Narration: This is how we live the game
First Classification
At this point in the season, it makes as much sense to say that Sevilla's goal is to finish in the top four as they aspire to win the championship.
Even the second one seems more real, because although he is at such a distance - seven points - from Atlético as from Real Sociedad, fifth, he has played one game less than the Donostiarras.
At the moment, with his victory this Monday in Pamplona (0-2),
Julen Lopetegui's team
already surpasses Barcelona in the table and has Real Madrid only four points away, which can become one if Sevilla win their duel pending against Elche, which will be played on March 17.
The position it occupies in the table accurately describes the moment that the Nervionense lives,
winner of 11 of its last 13 matches
in all competitions.
In the League, there are already six consecutive wins, which makes them, by far, the team with the most form in the championship.
Sevilla was not affected by their defeat last Wednesday in the Champions League against Dortmund and Osasuna was simply a victim on his way, unable to break his tight control of the game despite the fact that Navarre also live a very positive present.
They will have to wait to put more land in between with the relegation zone.
Everything could have been very different if Osasuna had been able to take advantage of his overwhelming staging.
Jagoba Arrasate's team
started the game fierce
, adding two very clear chances in the first three minutes.
In the first,
Moncayola
sent the ball high up.
In the second,
Oier
, as only as a footballer can be in the area, headed a
Rubén García
cross at the post
.
Slow domain
Overcome the initial shock, Sevilla began to do what they almost always do: take command of the game based on patience.
Perhaps the greatest virtue of Lopetegui's team is that it never rushes, rarely gets fooled by nerves, and only takes risks when strictly necessary.
Not that he subdued Osasuna, but it was enough to curb his enthusiasm.
The goal that opened the scoring, an impeccable header from
Diego Carlos
just off a corner, helped bring the game at the pace Sevilla wanted.
Osasuna could not find a way to sink his teeth into his rival, mainly because it did not give him the slightest option to do so.
Arrasate's initial bet on containment didn't help him too much to deploy effectively in attack.
Things got even more complicated for the Navarrese when, at the beginning of the second half,
De Jong
scored a goal from
Munir
, the best footballer of the match with
Jordán's
permission
.
Already in the final stretch, Osasuna had several occasions to make up the set-piece defeat, but once again Sevilla showed their strength in that facet.
Papu Gómez
could also score
, as soon as he left, with a whiplash that allowed
Herrera to
shine
.
The victory of a Sevilla was never at risk, which, according to the doubts of Atlético, Madrid and Barça, takes leave to dream in the final third of the League.
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