• Champions League. Friendly draw with Madrid and Valencia; Barcelona and Atlético go badly unemployed

The Spanish representation in the Europa League has met this morning those who will be their rivals in the group stage. Seville, Espanyol and Getafe have received good news from Monaco as they will avoid rivals such as Rome, Arsenal, Manchester United or Porto in the first instance.

The most fortunate has been Sevilla , since it started in the first hype with the most dangerous rivals. The pentacampeon is framed in group A with the Apoel de Nicosia, the Qarabag (the Azeri eliminated Atlético in the Champions League league) and the Luxembourg Dudelange . "We have not touched teams that have more potential or economic staff, we can be moderately satisfied. There are groups that can be unpredictable. We are satisfied, although you are never satisfied at all until you play. Of the possibilities we had, we are happy, " said the member of the technical secretariat of Seville, Emilio de Dios, knowing the rivals of Hispanics.

Less fortunate has been the Getafe , who despite having avoided the 'coconuts' of the competition, will face Basel C in the group C , the head of the series and great rival with the Russian Krasnodar FC , and the Turkish Trabzonspor , in principle, weaker rival. "Walking around Europe is always good and in this case we have had a very close and attractive group. There are no easy rivals, but we will try to give a good image," said the president of the Madrid club Angel Torres at the end of the draw.

For its part , Espanyol , who returns to the competition 12 years after contesting the final against Sevilla in Glasgow, has also come out well from this draw, although like Getafe must face long displacements. CSKA Moscow, the Ludogorets Razgrad and the Hungarian Ferencváros TC will be their rivals in group H after having surpassed three previous phases this summer. The vice president of the club, Carlos García Pont , was pleased to know what the first commitments that the Blue and Whites will face. "The illusion is a goal, but qualifying is the goal. In every game you have to go out to win and be first would not surprise us ," he said.

Hazard, Player of the Year

As in the Champions League draw, the best players of last season have also been awarded and Real Madrid midfielder Eden Hazard has been chosen as Player of the Year in the Europa League 2018/19 . The Belgian was the undisputed leader of Chelsea throughout the competition and scored two goals in the final against Arsenal.

Hazard has imposed himself on the vote to two players with whom he maintains a close relationship: Luka Jovic , who last year took Eintracht from Frankfurt to the semifinals and also arrived in Madrid this summer, and Olivier Giroud , his former partner in London .

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