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Shakhtar Donetsk deserved more against Sevilla - Mircea Lucescu

Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu says his team wanted, and deserved, more in their Europa League semifinal loss to defending champions Sevilla on Thursday.

A pair of goals from Kevin Gameiro and a long-range strike from Mariano trumped Eduardo Da Silva's goal, powering Sevilla to their third consecutive final and a 3-1 win at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Shakhtar has experienced many domestic triumphs in Ukraine but had never reached the semifinals in a European competition. Speaking to reporters after the game, Lucescu hailed his side's effort despite the disappointing result.

"We wanted more and probably deserved more," Lucescu said.

"In the locker room I congratulated the team for an excellent performance in the Europa League.

"I believe that in this second leg we felt the pressure of an incredible audience, which caused some mistakes on the part of my boys."

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