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And the thing is that Sevilla no longer had any more extensions.
On every span of grass, a battle.
In every minute, a final.
In each breath, a storm.
Wolfsburg came out covered, with a line of four, filling the medullary, posing a long game, looking for the nerve wear.
The locals responded with intensity and discipline.
It was victory or nothing.
It was either winning or a long goodbye.
Jules Koundé
finished hard but centered a corner in the first minutes. You could see the motivation and the desire in the Lopetegui team, who screamed from the band, who asked for verticality and fang. In the 12th minute,
Ivan Rakitic
put the ball tender and precise in the small area and
Joan Jordán
, almost imploring, dropping to his knees, sent it head to goal. He screamed as if it were the last. There was in his rage a reflection of what his team's game would be like. A luminous struggle.
He scared
Felix Nmecha
with a very strong shot that
Bono
deflected as best he could and that ended up crashing against the crossbar.
The hosts counterattacked after a failure by central defender Brooks at 35, which was not forceful on a punt and allowed Jordán to face
Pavao Pervan
.
The midfielder lost control, ruining the occasion, but the fragility of the Germans and the determination of the Andalusians became clear.
A meager treasure
Josuha Guilavogui
was the best of his team. Ubiquitous, generous, he supported the wolves when
Papu Gómez
,
Munir
and
Lucas Ocampos
pressed the most
, the improvised offensive trident raised by his boss after the cascade of casualties. Rakitic reigned and
Fernando
did not give away a blade of grass. The stands, hopeful, cradled their own. The night looked beautiful, but a goal is a meager treasure, just a little shine.
After the break, the same tapping continued. Sevilla prevailing in the medullary and Wolfsburg blunted and pressing in vain.
Florian Kohfeldt
held his eleven until 66, giving entry to
Maximilian Philipp
.
Julen Lopetegui
preferred to keep his eleven intact. The meeting got tangled. Many fouls, many inaccuracies, scribbled strategies and soft attacks.
Koundé tested Pervan in the 68th minute with an acrobatic volley, but the Austrian goalkeeper stopped safely and down with one hand.
The clock ticked in favor of Sevilla, but their superiority languished and their football was blurred.
Acuña and
Montiel
shone on the wings, both in attack and defense, while
Jerome Roussillon
and
Ridle Baku
, on the other side, were indolent and blunt.
The script had no frills, practically surviving.
Mir's sentence
The young Wolfsburg coach put
Dodi Lukebakio
,
Paulo Otávio
and
Kevin Mbabu
into the box with
barely fifteen minutes left. A desperate attempt to add some logic to his narrow and confused attacks.
Óliver Torres
,
Rafa Mir
and
Thomas Delaney
came out in white
to give Sevilla oxygen, which was facing the final stretch of the match knowing that it was suffering and harassed. A tiny marker demands inordinate suffering. Those from Lopetegui slept the game and drove the green players away from their area. The meeting happened boring, without occasions, comfortable for a team that dreams of Europe again.
Sevilla won, which was their commitment, without fanfare, without enthusiasm, but with a reassuring assurance.
Rafa Mir, in the last second of the game, with the entire Wolsfurgo battling blindly, with Pervan joining the attack, scored the final goal from Ocampos.
Now you have to win in Salzburg to get to the next round.
A new ending.
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