Sevilla 1-1 Barcelona, ​​Araujo responds to Papu Gomez

By gritting their teeth, Sevilla maintain their unbeaten home run. Regretfully, Barcelona loses the opportunity to return to growth. In the recovery of the fourth day of La Liga (postponed due to the many commitments of the South Americans occupied with their respective national teams), the Andalusians exploit the advantage of Papu Gomez who had not scored for three months and suffer in the final outnumbered.

The match

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In the slow and prolonged azulgrana ball possession of the first half, Sevilla made their way trying to exploit the counterattacks and the opponents’ mistakes. After the goal disallowed for offside to Rafa Mir (too early his shot in depth), the advantage comes in the 32 ‘. Rakitic’s corner kick scheme: the Papu part outermost of all to meet the low pass, wins the run-up of a culprit Abde and hits with the plate on the far post, Barcelona does not get caught up in haste but finds a draw only at the end and again from a corner: at 45 ‘, on crosses from Dembele, Araujo heads off higher than De Jong and bags behind Bono.

The second fraction opens without great opportunities. At 64 ‘the episode that shifts the balance: Kounde, provoked by Jordi Alba at the time of a throw-in, is sent off for throwing the ball at the opponent. With the numerical advantage, Barcelona shifts the center of gravity and raises the pace. At ten o’clock the clearest opportunity: soft cross by Abde in depth and a header by Gavi from a few meters, it ends up on the bottom. Three minutes later Dembele’s southpaw from the edge of the area is printed on the post. In full recovery, Jordi Alba’s central car is controlled by Bono. A smile for Lopetegui in the rain.