Sevilla coach Lopetegui: Our away fans can make impact against West Ham

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17 Mar 2022 • 4:50 PM MYT
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Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui says their away fans will be a factor at West Ham tonight.

Sevilla are in London defending a 1-0 lead for the second-leg of their Europa League round 16 tie.

As the Irons were in Andalusia, Lopetegui is anticipating that his side will be backed to the hilt by the thousand or so Sevilla supporters in east London for the occasion.

He smiled: "We hope those who have come to watch us and those who have stayed at home will be happy - but for that to be the case, we'll have to do a lot of things well.

“It will be different to the game in Seville. We'll have to answer all the problems they give us and play out a great match, which is what West Ham and this competition will demand of us."

In keeping with his opposite number in the dugouts, West Ham manager David Moyes, Lopetegui has briefed his players to not focus too much on the events of the first leg – and instead acknowledge that the outcome of the tie is very much still to be decided.

"I'm expecting to face a team that will make things very hard for us. They'll play to their strengths.

“They have decisive players in every area of the pitch. They are complete and are versed in various styles of play.

“What matters most is what we can do and that we do it well. We don't think about the result – only about playing well. Everything else is a consequence of that. We will give the game our all, attacking and defending well."


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