Direct, that's how we live it
Things happen
around
Messi
.
In the industrial estates, on the outskirts of their divinity, other teams are forged, other fans are crossed, new miracles happen.
The medals go to the lips, the balls to the net.
Koundé
is a maddening defender.
He breaks the field, burns the scripts, scribbles his own dialogues on paper.
In the 24th minute of the first half, he raised the ball from his field as one who is heading with friends towards the square, with that disconcerting phlegm.
He leaned against hers, tracing walls that were light, like plasterboard.
He was removing rivals with simplicity, unstoppable, calm, with childish insidiousness.
He planted himself in the area, looked up, and fired.
It was an instant.
An unexpected spark
.
A journey from area to area, from everyday to joy, from nothing to goal.
And that
started scaring Barcelona
.
In the 10th minute,
Griezmann
struck a ball over the Nervionense defense.
Messi received alone, outlined and crossed the ball.
Bono dipped fast and pulled out a magic foot to deflect the shot.
It was not the only one who stopped the Argentine.
At the start of the second half, he returned to respond with ease to his shot, with the mitten this time, safe and down.
The Moroccan was a giant, determined from above, providential flush;
bossy, cedrunesco, calm.
There are lazy parties, flourished in the mud, and there are parties that are litigations of light, nerve fans, golden impacts.
Both teams were generous.
Koeman and Lopetegui
wanted to win without giving up their beliefs.
The bible called for pressure, verticality and lightness.
The difference was in Jordan.
The Sevilla midfielder created and destroyed, walked on water, ubiquitous and precise.
Pedri
, in front, looked cold and blunt.
After Koundé's goal, the balance tipped towards the Sevilla fans.
The spinal cord relaxed.
The ball flowed more naturally, less corseted, smoother.
En-Nesyri
was not fine against Umtiti, who read him the dribbles and prevented him from testing
Ter Stegan
.
Still, the German had the opportunity to shine just before the break.
Escudero hit a close shoe and the goalkeeper flew away, scaring the goal by changed hands.
At the exit of the changing rooms, the Barça club had more presence, lacking speed to overcome
Diego Carlos
and
Koundé
, who also had the incombustible support of Fernando, embedded between their centrals when Messi languished on the balcony of the area.
Lopetegui wanted to satisfy the voracity culé with oxygen and muscle.
Rekik, De Jong and Munir made
the squad green.
Meanwhile, Koeman was tenacious with his initial bet, despite the fact that the fatigue was noticeable in the forefront and the inconsequential embraced his midfield.
Barcelona sought the tie with tangled, tangential attacks, with soft shots that repelled the red-and-white forest that protected
Bono
.
Lopetegui resigned Jordán to give
Gudelj
and Suso
minutes
for
Óliver Torres to
disturb the visiting possession.
In the 80th minute, Sevilla played to hold on and Barcelona rubbed two clubs to get a spark that did not finish emerging.
In 84, when Barcelona turned on the host's goal,
Rakitic
received a pass that was a beauty.
He looked at the doorman, sighed, and made it impossible for him.
He didn't celebrate, out of respect for his old team.
Sevilla embroidered football.
Koeman lacked a pulse to respond to Julen.
Nervionian hope for a suicidal return.
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