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When David Moyes led his Manchester United side to victory over Olympiacos in March 2014, be probably didn’t expect he’d be waiting eight years before winning another European knockout game.
However, if he can lead West Ham United to victory over Sevilla, opponents who he considers the toughest of the Europa League play-off victors, that long wait will be over.
Moyes’ time at Old Trafford represented one of a number of failed managerial appointments, and his struggles meant his next two jobs - at Real Sociedad and Sunderland - didn’t carry European responsibilities.
In order to earn another chance, the Scot had to do all the work himself, taking West Ham to a top-six finish and group win to set up a meeting with the 2020 Europa League winners.
Now, rather than using an inherited group of players, he is able to call upon a squad which is very much his own as he aims to learn lessons from that two-legged affair some eight years ago.
Sevilla have won the Europa League more times than any other club, prompting Moyes to claim “We’ve probably got the toughest game in the round,” but the opposite was the case in 2014.
While Man Utd had lagged behind domestically, sitting outside the top four for almost all of the Premier League season, the Champions