Kickoff: 18:30 CEST / 17:30 BST / 12:30 PM EDT / 9:30 AM PDT
Venue: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
Lineups:
Sevilla: Orjan Nyland - Marcos Acuna, Sergio Ramos, Nemanja Gudelj, Jesus Navas - Djibril Sow, Ivan Rakitic, Boubakary Soumare - Dodi Lukebakio, Youssef En-Nesyri, Lucas Ocampos
Subs: Marko Dmitrovic, Adria Pedrosa, Tanguy Nianzou, Loic Bade, Joan Jordan, Erik Lamela, Fernando, Oliver Torres, Adnan Januzaj, Juanlu, Suso, Rafa Mir
Madrid: Kepa Arrizabalaga - Ferland Mendy, David Alaba, Antonio Rudiger, Dani Carvajal - Aurelian Tchouameni, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham - Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo
Subs: Andriy Lunin, Diego Pineiro, Fran Garcia, Luka Modric, Eduardo Camavinga, Lucas Vazquez, Brahim Diaz, Joselu
Match Events:
23’ - Carvajal with a huge goal-line clear on Rakitic’s shot. Sevilla regain possession and Kepa has to make a save on Ocampos – link
25’ - Sow shoots just wide to the left from 10 yards out
34’ - Kroos’s cross turns out to be a shot on goal and Ramos clears the ball away
40’ - Vinicius receives a great ball from Rudiger and one-times it into Nyland
45+3’ - End of half
57’ - Nyland denies Rodrygo from close range
66’ - Substitution for Madrid: Camavinga and Modric on for Tchouameni and Valverde respectively
67’ - Substitution for Sevilla: Suso on for Lukebakio
74’ - Acuna’s cross bounces off Alaba and Kepa can’t come up with a save Sevilla 1, Madrid 0 – link
76’ - Yellow card for Ramos
76’ - Substitution for Sevilla: Bade on for Gudelj
78’ - Yellow card for Ocampos
78’ - Toni Kroos finds Carvajal’s head with a free kick, and the Spaniard gets the ball past Nyland. Sevilla 1, Madrid 1 – link
79’ - Substitution for Madrid: Joselu on for Rodrygo
80’ - Acuna crosses to Ramos and Kepa saves his header
86’ - Yellow card for Vinicius
86’ - Yellow card for Sow
87’ - Yellow card for Soumare
87’ - Substitution for Sevilla: Rafa Mir and Lamela on for En-Nesyri and Sow respectively
87’ - Substitution for Madrid: Brahim Diaz on for Vinicius
90+3’ - Yellow card for Camavinga
90+7’ - Yellow card for Lamela
90+9’ - End of game. Sevilla 1, Madrid 1
Match Stats - via Livescore.com
| Sevilla | Madrid :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 0.83 | 1.98 xA | 0.54 | 0.96 Possession | 48% | 52% Shots on target | 5 | 4 Shots off target | 5 | 5 Blocked shots | 1 | 3 Corner kicks | 2 | 4 Offsides | 1 | 1 Fouls | 10 | 5 Yellow Cards | 1 | 0 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 25 |
| Girona | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 22 |
| Barcelona | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| Atletico Madrid | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 19 |
| Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 |
| Athletic Club | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 17 |
| Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| Valencia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 |
| Las Palmas | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 |
| Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 9 |
| Cadiz | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 8 |
| Villarreal | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 8 |
| Alaves | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 8 |
| Celta Vigo | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 6 |
| Granada | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 6 |
| Almeria | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Sevilla: at Cadiz, 10.28, 21:00 CEST
Madrid: at Barcelona, 10.28, 16:15 CEST
Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change
Sevilla played well in the second half, but it’s hard not to be frustrated with that result.
Ref should never have stopped the counterattack that ended in Bellingham’s goal in the first half. And his whistle didn’t even affect play. The ball was already released on the counter when he blew. It wasn’t a bad injury.
And then not giving the penalty for Navas taking down Vini in the box is just inexplicable. That’s a foul every single time, and they didn’t even go to VAR.
Well played by Sevilla, 1 point at the Pizjuan isn’t the end of the world.
Vini and Rodrygo are a problem. People are singling Rodry out, but Vini wasn’t any better. VIni also straight up plays like a left winger, even if he is supposed to be a striker, he does not unterstand what he is supposed to do and Rodrygo just gets lost roaming all over the pitch, trying to get involved. It is so bad.
Yeah vini was bad but rodry was straight up occupying his space and playing as the lw when he is supposed to play as a RW
Both are out of form (a bit more understandable for vini since he recently came back from an injury) but it doesn’t help that both are also playing out of position and are still not used to the new formation
Vini is not playing out of position, check his heatmap. He is literally playing like a left winger, even though he is not supposed to. That is one of the reasons why our entire structure in attack was so ass today. Earlier in the season he played more inside, but if the game doesn’t go his way, he just defaults back to doing what he knows and sits by the sideline, waiting for the ball. Rodrygo is wandering around trying to get involved, because jude plays on the left side too. Our right side was completely dead after Fede came off, which was just a wierd as fuck sub.
Vini isn’t playing out of position but it’s not the same as when he was the designated LW. Because when he was a LW, Benzema used to play as a striker and create space by drawing defenders to him.
That just doesn’t happen right now and Vini has to get past 3 different players. That’s simply not something any player can do consistently.
Vinicious is not the kind of player you can build your team around or become a target man. He best performs when played as a service provider and score whenever he gets a chance.
