Not even the covid slows down Seville

The Sevilla, which closes the first round with 41 points and has only yielded a draw with the Barça In the last five days, he overcame adversity once again and added another three in his visit to the Cádiz to secure his second place and get closer to the leader Real Madrid in a match marked by Covid-19, which produced many casualties in both teams and leaves the Cádiz sunk in the table.

It was an Andalusian duel marked by the precautions that the team of Alvaro Cervera, who has not yet won in his stadium, controlled during the first half, but in which after the break he could not contain the attacks of a rival with more gunpowder upstairs although the virus particularly shook the forward position, in which they could not play nor En-Nesyri before going to the Africa Cup ni Rafa Mir.

The presence of the young Iván Romero in the eleven was one of the consequences of the plague of casualties, between injuries and the positives of Covid maintained by Lopetegui, who had complained as the Cádiz coach that the match was not suspended due to this circumstance.

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Without Koundé by sanction, Suso, Jesús Navas and Lamela injured and the two most mentioned rams Delaney and Montiel By Covid, the Gipuzkoan was forced to line up an eleven with three centrals and Acuña between them, although after half an hour of play the Argentine was placed as a right back to return to the usual 4-3-3.

This made the Sevilla find more spaces, since during the first half it was difficult for him to get close to Ledesma’s goal. A shot at the beginning by Joan Jordán was the Sevilla fans’ best chance, while Negredo he scared the visitors with an attempt from midfield after a loss by Fernando.

It was after the break that the game really moved.

The Cádiz, which also brought out a team of circumstances, with homegrown players, due to the casualties of Cala, José Mari, Jon Ander, Salvi Jiménez or Choco Lozano, wanted to take a step forward and Sevilla he took advantage of it. Ocampos, already with more arrival as a winger than as a lane, took advantage of a loose ball after a corner to shoot Ledesma at the short post.

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The Cádiz, with many problems to score a goal, the game was already very uphill. Acuna touched the 0-2 with a shot to the squad that Ledesma took out, but the locals were able to tie with a tremendous left-foot from Espino that forced Bono to be used thoroughly, an action that marked a final arreón of the yellow team, who, encouraged by the stands, was able to score by means of Andon and Carcelén. However, the Sevilla, in an action of Rakitic and another of Oscar Rodriguez, put sentence even Ocampos he scored again, but the VAR invalidated the goal.

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