Sevilla succumbed to a sad farewell to the Champions League

Sevilla bid farewell to Champions League with defeat in a fight with no stakes City of Manchester where he was first in scoring with a goal from Rafa Mir, but that was too long and he was overtaken by a team at half-gas and with up to three young players in their ranks, including a 17-year-old boy, Lewis, who scored the tie. The group of sampaolikilling himself when the ball came out, delivered a match in the second half with gifts in the risk zone that those from Pep Guardiolagroup champions, while Nervionenses will play in a Europa League which they have tied since their win last week in Copenhagen.

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Manchester City: Ortega; Lewis (Cancelo, m.85), Ruben Dias, Laporte, Sergio Gómez (Wilson-Esbrand, m.70); Foden, Gundogan (Bernardo Silva, m.57), Palmer (De Bruyne, m.70); Mahrez, Julián Álvarez and Grealish (Rodri, m.46).

Seville: bonds; Montiel, José Ángel Carmona, Marcao (Gudelj, m.46+), Rekik, Acuña (Telles, m.46); ‘Papu’ Gómez (Suso, m.46), Delaney, Rakitic (Joan Jordán, 67), Isco (Lamela, m.57); and Rafa Mir.

The objectives: 0-1, M.31: Rafa Mir. 1-1, M.52: Lewis. 2-1, M.73: Julian Alvarez. 3-1, M.83: Mahrez.

Referee: Orel Grinfield (Israel).

Incidents: The match on the sixth and final day in group G of the Champions League was played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester in front of around forty thousand spectators. It rained during several stages of the meeting.

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Thinking about Sunday’s derby against Betis, Sampaoli fielded a contentious eleven in which he reserved some of his starterslike Gudelj and Lamela, and with unusual wingers like Rafa Mir and Acuña, leaving Papu Gómez as the most advanced man in a block, yes, very withdrawn against a City with unusual players and some youngsters like Lewis and Palmer who carried the weight of the fight from the beginning.

those of Guardiola, however, had problems from the start to penetrate the dense defense raised by Sampaoli. Just a combination of Foden Y Gundogan which ended it slightly against Bono was the only chance for the English, while the Seville He was concerned with counterattacks exploiting the power of Rafa Mir’s legs. He warned with a header and in this way, with his head, he scored a corner that Isco took and found the Murcian unmarked in the defense in the citizen’s area. The Seville he reached the most difficult thing, the progress in the City town, although the bad news is that it was useless.

To make matters worse, Marcao was injured before the break in an action that left him on a tear, exacerbating the defensive woes ahead of the derby and what remains before the World Cup.

And with Gudelj on for the Brazilian, the defense collapsed as City pressed in the second half.

In the 52nd minute, Lewis equalized with Telles losing. Ruben Dias It was close to 2-1 with a corner to which Bono responded with a save, which he made Julian Alvarez after a pass from DeBruyne in defense is very advanced. The third comes in another gift, a loss of Jose Angel when trying to bargain Julian Alvarez which ends in a shoe Mahrez.

The Sevillewith many problems in the League occupying the relegation positions, sad farewell to the champions and it still does not offer good sensations in a derby so close that the eternal rival is the clear favorite with a difference of 13 points, a situation that has not occurred since the 96-97 season.