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Sevilla’s game is so confusing that at times it can’t play to its footballing merits. After 37 minutes of harmless contact against a decent Linares, Acuña, world champions with Argentina, sent a cross into the box for En-Nesyri, who headed past Ernesto, Linares’ Lithuanian goalkeeper. The striker’s leap was not as high as that which propelled Morocco to glory in the World Cup quarter-finals. Then Portugal fell. Now Linares has made it into the third round of the cup, Sevilla have beaten Linares after the collapse of their world semi-finalists and are in the round of 16.
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Ernestas Juskevicius, Lolo González, Javier Duarte, Alfonso Fernández, Squadrone, Aitor Gelardo, Álex Sancris, Abeledo (Francisco Callejón, min. 65), F. López, Rodri and Hugo Díaz
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Dmitrovic, Gudelj, Marcos Acuña, Montiel, Nianzou Tanguy Kouassi, Rakitic (Fernando, min. 72), Óliver Torres, Joan Jordán, Lamela (Carlos Alvarez, min. 77), Suso (Jesús Navas, min. 62) and En- Nesyri (Nacho Quintana, min. 77)
Gates 0-1 min 37: En Nesyri. 0-2 mins. 40: En-Nesyri. 0-3 mins. 56: squadron (p.). 0-4 mins. 68: Lick it. 0-5 mins. 73: En-Nesyri.
referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
In reality, both En-Nesyri and Montiel, Acuña, Dmitrovic and Gudelj culminated in the journey that took them from World Cup glory to Linarejos reality. Finally, after this trip, Sevilla understood the virtues of their striker, lost in the ball game, effective in the air shot and well defined in the penalty area.
Sevilla held their breath in the jump of En-Nesyri, who was able to define very precisely even after another game in which Linares was behind him. A defensive volley was fought by Lamela who could have fouled Lolo but took the ball to leave his teammate alone who defeated Ernesto with solvency. Mateu Lahoz, always the protagonist, explained the move to Lolo for more than a minute. Without VAR there is no possibility of rectification. Mateu himself sent off Jorge Sampaoli after 18 minutes for protesting on the wing. Before the duel in the changing room tunnel, the referee hugged the coach very tightly.
Sevilla sealed the pass two minutes into the first half after offering more than discreet sensations, with slow and predictable football that proved unable to defeat Linares. En-Nesyri’s two goals decided the duel and opened the door to a very quiet second half for the Sevilla fans. Squadrone (a great Italian team) scored an own goal from a Suso cross and later Lamela scored the fourth while Linares collapsed like a house of cards.
Sevilla’s pass to the round of 16 was so clear that Sampaoli let Navas and Fernando in from the stands so they could train for a few minutes in view of Getafe, a key tie for the Sevilla side in next Sunday’s league . Sevilla overpowered Linares, who is aiming for promotion to the second division, with a new goal from En-Nesyiri highlighted with his hat-trick. 48 years earlier, two goals from Biri Biri saved Sevilla themselves from relegation to the third division in another 0-5 that the Andalusian capital still remembers to this day. Everything was so quiet for Sevilla that they announced the name of their first winter signing mid-game. It’s central defender Badé, who will come to Stade Rennais until the end of the season. The Andalusian club reserve an option to buy the Frenchman. Isco and Dolberg were dropped from the team.
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