SEVILLA – LILLE Sevilla, on the edge of the abyss

Sufficiency, suicide and helplessness. Those were the coordinates of a raucous and careless Seville, unable to take advantage of an early gift and a marker in favor to end up leaving come back through Lille and now get very close to the abyss of elimination in the Champions League. Even outside the Europa League, because after Wolsburg’s victory against Salzburg, it leaves him last in group G.

It was deserved by a brave and fast Lille, with almost four forwards on the field, which received the 1-0 at a quarter of an hour thanks to a rebound that benefited Suso and that Ocampos, on a roll, ended up sending the net (1-0, 15 ‘). Sevilla was thick in attack and the goal, rather than clearing him, ended up blunting him. Bamba had warned Bono but the French team managed to draw thanks to another weird disconnect from Delaney. The son of an American military man displaced to Denmark, Thomas is not at all cold-blooded: against Espanyol he expelled himself and this time he hit a slap that the VAR converted into a penalty. He was transformed by Jonathan David (1-1, 43 ‘).

The goal roused Sevilla a little more, who could have received a bigger blow already before the break if Bono did not remove the ball from Ikoné’s feet. And that as soon as the second half started, he conceded the 1-2 (51 ‘) in a circus play With a stick included that Ikoné himself, this time, yes, sent to the network to the astonishment of Sevilla.

There was a lot of time, 40 minutes, but very little Seville. Neither the changes awakened those of Lopetegui. Lamela, En-Nesyri, Jordán … The most remarkable, What a misfortune, it was an injury to Jesús Navas that will probably leave him without playing against Betis. What a way to get to the derby on Sunday …