Sevilla suffered a heavy blow in Eindhoven, where they suffered homemade refereeing by Daniele Orsato and left with honey on their lips as they watched PSV equalize in injury time after the Italian disallowed a legal penalty. goal from Pedrosa and whistled a dubious penalty on Sergio Ramos. Mendilibar’s men got on the scoreboard twice and even hit two balls against the woodwork on a fine night, but saw how two golden points eluded them in their clash in a hotly contested group that hot on the heels of defeat from Arsenal.
For Sevilla, this is a special scenario. This is where the whole saga began. On May 10, 2006, a historic team led by Kanoute and Luis Fabiano won the first European title by defeating Middlesbrough, making the Philips Stadion a place of worship for Sevillismo ever since.
Mendilibar bet on an eleven with the novelty of En-Nesyri and turned to the old guard, with Navas, Sergio Ramos, Fernando and Rakitic.
The Andalusian team had a good performance, with presence in the rival field and dominance in the first minutes, but that control of the game did not translate into the arrivals, because En-Nesyri was very disconnected and Lukebakio and Ocampos did not find gaps. Gradually, Sevilla pulled back and PSV found a vein on the wing of Jesús Navas, much needed by an electric Lang who sent him on at half-time with a card. The locals took the lead through Ramalho, although it was disallowed for offside on a foul. Sevilla’s best chance of the first half came at the boot of Ocampos, when he finished the ball early but from a very low angle after battling with his counterpart.
Mendilibar’s team managed to reach the break with a 0-0 lead but the second half would be hectic. It all started with a disallowed legal goal for Pedrosa after Orsato consulted VAR. A mistake by Ramalho bounced to the side and the Italian interpreted that the ball hit his hand even though it was close to his body. Lang revived the game for the locals with a shot against the post, but it was soon 0-1 to Sevilla with a corner then Navas crossed, Sergio Ramos headed in at the far post and connected by Gudelj on the net.
Sevilla did the hardest thing and they seemed to sleep in the game, which was almost over, but another game came in which Orsato appeared when he signaled in the 85th minute a strict penalty for Sergio Ramos’ fall to Tillman. VAR also checked it, but didn’t see it and reaffirmed its decision. De Jong converted it to establish a tie that would not last long on the scoreboard, as in the middle kick Sevilla took the lead again with a fine goal from En-Nesyri, who perfectly headed a cross from Juanli, who was dismissed by Navas. The burst of joy from the Andalusians was amazing and Lukebakio even managed to make it 1-3 with a counterattack that hit the post.
PSV did, but a foul by Sergio Ramos in stoppage time would leave the entire white team, this time in blue, cold. The center in the area was won by the usual player, De Jong, and the spike was placed in the goal by full-back Tezé.
An embarrassment to the group that was reversed in Arsenal’s defeat against Lens.
match lineup
1
3
8
22
5
18
10
23
9
Eleven
7
13
16
3
10
6
4
5
twenty
fifteen
7
Eleven
Philips Stadium
Orjan Nyland13
94′
Jesus Navas16
35′
72′
Adrià Pedrosa3
51′
72′
Ivan Rakitic10
81′
Nemanja Gudelj6
67′
81′
Sergio Ramos4
Lucas Ocampos5
85′
26′
70′
Fernandotwenty
65′
85′
97′
Youssef En-Nesyrififteen
86′
70′
breast7
65′
Dodi LukebakioEleven
Replacements
Marko Dmitrovic1
Alberto Flores31
Federico Gattoni2
81′
Marcos Acuña19
72′
Loic Badé22
85′
96′
Joan Jordan8
81′
Djibril Sow18
65′
70′
90′
Oliver Torrestwenty-one
65′
Boubakary Soumare24
70′
Juanlu Sánchez26
72′
Rafa Mir9
Mariano Diaz12
coach
Peter Bosz
Jose Luis Mendilibar
Source: La Verdad
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