Sánchez Pizjuán hosts the postponed match between Sevilla and Barcelona in a duel to decide where Xavi’s team is, which has won 10 of the last 15 points in the League and needs the victory to settle or at least get closer to the noble zone of the table. Lopetegui’s team, which has seven wins and a draw at home so far this league season, also has a lot at stake, because with the victory they would reach Madrid at the top of the table.
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Bono, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Fernando, Rekik, Rakitic (Gudelj, min. 69), Joan Jordán, Delaney (Augustinsson, min. 85), Papu Gómez (Juanlu Sanchez, min. 85), Rafa Mir (En-Nesyri, min. 69) and Lucas Ocampos (Valentino Fattore Scotta, min. 91)
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Ter Stegen, Piqué, Ronald Araújo, Eric Garcia (Clement Lenglet, min. 71), Alba, Pablo Páez Gavira, Busquets, Frenkie De Jong (Luuk de Jong, min. 84), Ousmane Dembélé, Abdessamad Ezzalzouli and Ferrán Jutglà (Nico González, min. 72)
Goals 1-0 min. 31: Papu Gómez. 1-1 min 44: Ronald Araújo.
Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande
Yellow cards Busquets (min. 10), Delaney (min. 34), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (min. 72), Pablo Páez Gavira (min. 76) y Juanlu Sanchez (min. 87)
Red cards Koundé (min. 63)
Piqué returns to the call-up and it is known that Xavi will not be able to line up the four footballers of the subsidiary who have offered such good performance in recent days due to the rule that there must always be seven players from the first team in the team once. Discounting the ownership of Gavi, who was the best in the past match against Elche, one between Abde, Nico and Jutglà will go to the starting bench. Those who will surely not be there will be the injured Sergi Roberto, Braithwaite, Ansu Fati, Dest, Demir and Memphis. Lopetegui, for his part, will not be able to count on Suso, Lamela, Navas and Oliver Torres.
1-1. M. 94.
Piqué goes up to the rival area now that Barcelona box Sevilla.
1-1. M. 90.
He squeezes Barcelona, but the award does not reach him. The referee gives six minutes of added.
1-1. M. 87.
Yellow card to Juanlu for grabbing Abde.
1-1. M. 86.
Papu Gómez leaves and Juanlu enters. In time Delaney leaves and Agustinsson enters.
1-1. M. 85.
Frenkie De Jong leaves and clashes hands with Luuk de Jong.
1-1. M. 84.
Shot at Dembélé’s stick! In his classic play, he cut in and shot with his left foot that crashed into the post.
1-1. M. 81.
Clear Gavi Chance! The midfielder enters from the second row to attack a cross from Abde, but finishes before time and sends the ball wide.
1-1. M. 77.
Yellow card to Gavi after kicking Fernando in his attempt to finish off a cross from Abde.
1-1. M. 73. Double change in Barcelona
Lenglet enters for Eric García and also Nico for Jutglà.
1-1. M. 72.
Chance for Dembélé, who hits him from outside the area with his left foot and crossed, but the ball misses the goal.
1-1. M. 70. Double change in Sevilla.
Rafa Mir and Rakitic leave the field and in return En-Nesyri and Gudelj enter.
1-1. M. 69.
The game is heating up and the referee is not taking out the cards. Ocampos a hard tackle on Abde that does not even signal and Rafa Mir enters at the wrong time on Busquets.
1-1. M. 65. Expel Kounde!
Koundé has lost the clamp! The Sevilla player has crossed paths with Alba. The ball goes out of bounds and Alba looks for the tickle by hitting it with her chest. But Koundé, enraged, throws the ball at Alba’s head-shoulder with bad bagpipes and the referee expels him with a direct red card.
1-1. M. 63.
Chance for Abde after a good against Barcelona. The winger cuts out, but his left-handed shot does not find a goal.
1-1. M. 60.
The game has not lost pace but the fatigue is beginning to show because the players no longer have as much precision in the pass. Sevilla, with their pressure on man, has managed to partially deactivate Barcelona.
1-1. M. 54.
Every corner is an opportunity for Sevilla. Rakitic throws it again and Delaney rises above the Catalans but the ball goes high.
1-1. M. 52.
Delaney’s chance after a corner kick. Lopetegui’s team is doing damage from set pieces.
1-1. M. 49.
31,358 spectators have gathered at the Sánchez Pizjuán.
Sevilla now press the exit of the ball from Barcelona and it works better because the pressure has changed. Before it was more zonal and now it is more man-made.
And the second part begins!
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George Holan is chief editor at Plainsmen Post and has articles published in many notable publications in the last decade.
