Sevilla coach Jose Luis Mendilibar was happy with their 1-1 draw at Juventus in the first-leg of their Europa League semifinal.

Youssef En-Nesyri struck first before Fede Gatti's injury-time equaliser for Juve.

Mendilibar later said: "I have to take away with me the effort we've put in over the 90 minutes and the great first half, when we won a lot of balls and created danger. We struggled to cause them any scares in the second half, so they were more comfortable.

"Our idea was to keep pressing higher up and keep trying to win balls in their half, to be close to their goal and cause more danger, but it was harder for us to win those balls and in the end we had to defend further back. Ultimately we were defending almost all of the time in our half. I don't know if it was the physical effort we'd put in or because they were chasing the draw."

"The good thing I take from this is you can speculate at 1-0 but with this [result] you can't – you have to go out to win," added Mendilibar. The coach confirmed that Lucas Ocampos has suffered a recurrence of a muscular problem, adding: "We'll have to see if he can be ready for the second leg."