Seville fired on March 21 the second coach of his season, Jorge Sampaoli, with the team only two points from relegation. The panorama was very discouraging in the entity of Andalusia, but the arrival of Jose Luis Mendilibar He refreshed the atmosphere, gave the team another lineage and in his seven games he has not lost yet. So much so that this Thursday he chained his fourth victory in a row thanks to an unusual blooper from Yeray Alvarez to seal the victory with a goal from Lucas Ocampos in view of Athletic Bilbao at the close of the date 31. Of yapa, He stopped thinking about the last places to get excited about qualifying for an international cup.
Parity was maintained for much of the duel in san mames. Possession of the ball was distributed between both teams, but neither team found the tools to get under the goal in a commitment empty of dangerous actions. Only one mistake could unlock the story, and it reached 89 minutes. A short outing unai simon his central defender began to demolish the tie, since Álvarez slipped in full area and Lucas Ocampos, who had never considered the play over, was knocked down in the larger rectangle by the defender. The referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez He had no doubts in collecting the maximum penalty on the cornice of added time.
The 28-year-old Argentine midfielder took charge of the execution with a low shot against the left pipe of a Simón who threw himself to the opposite side. It was his fourth goal in 29 presentations of the course. Everything was sentenced in a procedure that had the ownership of Marcos Acuna, Erik Lamela and the author of the only goal, added to the fact that Alexander Papuan gomez entered 35 minutes from closing. He Egg He withdrew injured with 7 remaining.
the match over, ocampos settled the doubts before the decision of the referee: “We both arrived at the same time. I lifted it up a bit, he touches the ball, but he drags my leg when I start. I think it was criminal. If he cashed it, it was”. He then highlighted the work of the technical director who replaced Sampa: “Gives us peace of mind and confidence to each one that it is his turn to play. The results are taking place and we want to continue in this way”.
The sevillistas they extended their positive record to five wins and two draws to remain in 11th position with 41 points, 10 behind Getafe, the last to be relegated, with seven games to go before the end of the championship. This walk allowed him to be located closer to entering a European competition next season, since he is 5 units from the squad of the Basque Countrywho could get the ticket to the UEFA Conference League. On the next date, those led by mendilibar they will receive the Girona in it Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadiumwhile the staff in charge of ernesto valverde will visit Majorca.
* The summary of Sevilla’s triumph against Athletic Club de Bilbao
* Ocampos’ statements after Sevilla’s victory
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