If there is no redemption, it is not football. If it didn't hurt, you didn't experience it. If you didn't think about quitting, you didn't take the right path. Ever Banega(Rosario, Argentina, 1988) will leave as a Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán hero, because there they only applaud whoever gets stained. Who doubts. Who is fired knowing that he will return. There is a wild communion with the stands. Éver is grumpy and fierce. He asks for forgiveness without concealing that he does not care to ask for forgiveness. His football grows from the ground like a whitish flower that has elbowed itself between aridity and neglect. In Sevilla he has been happy. His only home. Neither Boca nor Newells, nor Atlético, Valencia or Inter saw him fight as he fought as a Nervionense. That is why you want to say goodbye in a big way, emptying yourself, leaving nothing to thirst. And in Europe. Dreaming of a title that he already won in 2015 against Dnipro, also being chosen by UEFA as the MVP of the match, and in 2016 against Liverpool. In both Europa League finals he was a starter, in both he steered the team, in both he smiled caressing the metal.

Éver Banega ended his contractual relationship with Sevilla FC on June 30. His future lay in Saudi Arabia, at the Al-Shabab Club, with which he had signed a three-year contract at the rate of ten million per season. An irreplaceable offer that made the option of staying one more year in the Andalusian capital pale. The virus blew up the deadlines and reopened the suitcases that were already packed on the bed. Monchi negotiated an extension of his contract, which he also made with the cessions of Reguilón by Real Madrid and Bono by Girona, in order to end the two competitions that were still at stake with the Argentine.

His presence has been decisive to achieve the objectives. In the League, Sevilla finally reached fourth place and its consequent place for the Champions League. Of the eleven games played after the stoppage due to the pandemic, Banega played in ten, losing the last due to the accumulation of cards. In the Europa League, epilogue of the great season of Lopetegui's men , Rosario could not have started better, with a masterful contest against AS Roma in the round of 16. With Fernando and Jordán accompanying him in the central plot, Banega is successful and rejuvenated. The 4-3-3 frees him, gives depth to his touch and oxygen to his passes. Lopetegui is clear: "When Ever plays well, Sevilla plays well. And vice versa. It is at a very high level and is one of the most competitive." On his feet is to give continuity to the game; He is a very accomplished footballer, who sets the pace, who adds to the pressure, who knows how to be aggressive without losing his breath. A thunder with the soul of a violin.

Sevilla FC faces this Tuesday (MSV Arena, Duisburg, 9:00 p.m.) a momentous match against Nuno Espíritu Santo's Wolverhampton. The semifinals are caressed and there will be a struggle to win the central circle. The Lobos will have Neves and Moutinho at the core, trying to appease the ferocity of a Banega who is enjoying his last minutes in the elite of world football. His last empire. In this final demonstration of confidence, commitment and courage. A footballer of comings and goings, blackouts and fireworks, silences and din. Human and fickle, a midfielder who seems to be writing in lowercase what will be a giant's career.

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