Youssef El Nesiri is the best player of the week in the Europa League

Sevilla striker Youssef El Nesiri has been named the Europa League Player of the Week, according to the UEFA official website.

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It will be recalled that in the return match, Sevilla beat MU 3-0 at home, with the Moroccan striker scoring 2 goals. Thus, the Andalusians reached the semifinals, where they will play against Juventus of Turin.

In the fight for the title of the best player of the week, Youssef El Nesiri was ahead of Bayer Leverkusen's Adam Glocke, Juventus' Adrien Rabiot and Roma's Nemanja Matic.

The previous winner of this award was Marcel Zabitser, a midfielder from Man U.