be Pol van Boekel and Rob Dieperink, also Dutch. Fourth man the Serbian Srdjan Jovanovic.
For Bayer Leverkusen-Roma, the Slovenian Slavko Vincic has been designated who will have compatriots Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic as line assistants. Slovenian also the pair at Var, with Matej Jug and Nejc Kajtazovic. Fourth man the Bosnian Irfan Peljto.
THE EVE
In Juve, the coach Allegri has to deal with four absentees, the injured Bonucci, De Sciglio and Pogba are missing, in addition to Soulè who has already left for the Under 20 World Cup to be played with his Argentina.
"We all want to reach the final: it was a folkloristic year, the boys deserve this goal": so the Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, on the eve of the semi-final second leg against Sevilla that puts the Europa League final up for grabs. "We know that they are strong and that they will be pushed by the public - adds the coach after the 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Stadium - but we are ready: we have the opportunity to reach another final, tomorrow it will take lucidity and personality".
"I want to get to this final and not so much for me. I am a different person who thinks more about others than about myself. I want the final for the fans and for the boys." José Mourinho said this at a press conference on the eve of the Europa League match against Bayer Leverkusen. "The fans are extraordinary, while the boys are an incredible group - he continued - They are having a season where they are giving everything. There were many moments of difficulty where the boys had to overcome themselves. That's why they deserve so much, but nobody in football gives you anything. That's why we need an extraordinary race." Then he spoke about the conditions of Dybala and Smalling: "They are available to play, but we have to understand how many minutes and what kind of puzzle the game will have." Asked if winning the Europa League could change plans about his future, he replied: "I don't want to talk about that. There is a game to be played that is not the final. The focus is on tomorrow's game. I'm not even thinking about the final, let alone my future."
Paulo Dybala, Zeki Celik, Stephan El Shaarawy and Chris Smalling started finishing with the first 15 minutes open to the media on the eve of the Europa League semi-final second leg against Bayer Leverkusen. All four players will be called up by José Mourinho, but for the moment they should start from the bench. Especially Dybala and Celik will be evaluated again tomorrow morning after muscle awakening. Still out, however, Llorente, Kumbulla and Karsdorp.
"We want to get through this semi-final and it's not easy, we all want to win for our fans, we want to give everything for them. We prepared the match and the game plan, we thought of everything." So Nemanja Matic in the press conference on the eve of the match with Bayer Leverkusen. "We prepare this game as always, our coach has already played games like this and told us that we have to play with everything we have, we have to be focused for the whole 90 minutes, Leverkusen have the quality of a great team - he added - It will not be easy to play here, let's see tomorrow. I think we have prepared our game, let's see how it ends. I'm not talking about the future of the coach, but about tomorrow's game." Finally on his relationship with Mourinho: "I have a great bond with the coach, he always gives me confidence. I love working with him."