Dnipro make case for defence ahead of Europa final


By ToDavis
  • Football
  • Wednesday, 27 May 2015

A man visits the Dnipro team's shop in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

WARSAW (Reuters) - If Ukrainians Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are going to shock holders Sevilla to win the Europa League they must find a way to blunt the competition's sharpest strike force, coach Myron Markevych said on Tuesday.

Wednesday's final in Warsaw pitches a Dnipro side, whose resilient if unadventurous style has won them many matches but few admirers, against a free-scoring Sevilla who hope to lift the trophy for a record fourth time -- all in the space of nine years.

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