[스포츠한국 이재호 기자] 40 minutes in the second half. A situation came out that Sevilla, who just scored a comeback goal and needed one more goal, did not want. Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez collapsed with a single injury.
The Sevilla players, who were in a hurry, did not even waste the time for the stretcher to come in, and they put Martinez on a palanquin and sent him out of the sideline.
The tenacity of these Sevilla players eventually led to a miraculous draw.
Manchester United played at Old Trafford in Manchester, England at 4 am on the 14th (hereinfollowing Korean time) in the home game once morest Sevilla in the first leg of the 2022-2023 European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League quarterfinals, despite Marcel Sabitzer’s two goals, in the 39th minute and the second half. With a goal conceded in the second half of extra time, it was a 2-2 draw.
In the 14th minute of the first half, Marcel Sabitzer caught a through pass from Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandez in the midfield with his right foot in the box and fired a shot with his left foot.
In the 21st minute of the first half, Anthony Martial broke through from Manchester United’s counterattack opportunity and unexpectedly stabbed a through pass from the front, and Sabitzer, who dug into the space behind the defense, calmly made it 2-0 with a left-footed shot in a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper.
In the 39th minute of the second half, when Sevilla lost, Tyrell Malacia, left defender of Man Utd, missed the landing point and let the ball flow backward, and Jesus Navas’ cross from the right side of the box was hit by Malacia’s foot and refracted. It was sucked right into the goal.
With the score 1-2, Manchester United defender Martinez collapsed alone in the 40th minute complaining of injury. It was a real injury, not a serious one, due to an injury to his left foot, and he collapsed and mightn’t get up.
But the Sevilla players were in a hurry. I know it’s a real injury, but I mightn’t stand the delay, and it seemed like it would take time for the stretcher to come in, so a funny situation arose to send Martinez out safely by burning the palanquin together.
Sevilla, who regretted the last minute and showed their tenacity for a draw, ended up heading a cross from the right in the 2nd minute of extra time in the second half, Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nesseri headed Harry Maguire, and the ball was completely deflected and sucked into the Man United goal. They went in and tied the score at 2-2.
Sevilla, who showed that their obsession with winning the match respectfully sent their opponents to burn, eventually made a miraculous draw at Old Trafford with two goals at the end of the second half.
