Sevilla’s jinx at the Bernabéu

In Seville there will surely be fans who would prefer to continue playing in Valdebebas after 2-2 last year, the first time in 11 campaigns that the Nervión team managed to score at least in a Madrid fiefdom. But today the match returns to the Bernabéu, a place where Sevilla has reaped nothing less than 12 consecutive defeats between the League (10 games) and the Cup (two) since his last victory: a 3-4 on December 7, 2008.

That night Kanouté (2), Romaric and Renato scored in a crazy game that Real Madrid managed to tie from 1-3 but that Sevilla ended up again deciding in their favor in the final stretch. Jesús Navas, who was on the Nervionense squad before leaving for Manchester City and then returning, He will not be able to play tonight due to an injury that will have the palace still out for several weeks.

Since that day 14 of 2008-09, twelve defeats in the now remodeled Santiago Bernabéu, with some penalty figures for Sevilla. Just 8 goals in favor and no less than 36 (an average of three per game) against. At the 10 falls in the League, some as painful as a 7-3 in 2013-14 with Ivan Rakitic (who scored two goals that day) in the field, we must add two more games lost in the Copa del Rey, which also served for Real Madrid to overcome those qualifying rounds. In 2010-11, after a 0-1 in the first leg of the Sánchez Pizjuán semifinals, the white team certified their pass to the final with a 2-0. In 2016-17, this time in the round of 16, Madrid decisively put their tie on track with a 3-0 in the first leg that was completed with a 3-3 in Nervión.

The last visit to the La Castellana Coliseum took place with Julen Lopetegui, weeks before the start of the pandemic. That night in January, Sevilla lost 2-1 in a match marked by controversial refereeing. Luuk de Jong scored a goal disallowed by Gudelj’s alleged blocking and the play angered the Sevilla fans, especially Monchi.