Lopetegui honors the tiqui-taca

The 2-0 that Luuk de Jong made to Valencia is a true ode to the tiqui-taca of this Seville that Julen Lopetegui directs. 37 times, including the Dutchman's final shot, Nerviones players combined so that the ball ended up staying in the net. No one, according to Opta's statistical service, has basted a play so long that it ends in a goal between LaLiga teams during this season in any of the competitions.

They touched the ball Sergi Gómez (7 times), Rakitic (7), Acuña (5), Koundé (5), Jordán (3), Bono (3), Gudelj (2), Navas (2), Munir to drive towards the attack and finally, Suso as assistant and the scorer Luuk de Jong. All the players who were on the field at that time dressed in Sevilla, therefore, intervened in one of the best plays of this round of the Copa del Rey.

Lover of the combinative game and with undeniable results since he arrived at Seville in the summer of 2019 (Sixth Europa League and 4th place in the league last year; 4th in the table, in the eighth of the Champions League and in the quarterfinals of the Cup in this one), Lopetegui has sometimes been discussed in Nervión about his way of playing, sometimes unspectacular, and his short results. But the last two games have been settled with goals (3-0 both) against Cádiz and Valencia and with a magnificent football that proves in the best way this both record and tiqui-taca scored by De Jong.