The faith of Valladolid punishes the racanería of Seville

Although the prize for Seville and Valladolid was the same at the conclusion of their match, the tie at one left a much more pleasant taste in the mouth of the Pucelanos than in the Sevillians. Simply because the faith of Sergio's men had a prize that was as fair as the punishment for the poorness of Lopetegui's was just. The maxim that Sevilla felt like a shot going ahead on the scoreboard too soon was met again, since the dominance that exhibited during the first half hour, it became a coarse and conformist game since the 1-0 played in the light until Valladolid drew.

Raúl García Carnero sealed the tie in the 87th minute with a spectacular volley from outside the area that slipped through Bono's squad. It was the reward for Valladolid's bravery in the second half and Sergio's success with the changes, despite the fact that not too many fans understood that Orellana was substituted. On the opposite bench, Lopetegui did not hit the key and he has little explanation to do without Ocampos, his best man on the pitch, with more than 20 minutes to go.

Ocampos had been the best of Sevilla in attack. Although the blessing he had last year face to door has disappeared, he always understood it and assumed the responsibility of transforming the penalty that Fede committed when trying to cover his face in a set piece. It was half an hour and Sevilla had laminated Valladolid, which could only withdraw and endure the downpour. Lhe bequeathed the penalty, scored Ocampos and Sevilla was over.

Marcos André warned at the beginning of the second act with a heel to the post, but the faith of Valladolid was unshakeable. And the award came in the form of a great goal when the constant rain was already wreaking havoc on the grass and on the physique of the professionals. Valladolid made merits for the tie, practically the same demerits as Sevilla to lose two points.

Lopetegui: “When you step back, this can happen to you”

Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla coach, appreciated the draw signed by his team against Valladolid: “The assessment is negative, we have lost two points. I think we had a bad second half, although they only had one shot on goal. But when you come to the end like this, there is always danger that they will score a goal from a distant play. We stopped looking at the rival goal and we only thought about taking care of what we had. When you get behind, this can happen to you. “

The Sevilla coach spoke of his feelings and what is coming: “Now we are bad, we are sad because we have just lost two important points, we will quickly have to think about Valencia.”

The Basque insisted on how the duel was: “We were much superior in the first half. After the change of Joan we also took the reins, but we did not hurt. We backed down further and they had two or three corners. He should have been backing down, it is something that we must improve knowing that the rival will take a step forward. We have to keep the ball more, we wanted to attack space soon and we stopped making passes. “

You look to the future: “This doesn't stop, it's time to get up and think about Valencia now.”

Sergio González: “We know how to compete, all the greats suffer from
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Sergio González, coach of Real Valladolid, has assured this Saturday, after the tie to one of his team in the Sevilla field, that “this result shows” that his players “know how to compete”, since “all the greats suffer” against the Castilian set. Sergio boasted of the “great second half” that his men completed, about 45 minutes that should serve them “to know that this team cannot be submitted” after a first half in which Valladolid was, in his opinion, “well in defense but lacked connection with the tips “. The Catalan coach missed in that period “personality and impudence to finish the plays” in a period in which his team “played better than it might seem” and the handicap at halftime was due to a “rigorous penalty, which can be whistle… Although later there is an equal hand in the Sevilla area. “” In the dressing room we have commented that we had to reinforce the things that we were doing well and this second half has served to take a step forward because the intensity has been strong and, in phases, we have submitted them, so the point is positive and I think it deserved, “added Sergio González. The trainer congratulated himself for” the contribution of the changes “that he introduced” to have more depth, to do more damage and have more freshness “.