Celta confirmed that they are the third best team away from home in the League with a fair victory against Sevilla, a team with all heart, but with very little quality and, above all, punch. An absurd penalty by Oso in the 86th minute on Moriba allowed Marcos Alonso to score the 0-1 and leave the Andalusian team very shaken. You cannot deny Sevilla its heart and its faith, but it is a team with enormous offensive shortcomings. The moment is delicate, three points from relegation and horrible feelings. After losing 0-3 against Levante, who came bottom, Sevilla lost again without scoring. There are now three games in a row where they don’t see the goal, with three consecutive defeats. Celta took advantage of their chance and collapsed in the final stretch after enormous previous wear and tear. Claudio Giráldez’s team has gone six games in a row without losing away from home, with five wins and a draw as a great achievement. For this reason, among other things, it is aiming for Europe after reaching Betis in points in sixth place. A team that plays well and knew how to suffer in Nervión until finding its opportunity to win the game. An absurd penalty from Oso helped him.
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Goals 0-1 min. 87: Marcos Alonso.
Arbitrator José María Sánchez Martínez
yellow cards Moriba Kourouma (min. 34), Isaac Romero (min. 60), Juanlu Sanchez (min. 75), Giráldez (min. 83), Batista Mendy (min. 85), Óscar Mingueza (min. 89) and Hugo Álvarez (min. 93)
Sevilla’s physical waste was commendable against Celta, a team with a good touch, which arrived in Nervión on an ascending line and who are very competitive away from home. It was risky, with its players chasing Celta’s players, at an intensity that had nothing to do with that offered by the Andalusians in the last match against Levante, where they lost 0-3. Celta could barely overcome that intense pressure from Sevilla, who, however, lacked presence up front. Isaac returned to play as a starter due to Alexis’ discomfort and once again showed his shortcomings. Everything good that Sevilla tried died at the top due to their lack of presence in the rival area. With Juanlu in tune, the winger’s centers never found a finisher in the first half where, curiously, the best chances came from this drowned Celta.
When Giráldez’s men were able to overcome Sevilla’s harassment, two clear scoring chances came. In the 15th minute, Bryan Zaragoza crossed. Javi Rodríguez still doesn’t know how he could finish off a precise pass from Moriba so poorly, leaving him alone against Sevilla’s Greek goalkeeper. It was in the 31st minute and Almeyda’s team was saved in a busy and intense first half, with few opportunities and presence in the area. In Sevilla, due to their ineffectiveness up front. At Celta, because, with Borja lost, he barely overcame the good pressure of the Andalusians.
Sevilla began to melt as the minutes passed. It is not normal to maintain that physical intensity without any possibility of arrival. Almeyda, increasingly argued, tried with the entry of Vargas and Alexis. The Swiss, their best man, was injured again. A symptom of how bad things are going for this team that was unable to maintain, at least, a draw. Celta was better in the final stretch and smelled Sevilla’s weakness.
Odysseas made a tremendous save on Moriba, the target after Oso’s penalty. In the 88th minute, with an excellent shot. Sevilla, unable to tickle Celta, surrendered while the Galicians celebrated their fourth straight away game without conceding a goal. Everything is bitterness in Sevilla, as reflected by Vargas’ injury. The joy was for this Celta who has already caught Betis in the fight for Europe.
“We had the desire, we subdued the rival, but we didn’t get to the top. In football we have to score, we lack effectiveness and we are lacking in that sector. It is the reality we have. The boys gave their all, but it is not enough for us,” said Matías Almeyda, Sevilla’s coach. “We have to continue, we study the rivals, we subdue them, but we don’t have a goal. We are suffering, we have to continue working and try to achieve peace of mind. At times we rush a lot. We will get out of this little by little,” he added. “We analyze, we program and then things happen. I believe in this group, in work, this is resolved with unity. The division leads you to catastrophe, I experienced it in River. It is a complicated moment,” concluded the Sevilla coach.
