Sevilla / Getafe (Madrid), Feb 5 (EFE) .- Sevilla, which together with Barcelona is the only team that is still immersed in three competitions, focuses again on LaLiga with the idea of maintaining its firm path, although to this should be used to the maximum in the visit of Getafe, a team that has recovered many of the sensations that it has shown in previous campaigns.
The sevillistas, after losing 2-0 in their visit to the leader, Atlético de Madrid, on January 12, are launched. Since then they have won in the League against Alavés, Cádiz and Eibar and in the Cup against Leganés, Valencia and Almería.
Magnificent numbers for a team that is fourth in the League, in the Cup semifinals and that is already close to resuming its participation in the Champions League in the round of 16 against German Borussia Dortmund.
Julen Lopetegui is no exception compared to the rest of the coaches and in his speech there is only the next game. In front of Getafe we will have to wait for the Gipuzkoan coach to recount the physical conditions of his players, including the captain, Jesús Navas, with recurrent discomfort in one hip.
The Spanish international was not called up for the clash against Almería and in the previous two he retired in the 67th minute against Valencia in the Cup and at half-time against Eibar in the League, but he has also not trained with the group this week.
Lopetegui will not be able to count safely on the left with the Argentine side Marcos Acuña, who was already out of the Cup this week after being replaced against Eibar due to a fibrillar tear, while the midfielder Óscar Rodríguez is still in the process of recovering from a muscle ailment and another half, the Croatian Iván Rakitic, is ruled out due to accumulation of warnings.
The absence of Rakitic could give Argentinean Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez the opportunity again, a winter reinforcement who made his debut, and started, in Almería in the Cup and now awaits his first minutes in LaLiga.
The sevillista coach could also begin to recover others such as left-handed winger Sergio Escudero and Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclík, who have been working with the group since last week after long-term injuries.
In front is Getafe, who are five points from relegation and come to this match after drawing last round against Alavés at the Coliseum and being thrashed in the previous one with Athletic in San Mamés.
Those two results halted an improvement that began to take place at the beginning of January with the arrival of Japanese midfielder Take Kubo and Catalan midfielder Carlos Aleñá, two players who have given the team a leap in quality and who have earned a place in the eleven scored by José Bordalas.
The Alicante coach has for this match with the important loss due to suspension of the Uruguayan midfielder Mauro Arambarri. To fill his vacancy, Bordalás shuffles two options. One is to start midfielder David Timor and the other to delay Aleñá’s position to play at the top with two forwards, in which case Ángel Rodríguez could enter.
The other novelty in the eleven will be the return of the Togolese Djené Dakonam, who was suspended last day and will form in the center of the rear along with Xabier Etxeita.
– Probable lineups:
Seville: Bonus; Aleix Vidal, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Rekik; Fernando, Joan Jordán; Suso, Papu Gómez, Ocampos; and En-Nesyri.
Getafe: Yañéz; Damián Suárez, Djené, Etxeita, Chakla; Kubo, Maksimovic, Timor, Cucurella; Aleñá; Bush.
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Committee).
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.
Time: 21.00 (CET) (20.00 GMT).
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Positions: Sevilla (4th. 39 points). Getafe (12th. 24 points).
The key: Sevilla, which is still immersed in three competitions, must know how to disconnect from one to another to compete to the fullest in each game, while Getafe is more rested.
The data: Sevilla has won in ten of the seventeen official visits to Sánchez Pizjuán from Getafe, which has added three draws and four victories in these matches, the last of them two seasons ago (0-2) thanks to a double by Ángel .
The phrase:
– Lopetegui: “Getafe is a very tough team”
– Bordalás: “This year’s Sevilla has more experience and their goals are ambitious”
The environment: The Sánchez Pizjuán will be cold again due to the absence of spectators, but also the weather forecasts for Saturday in the Andalusian capital announce rain and cold.
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