The match of the first semi-final of the Europa League “Juventus” – “Sevilla” is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, from 22:00 in Turin, it will be broadcast live by Pro Arena.

Juventus and Sevilla are fighting for a place in the final of the Europa League, a competition which, apart from the trophy, also puts the winner at stake for a place in the next round of the Champions League.

Juventus are 2nd in Serie A, five points ahead of AC Milan, the team is in 5th place (with four rounds to play) but could miss out on the next round of the Champions League and even the European Cups if he sanctions will be applied for financial violations, investigations both in Italy and in UEFA.

The Bianconeri are coming off the back of a big win in the last leg of the league, 2-0 at Atalanta, but they have won two, drawn one and lost two in their last five Serie A games, during which they were knocked out in the Coppa Italia semi-finals by Inter after 1-1 (a) and 0-1 (d).

Massimiliano Allegri’s side have reached this stage of the Europa League after finishing 3rd in a Champions League group that eliminated Benfica and PSG, and after being “relegated” in the competition, they eliminated Nantes after 1:1 (a) and 3-0 (d), to Freiburg after 1-0 (a) and 2-0 (d) and to Sporting after 1-0 (a) and 1-1 (d).

Juventus won the Europa League three times (1977, 1990 and 1993) and lost another final (1995), and in their last participation, in the 2013-2014 season, they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Benfica.

“Sevilla” is in 11th place in La Liga, far from the European ones, but also from those who can be relegated (with five stages to the end of the domestic season), and in the last stage of the championship they independently bypassed “Espanyol”. land, score 3-2.

Jose Luis Mendilibar’s side reached the semi-finals of the competition after finishing third in their Champions League group, which eliminated Manchester City and Dortmund, before advancing to the Europa League where they beat PSV Eindhoven 3-0 (a) and 0- 2 (d), Fenerbahçe with 2-0 (a) and 0-1 (a) and Manchester United with 2-2 (d) and 3-0 (a).

Sevilla are the most successful team in the history of the competition (including the UEFA Cup), with six Europa League trophies under their belt, the most recent coming in 2020, 3-2 in the final against Inter in Cologne.

The teams last met in the 2016-2017 Champions League season, in the group stage, when the leg of the tour in Turin ended in a 0-0 draw, before Juventus beat Sevilla 3-1 in the second leg in Spain.

Superbet offers odds of 1.55 on the PsF1 prediction: the home team lead at half-time or win at the end in the match Juventus – Sevilla.

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