Lucas Ocampos comes to the duel before him Real Madrid looking a lot like the footballer who dazzle in its First season at Sevilla. In fact, the data indicate that the Argentine is in his best moment so since ten months ago he suffered a serious ankle injury from a very hard entrance de Djené at Sevilla-Getafe. From that game until last October 30, he only scored a goal, but the wind changed that day.
And is that Ocampos scored again in the Sevilla-Osasuna of that date and in its celebration, staging how a weight was lifted off, everything was explained. Because without that pressure, Ocampos is a footballer totally different. His statistics reflect that in the last five games he has either scored or assisted a teammate. It started with the aforementioned goal to Osasuna, to see door again three days later against Lille in the Champions League. Then came the derby, where he served the ball to his compatriot Acuña to score the goal with which he paved the victory against Betis. And after the break, another goal, this time to Alavés, and another assistance, to Rafa Mir to sentence the victory against Wolfsburg that keeps Seville’s illusion of going to the next phase alive.
Ocampos has been one of the fixed of Lopetegui since they both landed in Nervión in the summer of 2019. And the commitment of the former Olympique de Marseille is beyond all doubt. This is demonstrated by the number of times he has played despite suffering discomfort or not putting a but to leave the right wing, where made a great partnership with Navas, to move left and make room for Suso.
Sevilla needed the best Ocampos and seems to be back for one of the decisive duels of the season.