Europa League: Sevilla beat Fiorentina, Napoli held by Dnipro
Thursday 7 May 2015 22:55, UK
Defending champions Sevilla put themselves in a strong position to reach the Europa League final after beating Fiorentina 3-0 in the first leg of their semi-final.
Sevilla saw their 14-month unbeaten home record ended by Real Madrid at the weekend, but they recovered in style as a brace from defender Aleix Vidal and a strike from substitute Kevin Gameiro helped them claim a valuable advantage to take to Italy for next week's second leg.
Napoli have it all to do in the other semi after Dnipro hit them with a sucker-punch equaliser to draw 1-1 in Italy.
Rafa Benitez's side dominated virtually the whole game but only had David Lopez's second-half header to show for it on the scoreboard and Yevhen Seleznyov controversially made them pay for their profligacy late on.
Replays showed Seleznyov was offside as he smashed home the away goal that has given Dnipro, who have already beaten Olympiacos, Ajax and Club Brugge in the competition, the upper hand.
