Quote from: aylabadia05 on September 07, 2023, 04:34:53 PM

Quote from: tiCeR on September 07, 2023, 04:20:06 PM

What makes me think that Sevilla could get past the group stage in the Champions League is their Europa League performance from last season.

That is one of the reasons we can suspect that Sevilla will be able to qualify from the group stage.

Quote from: tiCeR on September 07, 2023, 04:20:06 PM

Anything else was a big failure, their performance in La Liga was shameful sometimes. That's when nobody thought they could beat all those big names in the Europa League. And once again they are doing the same mistakes in La Liga, but since they made me wonder last season when they beat all those superior teams, I don't want to make my call here too early and not give them a chance. Sevilla is Sevilla and while I don't have the perfect explanation for what is happening with them, it is a fact that they are playing differently in those UEFA tournaments.

Their performance in La Liga so far has been very bad. How could I not, judging from their last four matches, it is impossible for last season's UEFA Europa League champions to not be able to achieve even 1 draw.
The reason that might make me feel that Sevilla can qualify from the group stage of this tournament is their appearance against Manchester City in the UEFA Super Cup match on August 17, which was held at the Georgios Karaiski stadium, Greece.

Even though they lost and Manchester City lifted the trophy, Sevilla's defeat was a good credit in my opinion. That is, it's possible that Sevilla's performance in La Liga is bad, but the quality of their play can be different in this tournament.

Yea but there is this one variable which is difficult to evaluate: how seriously did Manchester City take the Super Cup match against Sevilla?

I am sure they took it seriously to a certain degree, but it wasn't like they were playing the biggest match of their life. Beating Manchester City in the Super Cup means more to Sevilla than it means to Manchester City beating Sevilla.

But apart from that I agree with you that there is certainly some quality in the Sevilla team that at present is proposing a conundrum because it couldn't get any worse for them in La Liga while at the same time they are able to play on a much higher level than they did and the question is what is their issue?