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In Mendizorroza, where Julen Lopetegui received a nearly final sentence as coach of Real Madrid a year ago, Sevilla took advantage of Atlético's prick at the Reale Arena to regain the leadership of LaLiga. He did so deservedly, before an opponent who did not shoot at goal, as controversial. Already with the final 0-1 on the scoreboard, neither the referee nor the VAR sanctioned as a penalty a clear stomp from Fernando to Aleix Vidal. [narration and statistics]

They crossed in Mendizorroza the two best defensive teams, next to Athletic, of the beginning of LaLiga. Hardly a goal received in the previous three days proved the reliability behind two new projects, headed by Asier Garitano and Julen Lopetegui. The Alavés, in particular, gives the feeling of being the most defensive team in the competition, the one that relies on the old man full of resisting cars and carts to kill the opponent against it.

The problem encountered by the Basque team during the first half was that Sevilla did not allow him a single joy. Well, yes, a cross shot from Joselu, but the VAR would have intervened in case of goal by Lucas's previous offside. It was an anecdote for an initial 45 minutes in which Sevilla constantly lived in the opposite field.

Lopetegui's plan was to hurt the bands, with Navas and Ocampos on the right and Reguilón on the left, and using De Jong as a buoy to take advantage of the second moves. Pacheco, wanted by the Hispanics during the summer market, made Sevilla's life bitter on several occasions, until he ended up giving a precise shot of direct foul by Joan Jordán who, 10 minutes after the break, put justice on the scoreboard.

Garitano wanted to correct his lack of threat to the counter after the break. He removed Pons, midfielder, and took out Burke, a Scottish end who, a minute after debuting, saw the yellow card. If it is not a record, nearby will walk. Seeing that what was done was not enough, the Basque coach immediately corrected his team again, introducing Manu García for Lucas, a change of defensive appearance, to return to 4-3-3 that had given him such a good result in the previous days .

Without boasting, Alavés improved its performance little by little. In those, came the play that would mark the future of the game. Fernando stepped on Aleix Vidal in the area, a play that went unnoticed by Hernández Hernández. The surprising thing was that the VAR reviewed the play and did not correct the initial decision of the field referee, in the face of the disbelief of babazorros players and fans.

They were 25 minutes ahead in which the Alavés launched into the attack, assuming risks that Ocampos almost took twice to score Sevilla's second goal, one of them sending the ball to the post. Garitano, with Manu García as leader, finished the game in the Vaclik area, putting together several clear shots in the discount. The problem was that none, neither then nor in the rest of the noon, took direction to goal. And so it is very difficult to get something positive out of a football game.

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