One of the most interesting football matches scheduled for this week will take place on Thursday at 10 PM EAT, Juventus will host Sevilla in the first match of the Europa League semi-finals. That match causes enormous attention worldwide, so it is not surprising that the legendary footballer of the Uruguay national team, and now a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Martin Caceres, is especially looking forward to it.This 36-year-old defender expressed his expectations in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, and on that occasion he admitted that he is closely following both teams that will meet first at Allianz Stadium, and then in a week in Andalusia. This is not surprising, given that Caceres spent the best years of his European career precisely in Juventus and Sevilla.The South American played 119 games for the Old Lady, and 55 for the Spaniards. Admittedly, he had more success with the Italians, winning six titles and two Italian Cups. Perhaps that is partly why he considers Juventus the favorite in this double-header.”First of all, I have to say that I am glad that they returned those 15 points to Juventus. Still, I believe that the Europa League trophy would save their season. It escaped us in 2014, now it could return. It will be a good game. I think the Bianconeri are better than Sevilla, who also managed to recover from a very complicated season,” said Caceres.Think you can eliminate Roma in the knockout stage? The previous seven thought the same…From the summer of 2019 to the fall of 2021 Caceres played in Fiorentina, where Serbian national team player Dušan Vlahović was a member. Caceres expects the most from the current center forward of Juventus on Thursday.”We played together in Florence, so I can tell you firsthand that he is very strong. I’m happy to see him in a Juventus shirt, even though he scored less goals this season than last. Its quality is not in question. He’s one of those ‘nines’ who is a bit arrogant and spoiled in the best possible way. Dusan has different characteristics than Luis Suarez, but they are the same in spirit. He is on the podium with the best strikers in Serie A, Victor Osimhen and Olivier Giroud. Although, Juve still have many quality footballers, starting with Angel Di Maria, against whom I played many times, even with the national team. He is a true champion,” explained the former Copa America winner with Uruguay.Last year, Juventus paid Fiorentina 81,600,000 euros for Vlahovic, which is almost identical to what Barcelona paid Liverpool in 2014 for Suarez. The Uruguayan brought the Catalans one trophy each in the Champions League and the Club World Cup, as well as four titles and the Copa del Rey. Trophies are the thing that Vlahović, who is 13 years younger, is missing. He came to Juventus for that very reason, to win trophies. After the defeat in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup against Inter, the black and whites have only one left to reach this year – the Europa League.Juventus, West Ham clashes attract unbeatable odds from Mozzart BetVlahović spent a good part of the season scoring goals, scoring only 13 in 38 matches in all competitions, two of which were in the Europa League. However, it seems that he finally started to come out of the crisis, he scored a goal each in the last two matches for the black and whites, against Lecce (2-1) and Atalanta (2-0) in Serie A. He will try to continue that streak and against Sevilla.One of Vlahovic’s teammates from the national team, Filip Kostić, will try to help him, and the other, Nemanja Gudelj, will try to stop him. It is expected that Gudelj will be on the field in the last line of Sevilla from the first minute, while the Italian media announce that Massimiliano Allegri will leave Kostic on the bench. He was also there in Bergamo four days earlier, playing only the last eight minutes against Atalanta.It’s not surprising, given that Kostić is in a minor crisis. The last time he scored a goal was on March 19 against Inter, and he hasn’t recorded an assist since March 12 against Sampdoria. Of the next five games in which Kostic was a starter in the championship, Juventus lost three, drew once, and only won against Lecce.##EDITORS_CHOICE##As for the visitors, Sevilla are the most successful club in the Europa League and are currently in good form. The Andalusians won five of her last six matches in all competitions, and in Primera Division they made their way to 11th position and thus finally secured survival.The ‘queen of the Europa League’ showed against Manchester United in the quarter-finals that they know how to eliminate the favored opponent, it was 5-2 on aggregate in that double match. Before that, Sevilla eliminated Fenerbahçe (2-1) and PSV Eindhoven (3-2) in the knockout phase of the Europa League, and interestingly, they did not win any of the three matches as a guest.Juventus reached the semi-finals by eliminating Nantes, Freiburg and Sporting Lisbon.Juventus and Sevilla have been rivals twice in the group stage of the Champions League, in 2015 and 2016. In one of the matches in Turin the score was 0-0, the Old Lady was victorious twice (3-1 and 2-0 each) while the Spaniards recorded one triumph (1-0). This will be their first clash in the second-highest club competition.Projected lineups for today’s Europa League semifinal first leg between Juventus and Sevilla. (📸 | GdS) pic.twitter.com/IY0aEpoGsq— Raffaele (@ItalianoCalcio) May 11, 2023 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUESemifinal, first legThursday22:00: (1.80) Juventus (3.60) Sevilla (5.10)22:00: (2.20) Roma (3.45) Leverkusen (3.60)***odds are subject to change***