Sevilla
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Sevilla won by the minimum thanks to a great goal from Oscar in their duel against Alavés, a match that serves for the Sevillans, who will not play the match day 4 against Barcelona due to the absence of three of their internationals, acquire a competitive pace ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League debut against Red Bull Salzburg.
The match started with rhythm, with the desire of both teams to seek the opposite goal. Pellistri tried first, finding Dmitrovic’s successful exit, but Suso’s response was just as dangerous and Sivera had to show off to send the ball to a corner. Navas did what he knows best, raise the band with success and danger, and a center of his ended in an alt shot from Juan María, the willful and motivated left-back of the quarry.
The duel went into a few more boring, leaden minutes, but Suso, always exceptional in his hitting, executed a direct free kick that put Sivera’s reflexes to the test. Fernando, meanwhile, went about his business and showed off in a ball exit surrounded by rival forwards that would surely have raised the applause from the stands. When the first half was dying, Óscar Rodríguez took an exceptional shot from the front with his left that surprised Sivera and made it 1-0 on the scoreboard. Just before the break.
The second half started stuck and not very precise in the offensive actions, until the teams began to move their benches in a massive way. Alavés changed the eleven completely and Sevilla got seven new faces, including Koundé. The Frenchman sent out a very clear chance, which seemed more difficult to miss than to send it high. Immediately afterwards Bono avoided the Vitorian draw with a good hand shot from Guidetti.
Ocampos, who had his first minutes after the physical problems he was dragging, forced Pacheco to show off in a low shot. Nor did this duel with an armistice go for more so as not to cause unnecessary damage and yes in order not to lose competitive rhythm.
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