Sevilla, without Koundé, took the tournament from Sporting de Portugal. At the end of 90 minutes the result was tied at one
The ‘Tecatito’ Corona advanced to the Andalusians, but Paulinho tied. Already on penalties, Lopetegui’s team prevailed
Sevilla won this Sunday the X edition of the Cinco Violins trophy organized annually by Sporting Clube after drawing 1-1, with goals from the Mexican Tecatito Corona and the Portuguese Paulinhothe match played at the José Alvalade in Lisbon and winning the penalty shootout.
The sevillistas played an excellent first half, in which their possessions were vertical and, frequently, they ended with crosses to the area of Adán, who conceded the 0-1 by delivering a clearance with his foot to Óliver Torreswho assisted Tecatito Corona so that the Mexican could score with a cross shot.
The midfielder from Extremadura for Sevilla was one of the highlights in this period and, shortly after the goal, enabled the youth squad Carmonaa central defender who burst in by surprise down the right wing, whose low pass to the penalty spot could not be accurately finished off by Rafa Mir.
The locals hardly created an occasion before the break, when the last minute was already played and Nuno Santos impaled a formidable volley with the left that found a fulfilled response in Bono’s stop with a changed hand.
The panorama changed radically in the second half, in which Julen Lopetegui introduced a whopping fourteen changes that, logically, sowed confusion in the Sevilla ranks, which Sporting took advantage of to create several clear chances, especially one of Edwards who sent the ball to the side of the net after dribbling past Dmitrovic.Paulinho, who had also come close to equalizing with a couple of shots with his left legleveled the score ten minutes from time by beating the Serbian goalkeeper with a powerful shot that went through his post, although at a height that made it difficult for him to intervene.
The trophy was decided in a penalty shootout in which Sevilla scored their first six shots through Gudelj, Ocampos, Papu Gómez, Joan Jordán, Suso y Montiel, and Edwards sent to the post the one that opened the sudden death for Sporting, so the Cinco Violins Trophy goes to the capital of Andalusia.