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With his assistance, Fernando Reges has participated in four goals in his last seven LaLiga appearances (three goals and one assist), the same as in his previous 32 league games with Sevilla (four assists).
With this result, Sevilla have won 23 of their 36 LaLiga games this season (5E 8D), equaling their best historical record of victories in the same campaign in the top flight, achieved in 14/15 with Unai Emery (23V 7E 8D). In addition, he stands with 74 points, two short of equaling the 76 he achieved with Emery in 2014/15, which is his best record in LaLiga to date. There are six points to be played and by winning both games he would be able to surpass that mark.
Sevilla are approaching their goal of reappearing their most successful season in terms of points after beating Valencia narrowly on a Youssef En-Nesyri goal in the second half. After the first languid 45 minutes of the game, Valencia came out with renewed energy seeking to surprise a Sevilla that had dominated in the first half, but had generated very little danger in the area. Lopetegui introduced several starters in the field and, when the team was better, En-Nesyri managed to connect with a filtered pass from Fernando to put the 1-0 on the scoreboard. The game was once again under the rule of Seville, but Valencia had several attempts in the last minutes that, due to lack of precision, ended up not altering the score in the Pizjuán.
END OF THE GAME IN THE PIZJUÁN! Sevilla take all three points thanks to a lone goal from En-Nesyri.
Second yellow for Valencia, this time for Paulista. He had a fall with Acuña in the area.
Diego Carlos clears now after a great attempt by Guedes in the area! New corner kick favorable to the che team.
There will be 5 extra minutes in the Pizjuán!
Corner kick for Valencia after a good combination play on the right side between Soler and Piccini, and in which Papu Gómez had to intervene in defensive tasks.
Musah was now trying to connect with a teammate in the area, but Sevilla's defense folds back well after a loss of the ball and prevents Valencia from creating danger in their area in these final minutes of the match.
FACT: Sevilla have not lost in their last six games played in LaLiga on Wednesday, winning five of them (1E) although their only draw in this streak was against Valencia (1-1 in October 2019) while Valencia did not. they have won any of their last six that day in the competition (2E 4D).
Lopetegui makes his last change and brings in Rakitic for Suso. In this way, the five starters who played against Real Madrid and that the Basque coach had left on the bench for the start of the duel at Pizjuán are reinstated.
New substitution in Valencia! Maxi Gómez leaves and Musah enters.
First yellow card for a Valencia player, the third of the match. Carlos Soler fouls Papu Gómez and is booked by Estrada Fernández.
Ten minutes remaining in the Pizjuán! If this result is maintained, Sevilla would remain, with 74 points, two to equal what was its best season with 76 with Unai Emery, with six still to be disputed.
The second change will be Toni Lato for Gayà.
Valencia change formation! Guillamón leaves and Gameiro enters.
Lopetegui's team controls the possession again, which now combines with calm, patience and with the relaxation of having scored that goal that was resisting so much. The Basque coach added more headlines in the second half.
New change in the Seville team! Óscar Rodríguez leaves and Ocampos enters the field of play.
Sevilla are now encouraged after the goal and take advantage of the renewed energy to try to increase the advantage on the scoreboard.
FACT: With this goal, Youssef En-Nesyri reaches 50 in all elite competitions. The Moroccan forward has scored the first goal of the game in LaLiga 10 times this season, more than any other player (Lionel Messi and Gerard Moreno, eight). Gunman.
The second change of the interim Valencia coach will be Correia for Piccini.
Voro moves the bench after the Moroccan goal! Manu Vallejo leaves and Cheryshev enters.
The VAR confirms En-Nesyri's goal after a couple of minutes of review.
The play is being reviewed with the VAR for possible advanced position of En-Nesyri.
GOOOOOOL OF EN-NESYRI! GOOOOOOOOL OF SEVILLE! He had warned in the previous action, but En-Nesyri does not fail this time and marks the first of the match, after the complications that Sevilla has encountered to generate danger in the Valencia area. Fernando Reges assisted him with a filtered pass to the area. The changes take effect in Sevilla, at the time when Valencia was in the game and was enjoying its best minutes of the game.
Fernando assist
En-Nesyri's first arrival in the second half! The Moroccan striker tried with a header from the area, but the ball skims the right post of Cillessen's goal.
It seems that Correia will be able to continue on the field of play after having spent a few minutes lying on the grass being treated by medical assistance, and after having momentarily left the field of play.
First arrival of Papu Gómez! Suso assists the Argentine in the area, although the shot came out very focused and did not put Cillessen in trouble.
FACT: Sevilla player Youssef En-Nesyri is just one goal away from reaching 50 in all elite competitions (169P – 49 goals). He has scored 29 of them with Sevilla in 75 games, 23 of them in the current campaign (49 games).
And finally, Lopetegui gives entry to Papu Gómez by Óliver Torres.
Fernando will replace Gudelj in the core.
Lopetegui does not like what he sees and makes a triple change: Acuña replaces Escudero in his natural position.
Óliver Torres falls in the area after a foreclosure with Guillamón, the Sevilla player asks for a penalty, but Estrada Fernández does not indicate anything and continues the match.
CATCH BONUS! New great arrival of Valencia after a good associative action from the Che team. Manu Vallejo received from Guedes in the front of the area, and was finished first but he got a very focused shot.
Soler's direct free kick that Gudelj has to clear. There will be a corner kick in favor of Valencia, which seems to be putting the game one more way in the latter stages of the second half.
HOW CLOSE MANU VALLEJO! Great combinatorial play of Valencia. Correia assists Guedes in the front, who accelerates in the final section of the area, enters to the baseline and delays looking for Manu Vallejo in the small area. Vallejo's auction was stopped by Bono, but it was a very clear opportunity for Voro's team.
The meeting continues through the channel of tranquility, both teams already have the tranquility of having qualified for the Champions League, in the case of Sevilla, and having saved the category after a convulsed season, in the case of Valencia.
FACT: Carlos Soler has participated in 16 goals in LaLiga this season (nine goals and seven assists), his highest record of both goals and assists in the same campaign in the competition. The last Valencia player to record double figures in both goals and assists in the same LaLiga season was Juan Mata (11 goals and 13 assists) in 2008/09.
Valencia comes out with the greatest presence in the Sevilla area in this second half.
Maxi Gómez tried the heel in the area, surprising those of Voro to Sevilla! The action is born from a corner favorable to the Che box.
START THE SECOND HALF IN THE PIZJUÁN!
45 minutes in which Sevilla has dominated in attack, although they have failed to transform this superiority into clear scoring chances. Valencia is comfortable and is preventing the Seville team from finding spaces in which to turn those chances into goals. Not much has happened in the Pizjuán in this first half in which the struggle has been, during several sections of the match, in the center of the field. Sevilla lacks spark and arrival at Valencia. At the moment, a 0-0 draw in a match that neither seems to be in too much of a hurry to win, also motivated by having achieved their goals for the season with two rounds left before the end of the championship.
REST IN THE PIZJUÁN! Very decaffeinated first half between Seville and Valencia. It remains 0-0 on the scoreboard.
There will be an extra minute in the Pizjuán!
Vallejo was now trying from the right side with a very tense center to the area that finally ends up bouncing off Escudero.
Cillessen puts his fists in to deny both Suso, who tried again to try his luck with a shot from outside the area! It came out very focused, however.
UP! Carlos Soler's shot does not catch the thread well and ends up going over Bono's goal.
Dangerous free kick for Valencia after Joan Jordán stopped Guedes on the balcony of the area. The team will have a great chance from set pieces.
Gudelj takes the second yellow of the match, also for a player from Seville, for a foul committed on Guedes.
UP GUDELJ! Cillessen the Serbian surprises with a shot from outside the area that does not enter between the three sticks, but leaves brushing the right post of the goal.
Minutes in which the struggle of the ball is centered in the central circle of the field. Neither team reaching the rival area, when the match is fading.
FACT: Sevilla is the LaLiga team that has conceded the fewest goals this season (3) and all of them have been received away from home (vs Granada, Alavés and Elche).
Minutes without too much action now in the Pizjuán, when we completed the first half hour of play in Seville.
Sevilla continues to dominate, it lasts for Valencia very. little the ball, but those of the Nervión are having complications to arrive with danger to the last meters. For now, shots from outside the area dominate.
Cillessen has to catch the ball in two halves after a shot from the balcony in Suso's area! En-Nesyri expected the Valencia goalkeeper's rejection, but he reacts well and prevents the Sevilla striker from taking the ball in the small area.
FACT: Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou will play his 100th game in LaLiga (99P – 62 with Girona and 37 with Sevilla) – he has left a clean sheet in 14 games this league campaign, only Atlético's Jan Oblak de Madrid (18) and Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid (16) have done it in more.
GOAL CANCELED TO SUSO! The player from Seville received a long pass from Koundé looking for the back of the defense, but Suso was in an advanced situation when he controlled and his goal did not go up to the scoreboard.
Manu Vallejo fell short! Good move now from Valencia in the front of the area. Vallejo makes the wall with Soler, receives, looks for the best position for the shot, but ends up making a centered shot without too much danger that Bono caught without complications.
Now Voro's team had a chance through a direct free kick (after a foul by Koundé on Maxi Gómez), but the center that was aimed at the area ended up being rejected by Bono with his fists. Surely the Seville goalkeeper.
The game continues to be a monologue for Sevilla, although at the moment it is not knowing how to translate its superiority into dangerous occasions. A lot of fabric to cut in the Pizjuán.
TO THE SIDE OF THE NET! Again, hitting Sevilla on the left with danger. Óscar Rodríguez makes the play on that side, filters the pass to the area for En-Nesyri, who finishes off heeled with little precision and ends up sending the ball through the right side of the goal.
Sevilla's corner gets into the pot, but Ferro clears. Then it was Suso who returned to center it to the area looking for the shot, Koundé wanted to put the header on the right post of Cillessen's goal, but the Seville center-back did not connect with the center of his partner.
There will be a corner kick committed by Lato, after a fight on the right with Navas. Lopetegui's team exploiting both bands in this match start.
Decaffeinated start at the Pizjuán, both teams playing their particular plan, but we completed the first 15 minutes of the game without too many occasions on the pitch.
En-Nesyri falls asleep in the area after several cuts, but the play was invalidated by the forward position of the Seville striker!
Sevilla plays and plays, but it seems that they are only finding a hole on that left wing. This time it was Óscar Rodríguez who struck from that side, although Paulista was attentive to send the ball to a corner kick.
Carlos Soler was encouraged! Valencia's imagination shot with the direct free kick, Soler looks for the shot with a direct thread, but the ball goes through the left post of Bono's goal.
Escudero takes the first yellow card of the match after a duel with Correia. There will be a lateral foul, and dangerous, in favor of the Che team.
Clearer chance of the match at the hand of Sevilla! The referee finally indicates that there is nothing in En-Nesyri's previous action with Lato, but Lopetegui's men consume their dominance with the first great arrival of the match.
Escudero's service to the area after a good combination on the left wing, looks for En-Nesyri at the far post, who when trying to finish falls to the ground. The Moroccan striker asks Estrada Fernández for a penalty for hugging him in the area and preventing him from finishing with comfort.
First bars of the meeting in which Sevilla dominates possession.
START THE PARTY IN THE PIZJUÁN!
Fernando Reges collects his player of the month award for April in LaLiga on the Pizjuán lawn. There is very little left for the duel to start.
The 22 protagonists come out onto the pitch accompanied by the referee trio! The referee for the contest will be Estrada Fernández.
6. Valencia won their last game in LaLiga, 3-0 against Real Valladolid, and they have not won two in a row in the competition since February 2020 (2) – they have only added nine victories after 35 games in LaLiga this season, their number lowest at this point in its history in competition.
5. Sevilla have not won in their last two LaLiga matches (1E 1D) and only once this season have they linked three or more in a row without winning in the competition: four in October 2020 (1E 3D).
4. Sevilla have not lost in their last six games played in LaLiga on Wednesday, winning five of them (1E) although their only draw in this streak was against Valencia (1-1 in October 2019) while Valencia did not. they have won any of their last six that day in the competition (2E 4D).
3. Valencia have not won in their last six visits to Andalusian teams in LaLiga (2E 4D), conceding just two goals in five of them, after having won in the previous five.
2. At home, Sevilla have lost two of their last three games against Valencia in LaLiga (1V) after not having lost any of the previous 13 against them at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in the top flight (9V 4E).
1. Sevilla have won their last two LaLiga games against Valencia, both by the same result (1-0), and have not won three in a row against them in the competition since February 2012 (5).
Let's go with some data prior to the start of the duel!
Sevilla have Diego Carlos, Jesús Navas, Jules Koundé, Marcos Acuña (who will start from the bench). A yellow would make them miss the next match against Villarreal. Diakhaby (bench) and Thierry Correia find themselves in the same situation at Valencia.
On the bench of the che team: Doménech, Mangala, Kevin Gameiro, Diakhaby, Gayà, Álex Blanco, Cheryshev, Wass, Kang-in Lee, Piccini, Musah and Oliva.
Valencia also make numerous changes to the line-up they presented in their victory against Valladolid. Voro comes out like this with: Cillessen; Paulista, Guillamón, Ferro; Correia, Soler, Racic, Guedes, Toni Lato, Maxi Gómez and Manu Vallejo. From the game against Valladolid, he only keeps the goalkeeper, Maxi, Soler, Correia, Guedes and the pair of centrals that form Guillamón and Paulista.
Sevilla's options on the bench are: Vaclik, Sergi Gómez, Rekik, Ocampos, Luuk de Jong, Rakitic, Aleix Vidal, Acuña, Franco Vázquez, Papu Gómez, Fernando and Javi Díaz.
Thus, the Seville team comes out with: Bono; Navas, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Escudero; Joan Jordán, Gudelj, Torres; Suso, En-Nesyri, Óscar Rodríguez.
Sevilla make five changes compared to the eleven that played against Real Madrid. Escudero replaces Acuña on the left side, Gudelj and Óliver Torres enter the core occupying the place of Fernando and Rakitic. Finally, Lopetegui also refreshes the lead and leaves the Argentine duo Papu-Ocampos on the bench, giving entry to En-Nesyri and Óscar Rodríguez.
We already have confirmed lineups from both teams! Many changes in both teams.
It is not being easy for the team to be the visitor, because of the 51 points that they have played, they have only won 11, leaving 40 of them on the road. Only two wins, five draws and 10 losses away from Mestalla, which shows the complications that Valencia has had on the road this season.
At a press conference, Salvador Gónzalez 'Voro' recalled that not long ago Valencia was the third force in LaLiga behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, but now he admits that “for Valencia it is unfeasible to compete with Sevilla”, as he has well made clear in the press conference prior to the crash at the Pizjuán. “Sevilla are doing things very well. Is it our mirror? Yes, is it easy? No, it is not easy but that is the way ”, he added.
Those of the Nervión face a Valencia already saved that simply seeks to leave the best possible image after an irregular season. The team that has had convulsive weeks both on and off the field, an indicator of the complicated campaign that the Valencian team has experienced. Javi Gracia was dismissed on May 3, being replaced by Voro as interim coach. In addition, thousands of fans who gathered in the vicinity of Mestalla last day to demonstrate against the dispatches, Anil Murthy, Peter Lim and all the non-tactical decisions that are decided between contracts and roles.
“100% unification will never exist because as long as there is interpretation, each one will bring the ember to his sardine. Everything can be improved. There will always be those who feel harmed. This is also football,” admitted Lopetegui at a press conference. The Seville coach did not want to repeat himself and later focused on the match at the Pizjuán: “Valencia have already achieved salvation and I'm sure that freed from that situation, they will show what a good team they are. We are on the stage of adding the three points. We do not look back but forward. “
Sevilla is surrounded by controversy after the decisions that the VAR and the referee team made in the duel against Real Madrid, awarding the Seville team a penalty by the hand of Militao that has generated a volcano of comments and has expanded the conversation about technological interpretations in soccer.
It seems difficult for them to continue fighting for the title, in addition, because the previous day was not defining for the championship: the first four faced each other and ended up dividing the points to two bands. It is not mathematical that they cannot opt for the title, especially after Barcelona's draw against Levante yesterday, but in the event that Atlético de Madrid win their commitment against Real Sociedad, Lopetegui's men will say their final goodbye. to the LaLiga trophy.
Sevilla saw how Real Madrid's draw in extremis last Sunday broke the illusions of stalking the LaLiga title, because with 71 points, they would currently find themselves six from Atlético de Madrid with 9 to be played. Sevilla, already classified for the Champions League, would have to try to overcome the numbers of what was their best league season with 76 points and finish the season with the best possible sensations.
Good afternoon and welcome to this meeting corresponding to the 36th. LaLiga matchday that will face Sevilla and Valencia at the Sánchez Pizjuán!
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