Short step for Sevilla in Vitoria

The Sevilla gave in Mendizoroza a short step in his fight to keep his dream. When he intended to put pressure on Real Madrid and get within three points, he only added one against a Alaves who stood up However, the Andalusian team came close to victory, having the best chance in the boots of Munir in the 89th minute, when he failed to finish off a loose ball practically on the line of the small area and crashed the ball into the body of Pacheco. The tie does not satisfy either of them in a game with chances that would not have ended 0-0. Those of Mendilibar also take a short step towards their goal of salvation.

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Sevilla, which continues to suffer from a chilling plague of injuries, came out with the intention of taking advantage of the inertia of their victory in the derby to try to win again away from home, something they had not done since January 2, when they beat Cádiz . Without Fernando, Diego Carlos, Papu Gómez or Martial, who have also sought, together with other injured people, various opinions from doctors in Madrid and Porto, those of Julen Lopetegui they found Alavés intense and very needy.

The team from Vitoria came out with the intention of imposing a high rhythm in the pressure and disturbing the control of the game by the Andalusians, soon encountering occasions that were serious warnings in Bono’s goal. Joselu He tried and found the Moroccan goalkeeper on a couple of occasions, while Sevilla also tried to scare. Alberola Rojas annulled a goal at six minutes into danish Delaney for offside En-Nesyrion whom he bounced the ball before overtaking Pacheco.

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However, the Alaves He scored more chances in the first half. A solo shot by Escalante at the far post was the last before the break, to which Sevilla replied with a good action from Ocampos inside the area and a cross shot that went wide. The Argentine, along with Koundéreturned to the sevillista eleven after serving a one-match ban in the derby.

In the second half, the dynamics of the match continued in the same vein as before the break. First, Alavés gave the scare with a one-on-one from Joselu that Bono saved with his foot, although the play was invalidated for offside. Lopetegui tried to shake the tree by putting in the field to Rafa Mir already Oliver Torres. It was a step forward to try to take all the loot against a team that was not going to give up anything in its objectives. Ocampos gave the reply, but the clearest for Alavés would be Pere Pons at game time, but he crossed the ball too much.

However, the clearest of the party would have it Munir, who had come out in the final stretch with the youth squad Luismi Cruz, in the 89th minute. The young player combined very well with Koundé on the right and the Frenchman got into the kitchen, but his pass to the heart of the small area did not take advantage of it Munir and the occasion for Sevilla it vanished