Serbian keeper is excited for a potential showdown with David de Gea in Europa League and discusses being attacked on the pitch
One morning in early March, a bunch of flowers were delivered to Sevilla’s Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium. Addressed to goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, they had come from supporters at PSV Eindhoven, a card among the red and white carnations wishing him well and apologising on behalf of fans. “Dear Mister Dmitrovic,” it began, before closing with best wishes for the rest of the competition, which takes him to Old Trafford on Thursday night. “It’s a nice touch,” he says; it will also be different this time, he’s sure.
Different is the word, the first Dmitrovic uses. Asked to define this campaign, it works. “It’s crazy really,” he says. Sevilla, who were briefly contenders last season and qualified for the Champions League for a third consecutive year, now find themselves fighting relegation, having had as many managers as away wins, and dumped into the Europa League. Which is at least their competition and where, two rounds in a row, they survived comebacks and the keeper survived being attacked by fans.
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