Athletic v Sevilla live as Edin Terzić makes LaLiga debut | OneFootball

Athletic open LaLiga at San Mamés against Sevilla as the Edin Terzić era begins. They beat Sevilla 3-2 last August and are starting a campaign against the same opponents in successive seasons for the sixth time, but have never opened with wins over the same club two years running.

As reported by as.com, Terzić again uses Canales at the base as in pre-season against Marseille, with Sancet higher, Areso preferred to Hugo Rincón and Gerenabarrena earning a start after a strong summer. Both line-ups are confirmed. Of Spain’s World Cup players, only Unai Simón starts, with Nico and Laporte on the bench.

Athletic XI: Unai Simón, Areso, Yeray, Paredes, Yuri, Canales, Gere, Iñaki Williams, Berenguer, Sancet, Guruzeta.

Luis García makes three changes for Sevilla. Castrín replaces Salas after his red card against Rayo, while Nico Guillén and Isaac Romero drop out for Peque and Robbie Ure. Sevilla XI: Vlachodimos, Juan Iglesias, Sangante, Castrín, Suazo, Sierra, Agoumé, Guridi, Oso, Peque, Robbie Ure.

Sevilla have won only one of their last seven LaLiga away matches, one draw and five defeats, a 2-3 at Villarreal in May. Terzić becomes the sixth German to coach in LaLiga after Bernhard Schuster, Josef Heynckes, Udo Lattek, Hennes Weisweiler and HansDieter Flick. None of those five lost their debuts, four wins and one draw.

After beating Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in the last round, Sevilla could start a league season with two wins for the first time since 2021/22 under Julen Lopetegui.

Source: as.com

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