He Seville he takes a giant step in his goal of being a team Champions next season by adding the three points against the Eibar which means distancing their rivals in the fight for fourth place, Villarreal and Getafe, to six and seven points, respectively, with only twelve left to play. Those of Lopetegui, undefeated after the break and adding their second consecutive victory, they matured a difficult game against a tough team that looks for the points that will give them the final salvation, resulting in the protagonist Lucas Ocampos, who scored a goal and avoided at the end, with the goalkeeper shirt due to the injury of Vaclik, the tie of Eibar.
However, it was difficult for the Andalusians to find the formula to break the cuirass raised by a Eibar who had problems on the journey to the point of reaching Seville almost fair to play. It was not until the final minutes of the first half that the team from Lopetegui to the goal defended by Dmitrovic, in which the Andalusians claimed two penalties, one by the hands of Tejero and the other by a push from Rafa to Ocampos, but Var did not review them. That and a header from Fernando They were the prelude to the best local occasion, Ocampos, who in a heads up only with the goal from Eibarrés crossed the ball too much.
In the beginning of the second half was the Eibar the first one that scared in an auction of Diop on a corner kick that walked down the goal line. But in an isolated but spectacular action by Jesús Navas 1-0 was born. After a perfect maneuver, the incombustible palatial, ten years after putting the ball to Iniesta that was worth a World Cup, took a cross with the left to the second post past that Ocampos He finished Fernando Torres, or Cruyff, on goal, stretching his right leg and scoring with the outside. After the goal Sevilla always controlled the situation, although in the discount the stick avoided the tie of Kike Garcia in an action in which he was injured Vaclik and that forced Ocampos to finish goalkeeper and make a decisive intervention saving the tie after a shot by Dmitrovic after a racket.
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Data sheet:
1-Seville: Vaclik (2); Jesús Navas (3), Diego Carlos (2), Sergi Gómez (2) (Gudelj (2), 80 ’), Escudero (2) (Reguilón (s.c.), 80’); Banega (3), Fernando (3), Oliver Torres (2) (Jordán (2), 63 ’); Ocampos (4), De Jong (2) (En-Nesyri, (2) 63 ’), Munir (3) (Suso (2), 79’).
0- Eibar: Dmitrovic (3); Tejero (2), Oliveira (3), Burgos (2), Soares (2); Sergio Álvarez (2) (Atienza, (2) 88 ’); Cristóforo (3), Diop (2) (De Blasis (2), 78 ’), Expósito (2) (Kike (3), 68’), Inui (1) (Pedro León (2), 77 ’); Enrich (2) (Charles (s.c.), 88 ’)
Goals: 1-0, Ocampos (56 ’)
Referee: Mateu Lahoz (C. Valenciano). He admonished Sergi Gómez (14 ’), Sergio Álvarez (37’) and Ever Banega (90 ’)
Stadium: Behind closed doors at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán