By Daily sports on August 14, 2020
Sevilla have been hit with a €10,000 (£9,000/$12,000) fine by UEFA due to a late kick-off in their Europa League victory over Wolves on August 11.
Manager Julen Lopetegui has also been issued with a warning after it was determined he was responsible for the delay.
The decision comes as the Spanish club were found guilty of a breach of Article 11(2)(h) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations.
Sevilla are perhaps unlikely to spend too much time sweating over the fine after reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League. They qualified at Wolves’ expense thanks to a late header from Lucas Ocampos, after Raul Jimenez had missed an early penalty for the Premier League side.
Lopetegui is now preparing his side for their game with Manchester United on Sunday, at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.
The winner will go on to face either Inter or Shakhtar Donetsk in the final on August 21, also in Cologne.
Inter and Shakhtar play their semi-final a day later than Sevilla and United, meaning the winner of the first tie could have a slight advantage with an extra day’s rest.
Lopetegui will be hoping to keep his players’ minds on the task at hand for the time being, though, with a game against what he says is the biggest club in the world.
“We are going to play against Manchester United in the next match – they’re the biggest team in the world but we’re going to be prepared for them,” Lopetegui told a press conference.
“We’re focused on the next game, against a top, historic side, one of the best in the history of the sport who are in great form. We will give our best as we always do. To play against them will be really tough, but we’ll go into it believing we can beat them.” (Goal)
•PHOTO: Sevilla players
Source Daily sports
Posted August 14, 2020
You may also like...
Leicester, Man City agree £25 deal for Iheanacho...
Pacquiao says in talks to fight Lomachenko
Hayatou slams Ahmad over Cameroon
Man City Activate Rodri’s €70m Release Clause
Chelsea ‘Astonished’ by Fifa Transfer Snub
How Enugu Rangers Lost to Visiting Etoile du...
Fredrick: Who is Brentford’s new man?
‘Players’ self-belief secret of Rangers success’
How Enyimba, fans celebrated Finidi’s Eagles appointment
Boniface, Tella strike fear in De Rossi
They smeared my name over Eagles job – Amuneke
How Finidi beat Amuneke, others to Eagles coaching job
Brentford signs Nigerian U-20 sensation Benjamin Frederick from Moses Simon’s Kaduna academy
SWAN President Says NEC Not Aware Of Full Coucil Meeting In Kano
The challenges before Eagles coach Finidi
Dessers hits back at critics
Hearn talks up Joshua, Wilder fight
Ikpeba backs Finidi to utilise NPFL stars
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (53,687 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (44,688 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (42,840 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (42,517 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (42,276 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (42,162 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (42,058 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (41,529 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (40,561 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (39,557 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (37,927 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (37,491 views)