The deficit in European experience is quite terrible between Sevilla FC and RC Lens before their Champions League meeting at Sanchez-Pizjuan.
If European experience is an undeniable asset to shine in the Champions League, then it looks very bad for RC Lens. It is with a team without any experience in this competition that the Sang et Or will attack their C1 campaign, after a first trip to the field of Sevilla FC, the winner of the Europa League.
In RC Lens’ probable eleven, only one player has already played in a Champions League match. This is Nampalys Mendy, who totals… 1 C1 match, a 5-0 defeat in Porto with Leicester in the group stage of the 2016-2017 season.
Opposite, in the ranks of the Spanish club, we will find a certain Sergio Ramos, one of the ten most experienced players in the history of the Champions League with no less than 137 C1 matches under his belt. Ideal to support his central hinge partner, the former Lensois and Rennais Loïc Badé, who will discover the Champions League this Wednesday evening.
On the Sevillian side, we will also find other impressive European CVs such as those of Jesus Navas (67 C1 matches), Ivan Rakitic (91 C1 matches) and even Fernando (71 matches).
