Sergiño Dest put in a strong shift at left back for Barcelona in their critical win over Bilbao while Jonathan Gomez maintained his starting spot for Xabi Alonso in Real Sociedad B’s victory.
The draw for the final 16 of the Europa League was set on Friday, sending Sergiño Dest and Barcelona to Turkey, while giving some logistic uncertainty to Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig.
Sergiño Dest and Barcelona easily won their lopsided battle at Valencia, while Matt Miazga and Alaves put up a valiant fight against Real Madrid before predictably falling well short thanks to a late surge from the likely champions.
With four Americans playing on European League teams, Thursday was not the best of nights with only one registering a victory and none of them putting in 90-minute shifts.
Barcelona were saved by a last-attack equalizer in their city derby against Espanyol while Yunus Musah conceded the critical penalty in Valencia’s loss to Alaves.
Before a full weekend of action for Americans playing throughout the world, we take a look at the most hotly burning questions on our minds as we plan a full schedule of game-watching in the Yanks Abroad multimedia bunker.
USMNT star Sergiño Dest should be in line for a run of games in the Barcelona starting lineup, after current starting right back Dani Alves was given a two-game suspension for his red card in their previous outing.
Sergiño Dest filled in for Barcelona legend Dani Alvez for the final minutes of their huge win while Yunus Musah earned the start for Valencia in their tough home draw against Real Sociedad
FC Barcelona announced the player list for their upcoming adventure in the Europa League knockout stage, likely giving Sergiño Dest a strong chance at being the preferred right back for their run to the final in Sevilla.
