Sevilla smiles again. Julen Lopetegui’s team has left behind the pothole I was going through, with more than a month without winning by linking one defeat and three draws, with a hard-fought victory against Elche. The people of Elche trusted everything to their defensive facet but the ‘Papu’ Gomez and Rafa Mir They put an end to the ilicitana resistance.
SEV
ELC
Seville
Bond; Koundé, Diego Carlos, Rekik; Corona (Rafa Mir, 60′), Jordán (Delaney, 60′), Rakitic (Óliver, 92′), Acuña; Papu Gómez, Martial (Fernando, 82′); En-Nesyri (Munir, 46′).
Elche
badia; Palacios (Barragán, 39′), Verdú, Roco (Kike, 74′), Mojica; Tete Morente (Josan, 73′), Mascarell, Gumbau, Fidel (pastor, 58′); Carrillo and Milla (Piatti, 74′).
goals
1-0 M. 70 Papu Gomez. 2-0 M. 76 Rafa Mir.
Referee
Ortiz Arias (Madrid). TA: Acuña (90′) / Verdú (35′), Gumbau (36′), Badia (69′), Pastore (80′) and Roco (90′).
Incidents
Sanchez-Pizjuan. Some 30,000 spectators.
A timid attempt by Carrillo at first was one of the unremarkable things about Francisco’s team, which he had his best footballer in Edgar Badia. The goal supported the franjiverdes against the attempts from Nervion.
had the two clearest En-Nesyri in the first half, although it is clear that he is still not at the level he was before the injury. Corona left him alone but he was slow and Roco recomposed himself and then, after a save from Badia to Rakitic, he slipped when trying to hole the rebound.
A ball from Roco to palaces, which left his partner KO, was the scare of a swampy first act. After the break Sevilla came out to bite. Acuna, Diego Carlos and Rakitic they tried without luck until ‘Papu’ arrived, who had it all. Great slalom culminated with a shot that Verdú deflected in a key way.
There were twenty minutes to go but Elche showed no signs of reacting. Martial, in his debut at Pizjuán, put in a measured center that Rafa Mir headed into the net and there the duel died. Sevilla follows in the wake of Real Madrid while Elche slows down its climb.