Classification This is the League
This League is beginning to resemble that of 2014 in which Atlético won the title on the last day after a passionate and intense battle with Barcelona and Real Madrid. What may not be remembered so much about that championship is that the three teams dropped a lot of points along the way in the final stretch of the season. Sevilla, on the other hand, surely remember it, and from a discreet background, with nothing to lose, it positions itself to dream.
Will Sevilla win this league?
Surely not, but it would be foolhardy to dismiss it. [1-2: Narration and statistics]
His victory this Sunday at the Reale Arena places him, in the absence of the big three playing,
only three points from the first place
in the standings. On the horizon, four simple a priori duels at home and two very complicated visits, that of Villarreal and especially that of Real Madrid, (four days after Zidane's men play the second leg of the Champions League semifinals against Chelsea), in addition of the Levante.
The most powerful argument that Sevilla has to dream of is the match they have completed in San Sebastián. It is true that this Real is not what it was, impossible
without Illarramendi, Merino and Silva
in the field, all paying the toll of the Copa del Rey final. Toll that they gladly accept, of course. At times, the Seville team was an unstoppable whirlwind and then managed to manage its advantage, suffering little despite the efforts of the Sheriff's team to scratch at least one draw.
After five minutes, the Real suggested a game script that was not going to be such.
Elustondo,
usually central and this Sunday lateral, deepened on the right wing and assisted Carlos Fernández, who after a first control beat Bono with a left foot.
The forward, a Sevilla player since he was a child and until three months ago, did not celebrate his first goal with the blue and white jersey.
Storm
However, after that early thrust of the Real, the sevillista storm was unleashed.
Based on winning practically all aerial duels,
Lopetegui's
team
completely took over the game
, with an intense and constant rhythm that resulted in permanent scoring chances.
After several failed attempts,
Fernando put the tie
on the scoreboard, taking advantage of a lousy clearance by Le Normand (it was not the French central defender's game) after a cross from Jesús Navas.
The Brazilian is not a regular on goal, but he has been scoring for two consecutive days.
Just two minutes later, En-Nesyri scored the second, after a first shot from Ocampos that the stick spat into the Moroccan position.
Until the break, Sevilla continued with their harassment and demolition of a Remiro whose stops caused the match to continue until the last minute.
In the same play, he frustrated
Koundé and Fernando
in just a couple of seconds.
It was almost a miracle that the second half did not start with a 1-4 or 1-5 in favor of Lopetegui's men, far superior since Carlos's initial goal.
Bailiff decided to protect himself after the break by placing a defense of three centrals, a move that Lopetegui instantly imitated, delaying Fernando.
The match was balanced and the Real had some phases of dominance, but did not even manage to finish off on goal.
Sevilla only had one clear chance, a
heads-up
that
En-Nesyri
sent away, but they lived through the remainder of the game with ease.
His victory was never in doubt.
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