Sevilla remain in the semi against Lens

He Seville It left midway through its premiere in Champions and surrendered a draw at home against Lens which could cost him in the long run in the face of his aspirations to advance to the round of 16 in a group where the Arsenal is going to mark the territory and PSV Eindhoven and the English team itself will fight.

In a very physical match, with many interruptions and many conflicts, the Mendilibar team could not confirm the improvement noted in the League on Sunday, when they added the first victory of the season against Las Palmas.

A goal from Ocampos after nine minutes was not enough to win, as the French also equalized before the break and in the second half the game did not slow down in intensity and there were hardly any chances, although the most obvious was in the penalty area. . Dmitrovic.

The Basque coach introduced some changes to his eleven with respect to the last match in the league, such as Gudelj, Fernando, Erik Lamela and En-Nesyri, the main offensive reference of the squad. In addition, he brought the youth team Juanlu on the right side, replacing Jesús Navas, who has shown clear signs of fatigue in recent games.

And Sevilla soon found themselves in front on the scoreboard against an opponent who was very strong in the clash. Lamela had already claimed a penalty almost on the first play for Facundo Medina’s elbow in the area, although the first goal would come after 9 minutes and almost by accident. A bad corner kick Rakitic It was extended back to the near post and half way by Ocampos, the ball describing a parabola that surprised the Lens goalkeeper, Samba, who was confident in the jump.

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But the joy was short-lived for the Mendilibar team, due to an avoidable lack of Sergio Ramos on the French star, Wowon the edge of the place he nailed it in the corner Fulginialso to an error in the calculation of another goalkeeper, in this case Dmitrovic.

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The swords were raised again and the clash seemed very tight due to the strong rhythm of both teams and the hardness of the collision used by Lens, who was full of cards at this time. Ocampos managed to repeat it with Samba’s goal, but this time the Franco-Congolese man parried the Argentine’s shot almost on the line after a sensational pass from his compatriot Lamela. That and a shot of En-Nesyri on a foul taken by Rakitic That he also met Samba was Sevilla’s last strategy in the first half where they started the rhythm and lost.

In the second half, Sevilla looked for fresh legs to overcome the wall of Lens, who continued to maintain the level of contact football and made it very difficult for the higher quality of the locals to prevail. Mendilibar He tried it by entering lukebakio, which was close to two very close actions, and Mariano, but the scoreboard did not move. On the contrary, the French team can get the victory, but Dmitrovic worse evil was avoided in the final stretch with two shots of Guilavogui and Sotoca.

Sergio Ramos also came close to making his debut for Sevilla at a corner and Mariano had what looked almost clear at the corner, but the play was invalidated for offside by the cameraman.