Julen Lopetegui's Sevilla will say goodbye to the year in third place in the table after defeating Mallorca 0-2 on Sunday with goals from Diego Carlos and Ever Banega penalty, in a scoring match for the decisions of video arbitration, which canceled a goal local, the work of Ante Budimir , and left to Gil Manzano the decision to indicate maximum penalty that gave rise to the second goal Sevilla. [Narration and statistics: 0-2]

The three points give wings to the Hispanic team in their fight for top positions with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and allow them to turn the page after the draw (1-1) in the Osasuna field and defeat (1-2) against Villarreal in Sánchez Pizjuán in his last two games. Mallorca is at the expense of what Celta does to know if he says goodbye to 2019 in the relegation zone or not, a year that, however, will be remembered by Mallorquinism for a long time after returning to First six years later.

Mallorca went better, could get ahead on the scoreboard with a clear occasion that Lago Junior sent to the clouds, but lacked arguments when Sevilla took the pulse of the opponent and the pitch. The vermilion football disappeared for long minutes, surpassed by an adversary plagued by internationals and whose intensity increased as the minutes passed.

Ambitious Lopetegui scheme

Julen Lopetegui drew on the lawn of Son Moix a very ambitious 4-3-3 and in accordance with his claims to add the three points at stake, a scheme in which the Argentine Lucas Ocampos stood out after completing his three-game penalty for the insults to the collegiate Prieto Iglesias in Valladolid-Seville. The Dutch Luuk de Jong was the reference striker in the absence of Chicharito Hernández, Munas Dabbur, Nolito and Sergio Escudero, and the center of the Sevilla field was under the baton of the Argentine Ever Banega.

Vicente Moreno replied with his usual block, structured with eight players from the ascent to Primera, reduced in defense by the losses of Antonio Raíllo and Joan Sastre. In the vermilion behind, replacing Raillo, the Serbian Alexsandar Sedlar debuted , and the Ivorian Lago Junior returned to the title after overcoming some physical problems.

The goal of Sevilla (min. 20) came through a header from Diego Carlos after a false start of the goal Manolo Reina , although the Mallorcanists requested a previous foul from the Brazilian.

When everything seemed to indicate that Lopetegui's team would go to rest with an advantage on the scoreboard, came the play that ignited the stands of Son Moix after Gil Manzano , after reviewing the action with the VAR, canceled the goal of Ante Budimir ( min. 42). The Croatian connected to the network a center of Lumor that first touched Lake Junior before the ball surpassed Vaclik .

Complaints of Mallorca

The referee gave validity to the vermilion draw, but was corrected by the VAR, all this, after a few moments of tense waiting and culminating in the vigorous protests of the public and players and technicians of Mallorca. In fact, Salva Sevilla, Kubo and Budimir faced Gil Manzano at the end of the first half, shortly before the Extremadura referee was fired with a 'cloth'.

In the second part, Moreno decided to replace a midfielder, Salva Sevilla, with a striker, the "Cucho" Hernández ; Lopetegui replied giving entrance to Kounté by De Jong. The video arbitration again intervened against the interests of the Mallorcanists in the 62nd minute. Baba stepped on Joao Jordan before clearing and the referee signaled the penalty after consulting the VAR, again, amid the loud claims of the public and players local.

Mallorca advanced its lines - the Argentine Pablo Chavarría replaced Budimir and Aleix Febas Baba - against a Sevilla who dedicated himself to defending his comfortable advantage with long possessions and without risking the slightest. The two goals of advantage of the Hispanic team were a very heavy slab for the Balearic Islands, who tried them until the end, without success, because the visitor behind was safe and expeditious every time it was required.

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