Manchester United lived a disastrous evening by forfeiting a victory within reach and took a big step towards the semi-finals when it fell into the trap of a 2-2 draw against Seville, Spain, and Juventus won a hard-won victory over its Portuguese guest Sporting 1-0 Thursday in the first leg of the European League quarter-finals. "Europa League" in football.

Manchester United was on its way to achieving an easy and big victory when it ended the first half with two clean goals scored by its Austrian international midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, who was loaned from Bayern Munich until the end of the season in the 14th and 21st minutes, but Seville turned the tables in the last ten minutes of the second half with two goals from fire. Al-Sadiqa through Dutch defenders Terrell Malacia (84) and Harry Maguire (90 + 2) by mistake against Spain's David de Gea.

The two teams meet back next Thursday in Seville.

Manchester United, specifically its Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag, paid the price for his substitutions in the second half, especially his removal by Portuguese captain Bruno Fernandes, who will miss the return match due to being suspended for receiving a yellow card today, and Frenchman Anthony Martial (62), then Brazilian Anthony (81), so Seville took advantage of that well. And he snatched a dear draw thanks to the successful substitutions of his new coach, Jose Luis Mendelibar, especially the veteran captain Jesus Navas (37 years), and the Moroccan international striker Youssef Al-Nusairi, who caused the two goals.

Al-Nusairi said, "A tie means a big thing for us at Manchester Stadium. We performed well, and in the next match we will give qualification to our fans."

And he added regarding his causing the goal, which was not counted for him, "I think that I was not the one who scored the goal, but I contributed with my header, and the important thing is that the ball hit the net and we managed to equalize, and we wish us good luck in the return match."

As for Maguire, he said, "We feel very disappointed. We dominated the course of the match and we could have killed its result through the counter-attacks that came before us and in the second half as well, but this is football."

"We have to be confident and win the next match," he added.

It is the fourth match in which United fails to beat the Andalusian team specialized in the competition and the record holder in the number of its titles (6), as it was knocked out by him from the final price of the Champions League in the 2017-2018 season (zero-zero in Seville and 1-2 forth in Manchester) and the semi-finals of the “Europa League” in 2020 (2-1 in one match as a result of the repercussions of the Corona virus).

And Sevilla is the fourth Spanish team to collide with the men of Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag in the competition, after they finished second in the group stage behind Real Sociedad and eliminated Barcelona from the qualifying playoffs to the final price, then Real Betis from the final price.

Manchester United played the match in the absence of international top scorer Marcus Rashford due to injury.

The pressure of Manchester United resulted in a goal scored by Sabitzer when he received a ball from captain Fernandez inside the area, so he prepared it for himself and hit it hard with his left into the goal (14).

Sabitzer added the second goal when he received a ball behind the defense from Martial, so he prepared it for himself, penetrated into the area, and hit it with his left hand to the right of Bono (20).

And Seville succeeded in reducing the difference when Navas took advantage of a fatal mistake by defender Malacia in pushing a cross in front of the goal, so he passed it crossly, and it hit the latter and goalkeeper De Gea and hugged the net (85).

Al-Nusairi succeeded in equalizing with a header from close range, after a corner kick hit Maguire's head and deceived De Gea (90 + 2).
Defender Federico Gatti led his team, Juventus, to a difficult victory over its guest, Sporting, with a goal he scored in the 73rd minute, giving the Turin team a slight advantage before the return match in Lisbon.

The match witnessed the exit of the brilliant Polish "old lady" goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who saved several dangerous balls, in the 44th minute of the first half, after he felt pain in his chest.

And the "Dazon" broadcasting network reported that Szczesny felt "some throbbing" before he was replaced by his counterpart Mattia Perin, who was decisive in turn.

Juventus waited until the 12th minute to threaten its guest's goal after a long cross pass from the midfield to Argentine Angel Di Maria reached Federico Chiesa inside the area, so he controlled the ball and hit with his right foot, which was blocked by Spanish goalkeeper Antonio Adam.
Sporting took the lead, and the Japanese Hidemasa Morita shot from outside the area, which passed next to goalkeeper Chesney (20). The latter came back and saved his team twice within a minute from Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates and midfielder Pedro Gonçalves (29 and 30 respectively). The Italian defense dispersed a shot from Nuno Santos in front of the goal (33).

Perrin started the second half by blocking Gonçalves' shot from 25 meters (47).

And Allegri pushed Pflahovic instead of Milik to activate the attack (63), and he was at the good expectation of the Turin fans after he caused the goal of the race after he followed up with his head a cross pass, taking advantage of a wrong exit from goalkeeper Adam, which Quatis dispersed from the goal line, and it reached between the feet of defender Gatti, who followed it into the net ( 73).

The Dutch Feyenoord snatched a valuable victory from its Italian guest, Roma, 1-0, scored by Mats Fever (53).

Roma, the third in the league, suffered a moral blow by injuring its Argentine star, Paulo Dybala, and leaving in the 25th minute, so the Italian of Egyptian origin, Stephan El Shaarawy, entered in his place.

The disappointment of the capital club 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 wonderful goal in the second, after a pass from Al-Idrisi, which was followed by Fever with a “on the fly” shot from outside the area, which hit the ground and hit the net of Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio (53).

Three minutes later, Rome lost the efforts of its English striker Tammy Abraham, who suffered an injury in his shoulder, so he left and Andrea Belotti replaced him.

German Bayer Leverkusen fell into a tie trap in front of its Belgian guest, Saint-Gilloise, with a goal by Florian Wertz (82) against a goal by Nigerian Victor Boniface (51).