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00:01Michael Crondelli and Vincente Iborra scoring for Sevilla on that day.
00:05Neymar for Barcelona.
00:10Barcelona, who were beaten here ten years ago, almost to the day.
00:14Barcelona looking for a win which would take them back to the top of the table.
00:19Real Madrid are potentially there temporarily after that, against Villarreal.
00:25Last night in Sevilla's home form, as we said,
00:29has been awful.
00:31Just three wins in this stadium in the calendar year of 2025.
00:41This is one of the stadiums where the atmosphere is absolutely rocking before every game.
00:49The hymno, the anthem of the club is pretty special. Let's have a listen.
00:59I'm going to sing.
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01:11The team down the road, Real Betis, might say that they've got a better anthem.
01:37This one is pretty special.
01:41The old stories tell of an immense hope and desire, which was born on 14th of October.
01:46It's more than was Sevilla, and she gave it her name and the support to the final.
01:50A great example of Sevilla, the red and white family of the Sanchez-Pituan,
01:54a heart that beat, shouting Sevilla, lifting the team to victory.
01:58That's what they say.
01:59Live translation there from Guillain-Barré.
02:01Let's take you through the Sevilla starting 11.
02:03There's just one change from the side that won 1-0 at Raya Vallecano last weekend,
02:07and it's in defence. Fabio Cardoso dropping out for Jibril Sou, who comes in in midfield.
02:12So it's back to a back four for Sevilla this afternoon.
02:17Alexis Sanchez starts against his former club.
02:20It's his fifth appearance against Barcelona.
02:22He's lost all four previous games against the Catalans.
02:26We're going to have to put back four, which probably will be a back six.
02:31Barcelona will force you to go deep, but I think the message from Matias Almeida is
02:35we don't need to defend in our own box.
02:37We've got the possibility of attacking them, otherwise it will be a very long game for us.
02:41We'll take a look at the starting 11-4 Barcelona.
02:49Three changes from the side that won 2-1 with Real Sociedad last weekend.
02:54Ronaldo Araujo coming back into the side, along with Dani Olma and Ferran Torres.
03:01It's a strong team for Barcelona, despite some high-profile and important absentees.
03:07Of course, there's no Laminia Mal, no Rafinha, Fermín López, Gabi, Joan Garcia and Ter Stegen are all out injured.
03:16This 11 is a strong team for Barcelona.
03:20Very, very strong team.
03:22I'm sure the game against PSG has left some scars, but scars that can be forgotten,
03:26because this will be a completely different game, where even though Sevilla have had most of the possession
03:31in most of the games, apart from two, they like to control matters, decide what happens in the game.
03:36And this will be different.
03:37It will be Barcelona with the ball.
03:39Barcelona spending most of the time in Sevilla last third, and you will not have to,
03:45Barcelona this is, deal with man-to-man marking like PSG did,
03:50and the consequence of the pressure, the intense pressure of PSG, that left the team exhausted for the last 15 minutes.
03:58It's a different game, but the importance for a team like Barcelona is to adapt,
04:04and they will now have to aim to get a goal, because Sevilla will, first and foremost, try not to concede.
04:12We're underway then, in the capital of Andalusia, Barcelona in their chain strip, kicking from left to right.
04:21In this first half, Matias Almeida was asked about switching to a back four before the game,
04:27and he said, well, we have to take the game to Barcelona.
04:30I've studied loads of teams who have played against Barcelona, and if you just sit back and invite pressure onto them,
04:35you're going to be in trouble.
04:37So, we're going to try and take the game to them.
04:40Playing with a back four, three in midfield, will help us do that.
04:44Let's see if they can.
04:46Isac Romero.
04:52Play forward to Gibril So.
04:56So, that's a good example of what Sevilla will try to do.
04:58Yes, Vargas will have to go very deep defending, but as long as when they recover the ball,
05:03Isac Romero's there to hold it, and when he does that, he's got midfielders joining him,
05:07then they will stretch Barcelona a little bit, who, of course, they now try to save.
05:12It will be a predictable one.
05:14Who will be the one they take this one out of the game?
05:16It will take this Pau Cubassi to Pedri.
05:23He's the only player left in the Barcelona squad to have started every game so far this season.
05:33I would imagine at some point Pedri would rest, but not yet.
05:39Couldn't finish the game against PSG because of those demands of trying to beat the pressure,
05:44and possible with the team around him.
05:46There's no control, and I think the exactuation of the control in the first few seconds of this game is a way of saying,
05:52well, this is how we play.
05:53Let's see if he's at Romero, he's onside, the flag stays down for the moment, he's looking for it.
05:59Vargas, the flag, went up, eventually did look.
06:04Romero was offside.
06:05And they're looking for Marcus Rashford.
06:15And on the right wing today, Marcus Rashford.
06:18He's got to help out defensively because it comes through Ben Vargas.
06:36Yeah, it's a good sign that Sevilla, when they have the ball, have got players in front of the ball.
07:01They're not just thinking, oof, if we lose it, it'll be bad news.
07:06So those runs in behind, they're going to be crucial.
07:08But also, those switches, there was a moment, there was a picture of Barcelona defending in, what was it, 50 wide metres and 10 in depth.
07:18It was, everybody was there.
07:20The line was very, very high.
07:21And what Sevilla did is what you're supposed to do, switch it.
07:24Somebody was waiting at the other end on his own, or just find those players that run from deep and then Barcelona cannot find them.
07:32Very cleverly, I think one or two players already have done this all the way to beat that high defensive line.
07:37Harry Kane, Gonzalo, Ramos at the PSG, where they are themselves in an offside position.
07:44And then just let the winger or the full-back drive with the ball, and then just find yourself behind the ball when the ball gets to you.
07:53That's the second goal of PSG.
07:55And, as I said, Harry Kane did it as well.
07:57Pretty sure he could have been rehearsed and Sevilla on the ground.
08:05He's had Alcott straining forward.
08:07As you said, Rashford, who hasn't scored in the league, has assisted four times, scored a couple of calls, and a couple of assists in the Champions League.
08:21Very good from him, but he had unfamiliar territory before, he's now on the left.
08:27Was it?
08:28Was he dispossessed?
08:29Again, insisting down this left-hand side, Sevilla with Ruben Vargas.
08:45Need some help here.
08:47Going to Suazo.
08:53Positive start this from Sevilla.
08:57Inside the dressing room.
08:59Just before the players came out onto the pitch, they were very keen on making a positive start.
09:05They will know just how crucial that is to get in the crowd on their side.
09:12Yeah, that's a good point, because if you start defending in your own box, the fans will be with you.
09:17Because they have been with them throughout this very bad 20-25.
09:23But it helps the atmosphere to see that your team is attacking.
09:28But they actually shoot him on low, even if he's not on target, even if he's not dangerous yet.
09:34But it gives you hope for a game in which unexpected things could happen.
09:39But with Matthias Almeida, something has changed, he speaks his mind.
09:44At the conferences, there's now no hard boards, but he doesn't go for flattery either, he talks to the players.
09:50As if they were his sons, his children.
09:56Perhaps at the beginning he was experimenting with a little bit, 28 players have played for Sevilla this season already.
10:02Most of the decisions on and off the pitch seemed quite sensible and all of a sudden they find themselves in a decent position.
10:08The best start in four or five years, so everybody's feeling much more positive.
10:14considering that off the pitch things are still difficult.
10:22and played for Sevilla this season already.
10:24Most of the decisions on and off the pitch seem quite sensible
10:27and all of a sudden they find themselves in a decent position.
10:31The best start in four or five years,
10:34so everybody's feeling much more positive,
10:37considering that off the pitch things are still difficult.
10:41There's not enough money to compare to Sevilla
10:44and to a candidate for European places maybe.
10:47It's still a division for the power of the club,
10:51but on the pitch things are looking brighter.
10:55Alexis Sanchez to Soasor.
11:00Ooh, the clearance on the field.
11:03Backed by Marcao.
11:10Confident start from Sevilla continues.
11:17Taking away there.
11:19Here is Dani Olmo.
11:24Straight back to Sevilla though from Dani Olmo.
11:27You can probably expect a run in the side.
11:31Olmo with Femi Lopez and Ofinha both out.
11:34No foul.
11:36Yes, but he hasn't picked at the level that we know he can pick.
11:40It's good that he has minutes.
11:43He's got to drop one of those players that still hasn't...
11:46hasn't...
11:48It's shocked.
11:49All of his production this is.
12:00Nothing there.
12:01The ball comes from...
12:02from his feet to his hands.
12:04Did it stop the fans?
12:05Are you trying?
12:06Yes.
12:07Lots of questions for Hansi Flick.
12:08Laminya Mal about his injury.
12:09Now, Flick's relationship with the Spanish Football Federation.
12:10I think that's first conference.
12:11Yeah, the story is that the Federation called Laminya Mal off when Barcelona had set off the record that he was in a good condition.
12:20The medical report comes out after De La Fuente calls him up and he says that he's going to be out for two or three weeks with a groin injury.
12:42Groin injury is one of those injuries that are convenient sometimes, sometimes real.
12:47But in any case, it coincides with the international break.
12:50And on the back of the previous break, which Hansi Flick felt that he had played too much considering that he was in perfect condition.
12:57I think Laminya is happy that he's resting.
13:01De La Fuente not so happy that he cannot use him.
13:04And Flick will just continue with the line of the court that, yeah, he's injured, so he cannot go. It's better.
13:12He cannot be available for today's game either.
13:15He came off the bench last weekend against Real Sociedad and made an instant impact providing an assist within seconds.
13:24It was a... I don't think about the PSG game, but there were so many things to learn from that game.
13:34There is Romero trying to get the ball down.
13:36And Araújo is taking a risk putting his arms around.
13:39And he goes out for a goal kick.
13:44So the first action of Laminya Mal against PSG was an absolutely wonderful dribble, triple dribble.
13:52He went around with the ball and then he beat Melendez, the full-back.
13:57The second action was him raising his hand and asking the team to slow down.
14:02And I felt that he, at that point, didn't feel 100%.
14:07Kept playing, played until the end of the game because he wanted to be in point.
14:10But we didn't see so much of Lamin then.
14:12So we are in one of those places where Lamin perhaps plays too much.
14:17And if that's the case, where's the tip of the track?
14:23That challenge from Araújo on Isak is being looked at.
14:28And it looked risky.
14:30He does have his arms all over Isak there.
14:33It's a description risky.
14:35He's on the edge.
14:36There is no foul in my eyes.
14:38When Isak feels that the ball is going to come out,
14:42he clashes with the leg of Araújo and that's what I'm saying.
14:46But he's going to look out there at the screen.
14:54Now, early drama here in Seville.
14:58The referee Alejandro Muñiz is being called across
15:03and Araújo is pleading his case.
15:08And there is contact below with the leg there.
15:16I was looking more at the arms on the top.
15:19At the bottom.
15:20There is a catch of legs.
15:21Let's say through that the penalty against Kieran.
15:24I'm still convinced this actor is a load out of feeling himself.
15:28Finding the leg of Araújo between his legs.
15:32I think it's two people fighting for the ball.
15:34I don't see a penalty.
15:36But it could easily be corrected by the referee.
15:38The penalty is given.
15:48And Araújo is absolutely adamant there was nothing there.
15:54Nancy Flick.
15:55He's not impressed either.
15:59And that is not the kind of penalty you would expect VAR to intervene with.
16:06Shall I say against big sides, generally when there is not a clear court penalty,
16:19the big sides tend to get most of these 50-50 decisions.
16:24It hasn't happened.
16:25But you're absolutely right about the shame.
16:27Is this a clear case of a penalty for VAR to intervene?
16:34When we've been told that it will be less and less intervention.
16:36No, I think that's what I think.
16:38Because...
16:40Alexis Sanchez stepping up.
16:42El Niño Maravilla.
16:45The boy wonder.
16:4736 years young.
16:49To give Sevilla the lead at home to Barcelona.
17:00It's his second lead goal for the Andalusians.
17:03Making no mistake.
17:05Sending Szczesny the wrong way.
17:07And an early lead for Sevilla.
17:10Well, you have to say that, yes, it does represent what was happening at the moment.
17:14But Barcelona was saying, let's calm down.
17:16Let's build these attacks.
17:17Let's find it comfortable.
17:19Here, the Sanchez picked one.
17:21Let's take the venom out of the noise of the stadium.
17:24But Barcelona, I think you know that.
17:26Sevilla, we're in another place.
17:28Come on, let's attack.
17:29Let's go.
17:30Let's go for it.
17:31Let's get the ball into the box.
17:32Let's get players into the box.
17:33Things may happen.
17:34And things have happened.
17:35A penalty.
17:36Controversial penalty, no doubt.
17:38And, of course, if you're going to give somebody the opportunity to convert that penalty,
17:42it might just have to be Alexis, who's been in every single party before that you can think of.
17:47And he converts it for 1-0 to Sevilla.
17:50Alexis!
17:51Alexis!
17:52Alexis!
17:53Alexis!
17:54Alexis!
17:55Alexis!
17:56And there were some eyebrows raised, but at the end of the summer transfer window,
18:03Sevilla announced they'd signed 36-year-old Alexis Sanchez, having just sold Dodi Luquebakio.
18:09He has already had a big impact on this side.
18:13The mistake for Sevilla now would be if they actually, they're not showing it now, but they'll start dropping deep.
18:24I know how Barcelona take the initiative.
18:26You know what that becomes.
18:29How many times have Barcelona come back from 1-0 down?
18:32Here is Olmo.
18:33And Barcelona have actually come back three times already this season.
18:44They were trailing against Oviedo, they were trailing against Levante, they were trailing last week against Real Sociedad.
18:50They ended up winning all of those matches.
18:52They had like nine or ten last season as well.
18:55It does tell you about a team that uses control at starting the games, but they've got enough quality to turn it around.
19:04And the belief, and the hope for them, the confidence.
19:09Alexis, do they have the energy after that?
19:13Big game in midweek against PSG in these blistering hit conditions.
19:19In yellow part for Gerard Martin.
19:22That's a good point.
19:24The midfield is the same that played against PSG.
19:26One change in the defence.
19:28So, this was mostly the same players.
19:34The same players.
19:35And keep applying the high tempo.
19:38That's what I've made.
19:39I said what he said.
19:40You have to take the game at them without the goal.
19:43I don't have to run more.
19:44They don't want to do that.
19:46They're not happy doing it.
19:47And it ties them up.
19:48And it ties them up.
20:01And over the top for Marcao.
20:02Looking for Vargas.
20:03He's not like he does.
20:04I'm a Sevilla fan.
20:06I know he's number 15.
20:07But he's been 1-0.
20:08We used to, I think, in the 52nd.
20:10He was a good 12th.
20:13It's the confirmation that good things are happening for Sevilla.
20:18We want Sevilla to be well.
20:21I don't want everyone to be well.
20:22But Sevilla particularly.
20:23Because his history of Sevilla has been difficult to see them struggling such a good thing.
20:31As we said, their away form has been excellent.
20:33Three consecutive away wins against Chidona, Alaves and Rayo.
20:38The league table for away matches.
20:41The third.
20:42The league table just for home games.
20:44From the bottom.
20:45From the bottom.
20:46An early lead against the champions and they're pressing.
20:50San Romero.
20:51This is a real nuisance of himself.
20:53They've got qualities in this cold goals.
20:54One of the 10 goals goals in the league at the level.
20:55But they have managed to balance that out with better defences on the 2-point sheets this season.
21:1210 goals conceded.
21:13Mostly a home.
21:146 of them a home.
21:15So, still a lot of work to do.
21:18But what happens with coaching staff like Mathias Emela and a team.
21:24A group of players that want to impress.
21:27Is that they prove week by week.
21:29And they seem to be the potential.
21:39Ball up from.
21:41This is Flavadimos.
21:43Fools here.
21:45Lewandowski.
21:46He's Ferran.
21:47Pedri.
21:48To the back post.
21:49He's in between.
21:50Lewandowski and Olmo.
21:51He came back very quickly.
21:52The goal kick.
21:53Seconds later.
21:54There's an opportunity in the penalty area.
21:56Flick does not agree with that penalty decision.
21:58No one in the Barcelona technical area does.
21:59This is the result of it.
22:05It's at the main.
22:06Come on up.
22:07Come on up.
22:08Come on up.
22:09Come on up.
22:10Come on up.
22:11Come on up.
22:12Come on up.
22:13Come on up.
22:14Come on up.
22:15Come on up.
22:16Come on up.
22:17Come on up.
22:18Come on up.
22:19Come on up.
22:20Come on up.
22:22Come on up.
22:23Come on up.
22:24Come on up.
22:25Come on up.
22:26Come on up.
22:29Come on up.
22:30Come on up.
22:31Ramona.
22:39Pelicueta.
22:50We've had a bit of pressure going long.
22:54Looks like the Greek goalkeeper is Sevilla's number one at the moment.
22:57And here is Isaac Romero.
23:01Finds Vargas.
23:09So the flag is up.
23:11So we have got a clear idea that they don't want to lose possession of the building.
23:16So if they don't come up with it cleanly after three, four passes,
23:21then it's a long ball to the players of the field.
23:24They have to win the 50-50, and then like this,
23:28they have to take something to the other way.
23:31Again, insisting down this left-hand side Sevilla.
23:34Almost all their attacks have come down this near side in the first half.
23:38And it's coming in for Macau.
23:42Modoski.
23:52Feeling that one.
23:54Right in front of the referee as well.
23:56Right in front of the referee as well.
23:58So we've had a flurry of cards.
24:00So we've had a flurry of cards.
24:01So we've had a flurry of cards.
24:03So he's opening 20 minutes.
24:04It's a bad first touch from Ferran.
24:06Leading.
24:07we've had a great challenge.
24:08Oh they haven't been a field on a field on a field...
24:13and they're going at it.
24:15Portier, Modi on a field.
24:16He's also going to drop off of the referee!
24:18That's fair!
24:19And even though Joh carry Pep,
24:22that is surprising.
24:23It's got to know what you didn't want to look to says.
24:25In theuaq, Arsenal will make a good game.
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24:29Losing the ball, and going into the book as well.
24:30We've had a flurry of cards.
24:32Leading to a great challenge.
24:38I've noticed, but they've got to place themselves properly
24:43in that pressure high that they do.
24:45But when they are sharp, it's two or three,
24:49almost reaching the man on the ball.
24:50At the moment they arrive, they're a little bit late,
24:53as they were around in there, which is a consequence of going on a yellow.
24:56Let's see if that continues to be able to the advantage.
24:58Space here for Suasso.
25:01Pulls it back for Alexis.
25:03Back to Suasso.
25:06Digs out the cross.
25:09It's not cleared.
25:11Here's Mendy.
25:16And Suasso low down.
25:18And arriving.
25:22It's Carmona, who's an attacking full-back.
25:27Couldn't get that shot on target.
25:28Once again, the danger coming down the left for Sevilla.
25:33And in a good way, finishing on the other side.
25:36Obviously, it couldn't be finished earlier
25:37if Isaac had connected with the ball.
25:43But this is a very good Sevilla.
25:45It's the game that Sevilla was hoping to play.
25:49And Barcelona, as it has happened sometimes,
25:52especially in the first 45 minutes of some of the games
25:55that they had to come back from.
25:57First 45 minutes, they seem to just wait for things to happen,
26:00for them to react.
26:01At the moment, they're not.
26:03And he has to do with keeping control of the ball,
26:05playing at the pace,
26:06finding the extra pace in the last days.
26:09Here's Pedri.
26:19Barcelona setting a new club record in midweek.
26:2245 consecutive matches scoring in all competitions.
26:26Not even the dream team of Johan Cruyff or Pep Guardiola's all-conquering side
26:31with Lionel Messi can reach the vigour of 45 consecutive games scoring.
26:37It's time they fail to score.
26:40It's the 15th of December, at home,
26:42to Leganes, the side who went down.
26:52Midway through this first half,
26:54and Sevilla are good value for this lead.
26:56Yep, they manage Barcelona not to reach the last third with control.
27:04That's when opportunities appear,
27:06because they've got a lot of quality,
27:08they can shoot from outside the box,
27:10crosses in,
27:11with Lewandowski waiting for them, etc.
27:13But also,
27:15they have not lost possession when they're building Sevilla,
27:18which means that Barcelona have found themselves
27:21with a lot of work to do,
27:22a lot of tracking back,
27:23a lot of defensive organisation and concentration,
27:27much more than they normally do.
27:34Sevilla,
27:35with considerably more possession
27:38than Barcelona in this first half so far.
27:40Vols back to Vlaco Dimos.
27:50Again,
27:50Diagno looking for Vargas.
27:55Still Vargas,
27:56he's got soul for company,
27:57pulls it back.
27:59They evaded three teammates,
28:01that pullback.
28:02The last three defensive positions of New York have been wrong.
28:08As if, again,
28:10energy like the focus,
28:12anything is missing
28:13with the team at the moment.
28:19There is Alexis Sanchez,
28:22and still Alexis.
28:25And the shot from Isaac Romero
28:26is just wide.
28:30Agonisingly close for Sevilla.
28:33It looked like it might just trickle in at the far post.
28:36It's gone just wide,
28:38but another chance.
28:39Do you know,
28:40it's your day
28:40when you end up
28:42being able to finish
28:43that kind of move
28:44with Alexis just putting the head,
28:48putting the feet,
28:49hoping to control a ball
28:50that was never fully his,
28:52but ends up
28:53in the feet of Isaac,
28:55who did all he could with it.
28:57And, again,
28:58scared Barcelona.
29:00And,
29:00mate,
29:01Matias Almeida
29:02disappointed,
29:03deep down happy
29:04that the team is performing
29:06the way he wanted.
29:07He will be absolutely delighted
29:09with what he's seen
29:09so far from his side.
29:13Out pressing,
29:14out passing,
29:16out playing Barcelona
29:17at the moment.
29:19I don't know who knows,
29:20but I haven't written anything
29:21on the Barcelona side
29:22in terms of danger up front.
29:24It's been the goal
29:26of Alexis' penalty,
29:27the Camona shot,
29:29and also the one of his side.
29:31That's really been the action
29:33that could have been
29:34compared to all.
29:38Wendowski talking
29:38very, very brief
29:39to try and get involved.
29:44Matias
29:45will go back to Macau,
29:48and Sevilla can reset.
29:51he was looking for Vargas again.
30:00Primero
30:00winning that second ball.
30:04This is
30:05pretty lethargic stuff
30:07from Barcelona
30:08at the moment
30:08in terms of intensity
30:09and energy.
30:11Sevilla are
30:11miles ahead.
30:13So it will be
30:14the call-in break,
30:15I presume.
30:17I'd like to put
30:18the microphone
30:20in the hands of Nick
30:21and see what he's got to say
30:23to the side
30:24because
30:24I think
30:26it's not attitude,
30:27it's perhaps
30:28lack of energy.
30:29Something is missing
30:30that doesn't allow the team
30:32to take good decisions
30:33and
30:34to stop
30:36a Sevilla side
30:37that, as you say,
30:37is very energetic,
30:38very dynamic.
30:39going away with the ball.
30:59And it's through to So,
31:01and he is through on goal.
31:02Araujo is chasing,
31:04can So finish?
31:04And Romero!
31:09Somehow the ball
31:10hasn't ended up
31:11in the back of the net.
31:13An extraordinary save
31:14from Szczesny,
31:15but that really,
31:16really should have been
31:17the second goal.
31:18So goes from deep,
31:19that has been drained.
31:21It's easy and easier
31:22to do this
31:22at Barcelona,
31:23especially if there is
31:24no energy to stop the pass.
31:26But it's not easy to score.
31:27You can
31:28drive with the ball
31:29for like 50 metres,
31:31but I think he had
31:32in the back of his mind,
31:33I need somebody to finish this.
31:34I'm going to track
31:35the defender,
31:36I'm going to track
31:36the goalkeeper,
31:37but somebody can finish this
31:38and his side just didn't do it
31:40without the opportunity
31:40to do so.
31:42It will happen again
31:43because the ones,
31:45the Sevilla players
31:46with the ball,
31:48when they get to that
31:48halfway line,
31:50they have space
31:50and time
31:51to take decisions.
31:55It's in by Soasso,
31:57decent looking delivery
31:58and a great hit,
31:59brilliant save
32:00from Szczesny.
32:04And the effort
32:05from Batista Mendy
32:06brought a fabulous save
32:10from Wojciech Szczesny.
32:14Well,
32:14if you had to choose
32:15four players
32:16to choose the best player
32:18of the first half,
32:19one of them
32:19will have to be Szczesny,
32:21no doubt,
32:22is keeping Barcelona
32:22in the game.
32:23I guess he was
32:25given offside,
32:26is it Alexis
32:27or he was actually
32:28disturbing the vision
32:30of Szczesny,
32:31but in any case
32:31another set-piece
32:32that's finished by Sevilla
32:33and the defence of Barcelona
32:36have not been asserted
32:38from him.
32:38and it's Koundé
32:52under pressure
32:53from Vargas.
32:55De Jong dropped deep
32:56to try and
32:56build
32:59for Barcelona.
33:01Koundovski's
33:03directed instructions
33:04is telling the team
33:06to come forward
33:07all together.
33:09There will be more
33:09chances for
33:10a pass that will be
33:12decisive,
33:13a move in behind
33:14at the moment.
33:15The football is too simple
33:16and they have to be patient.
33:18The caps will appear.
33:20Here's Petri.
33:21They have brought
33:21the ball forward.
33:23Koundovski
33:24losing out.
33:29They're finding back though.
33:30Is it the first time?
33:32Here is Lewandowski.
33:36Just trying to have
33:37a pitch there,
33:38Robert Lewandowski
33:38although he's won the corner.
33:41Didn't look like
33:42there was a corner.
33:45Frears made his call.
33:51One of the only occasions
33:52in Greensboro
33:52managed to record
33:53in Session
33:54while Sevilla's building
33:55and they get a corner out of it.
33:59Barcelona have scored
34:00the most goals
34:00from set pieces
34:01this season.
34:03Sevilla have conceded
34:04the most
34:04from set pieces
34:05this season.
34:11From Rashford.
34:12Raújo goes down.
34:20Stays down
34:20as Rashford
34:21swings it in again.
34:23the referee
34:23telling Araújo
34:27there is nothing there.
34:29Araújo
34:30gingerly getting up.
34:38Here is Rashford
34:39in again.
34:42Lovely looking ball
34:43to Araújo
34:44who's stayed up.
34:46Still Rashford.
34:47another corner.
34:50Let's see if this is
34:52consequence of the
34:53corner and the
34:54positioning that the
34:55players have to take
34:56but Ferran is now
34:57on the right-hand side
34:58Rashford on the left-hand side.
35:00Perhaps a little bit
35:01more natural.
35:03It's interesting that
35:04the number nine position
35:04is between Lewandowski
35:05and Ferran
35:06but if Lewandowski is there
35:08Ferran still has found
35:09a way to win the team
35:10obviously
35:11with the absence of
35:11but he's a man of fear.
35:32Swung in again
35:33by Rashford
35:34and Koundé
35:36made contact
35:37and a strong contact
35:39from Jules Koundé
35:40and Jodimos
35:42can distribute
35:47and he's got the ball
35:48straight out.
35:50It is
35:50the water break
35:52Estesa Azpilicueta
35:54looks like he might be
35:56in some trouble.
35:59Cooling break
36:00after an enthralling
36:01opening 32 minutes
36:02here
36:03with the Ramon Sánchez
36:04Pijuán
36:05Sevilla
36:06leading Barcelona
36:08and they have been
36:09much the better team
36:11so far in this game.
36:13What do you think
36:14a cooling break right now
36:15benefits the most?
36:17The team
36:18that requires
36:20to be pushed on
36:22in terms of positioning
36:22etc
36:23or the one
36:24that requires
36:24either a breather
36:25to keep
36:26pressure
36:26or the other
36:29or the other
36:30so
36:30they have some momentum
36:31so
36:33let's listen in
36:34see what Matías Almeida
36:34has to say
36:35We're going to do it!
36:37We're going to do it!
36:39Do it!
36:41Do it!
36:43Do it!
36:45It's going to be closed!
36:47Listen a little.
36:49You can lower your intensity and your concentration.
36:51Lucy,
36:53if you go, and you enter with him.
36:55You have to let him think.
36:57So, while that goes well,
36:59recover and they're already done.
37:01You know what they plan.
37:03Well, the front changes are on the two sides.
37:06Take advantage of that we are in the state,
37:07turn to the evolution and pass it.
37:09We are in the state, turn to the evolution and pass it.
37:12OK? Hey, liquídenlo!
37:13Don't let them liquídenlo!
37:17Great ending to the chat.
37:19Let's kill them, let's go after them.
37:22Quite clearly, Neda feels that things are happening the way they planned.
37:27The intensity has to be kept.
37:29If the players go running behind, they have to be followed.
37:33And once they recover, it's a clear case of giving the ball to somebody
37:39that's looking at the opposite goal and then they go along.
37:42And they have to ensure other plans in other occasions.
37:46But the intention is, don't let them think.
37:51I like that line from Matias Almeida.
37:54Don't let them think.
37:56At the moment, Barcelona haven't really been able to think of their way into this game.
38:07You're playing under 33 degrees, it's 33 minutes or so.
38:11You're actually a little bit tired, you work really hard with the wide shirt.
38:15And the manager's asking you for more intensity.
38:18You think if you do more intensity, you're more than 90 minutes.
38:20Don't worry, because Almeida has managed to get, having played 28 players,
38:25and really everybody feels important.
38:27And they have 60, 70 minutes in them, that's what he wants more often.
38:31That's what he wants more often.
38:33It's Agumé.
38:34It's Agumé.
38:35Barca's calling for it.
38:36It might fall to Romero!
38:38Another chance goes begging for Sevilla.
38:43Another chance squandered by Isaac Romero.
38:47It's incredible.
38:51Is it fair to say that it could be three laps?
38:54It would be a fair assessment of what has happened.
38:57They know how to attack this defensive line.
38:59Especially now that we see a Barcelona that struggle with their energy.
39:03There is somebody that can get the ball and tries with it.
39:07And if he's allowed then, he needs to put it in front of the other players
39:11that will continue with that run.
39:13They run from deep, from their own half, so he will never be offside.
39:19They switch.
39:20They know exactly what they have to do.
39:22And every time, almost every time, they manage to get a chance on the back of it.
39:27But they haven't converted.
39:28Romero had it twice.
39:30Isaac as well.
39:31Carmona.
39:32They could have been 2-0 or 3-0 up.
39:35If you look at last season's statistics in terms of goals minus expected goals,
39:41i.e. which strikers took their chances.
39:44Isaac Romero was one of the worst defenders.
39:48Minus 2.8 in that particular metric.
39:52He scored nearly three fewer goals than he should have.
39:56He could easily have had a couple of goals today.
40:05Jules Koundé dispossessed.
40:06It's not been a good game from Jules Koundé.
40:09And here is Vargas.
40:10The flag stays down.
40:11Ruben Vargas and Romero calling for it.
40:14And this time, he scores.
40:18Third time lucky for Isaac Romero.
40:21Sevilla punishing Barcelona.
40:26Capitalising on their superiority.
40:29And Barca are in trouble.
40:31Almeida asked for intensity.
40:33They had that intensity from the moment they come back from the cooling break.
40:37And they recover that ball.
40:40Koundé was on his own.
40:41Didn't see the opportunity of a pass.
40:43Didn't know that to get out of three players that were pulling pressure to him.
40:47And then of course, if you steal the ball of one of the fullbacks,
40:51if they are attacking from the fullbacks,
40:53if you steal the ball of anybody of Barcelona at the moment,
40:55there are so many gaps that Sevilla have been trying to take advantage of.
41:00You can see a pass there, Koundé,
41:02and the world opens up at that point.
41:05And it's not easy to score,
41:08but you obviously have got a lot of chances to do so.
41:11Romero was due to improve on his expected goal.
41:15Statt was due to a goal after his third chance.
41:25I don't think there was any foul on Jules Koundé in the build-up.
41:29I don't think there was an offside either.
41:31It looks like this goal is going to stand.
41:39The home fans, obviously,
41:41not reading too much into expected goal stats
41:45because they are singing the name of Isaac Romero.
41:47And well they might.
41:49His third league goal of the season.
41:51Doubling Sevilla's advantage.
41:58Barcelona.
42:00They've absolutely lost at the moment.
42:03Yeah, this is a style that has a lot to do
42:06with everybody thinking the same way,
42:08with everybody doing what they're supposed to do.
42:10Not just one, two,
42:11but everybody applying intensity in every action,
42:14with or without the goal.
42:16And it's demanding.
42:17When you play a game in which you want to claim
42:21some leadership in the European field,
42:24and you fail.
42:25That is, obviously,
42:26the energy falling out of these holes
42:28that they're getting created that come from doubt.
42:31And there was a lot of energy being used as well.
42:35So mentally, physically,
42:36the team doesn't see what the race is today.
42:38Sevilla smelled blue from the beginning.
42:41So did the fans, certainly Almeida.
42:43He felt that if they did what they were supposed to do
42:47and they did it well,
42:48things would happen and things are happening in their favour.
42:53Every 50-50 is being won by Sevilla.
42:56And they are coming forward again down this left-hand side
42:58with Ruben Vargas.
43:00He's won another corner.
43:03There's been no reaction from Barcelona.
43:08The momentum still with the hosts.
43:12And they won a third.
43:15No one is here.
43:16And the three actions.
43:19One, they have to go and defend.
43:20Instead of the 50 meters
43:22that they are normally defending from the edge
43:24of the viral box to you know,
43:2630 or so meters ahead of them,
43:28perhaps the 100 meters they have to go and defend for.
43:39So with another corner.
43:41And it's cleared by Lewandowski.
43:43They are well placed for the pressure, but they don't bite, and Sevilla will not lose the ball,
44:05they've only done it twice, I think, as they're building the rest of the time.
44:10The goalkeeper, who, of course, has such a big relevance, he will decide what kind of attack it is,
44:17and at the moment, he's managing the result, managing the moment, ten minutes left, or so perhaps,
44:23so it's about to feel comfortable and remind Barcelona that they will be attacked.
44:40It's Koundé.
44:45I see.
44:49He's on the run, asking for it.
44:54I'm Pedri.
44:55He's a man-marking, very Bielsa-like, in the middle.
45:09He's always close to Pedri, not letting him breathe.
45:14If he's not, I remember what his close is at.
45:18He's Rashford.
45:20Still Rashford.
45:21Fools to De Jong.
45:24Fools to Ferran, but it's well over here.
45:31Correct me if I'm wrong, but without Lamine there's still one game, they won every game without Lamine.
45:37So, it would be very easy to explain the lack of creativity when they get to the edge of the box,
45:44and that is, drop a hassle, or a shot that you don't expect, is what explains this.
45:50I mean, it doesn't, it's not Lamine.
45:52It's a team that lacks spark, lacks energy.
45:56You know what they're trying to do, but they're not doing it at the intensity they should.
46:00And since, without the ball, for the pressure, to recall possession, but with the ball as well,
46:05when they've got it, it's a little bit too casual.
46:15Pedri and Barcelona find a goal before half-time to get them back in this game.
46:26Will be three minutes added on, presumably, for the water break at least.
46:31Could be that, I suppose.
46:34Five, maybe.
46:43Barcelona have had five touches in the Sevilla penalty area.
46:47He's opening at 42 minutes.
46:49What?
46:50Doesn't sound like a lot.
46:52Doesn't sound a lot? Well, it sounds like it tells the third of the story.
46:55Here is Rashford!
46:57And he puts it wide!
47:01What a chance for Marcus Rashford to get Barcelona back in this game.
47:06It would have been an important moment.
47:08He's not offside.
47:09Great run from Marcus.
47:11That's an alternative that they haven't found yet,
47:13because Barcelona have been trying to control the game,
47:16and then the game escapes from their control.
47:18But one opportunity to find Rashford in what he's good at,
47:22making a run.
47:23But he didn't finish.
47:25Clipped.
47:26La Jodimos.
47:27Behind for the corner.
47:28Cleared by Azpilicueta.
47:29Is there a chance for a break here?
47:30So...
47:31Giral Martin.
47:32That was...
47:33a glorious opportunity for Barcelona and Marcus Rashford.
47:37So, we're looking to build on that.
47:38As we tip towards half-time.
47:40I see frustrated going back.
47:41To Cesny.
47:42To Cesny.
47:43To Cesny.
47:44The body language is...
47:46really negative from Barcelona.
47:47That was...
47:48a glorious opportunity for Barcelona and Marcus Rashford.
47:51It was...
47:52a glorious opportunity for Barcelona and Marcus Rashford.
47:58So, we're looking to build on that.
48:00As we tip towards half-time.
48:05I see frustrated going back.
48:07To Cesny.
48:09The body language is...
48:12really negative from Barcelona.
48:14They look frustrated.
48:22Here's Araujo.
48:33Come forward by Araujo again.
48:35Here's Lewandowski.
48:36Still Lewandowski.
48:37Couldn't find Rashford with the pass.
48:40who catches Carmona.
48:57They were 2-0 down on match day two at half-time against Levante.
49:01They came back and won at the death.
49:03This has been...
49:05a poor, poor performance from Barcelona so far.
49:09The in-point produce looking on.
49:11An additional...
49:12six minutes.
49:13As I said for the cooling break and the VAR check.
49:14The hope of Barcelona in the next six minutes is that an action of whatever type by whoever gets converted into a goal collectively.
49:17They are failing.
49:18They are failing.
49:19They are failing to any type of pressure to the rival.
49:20And without pressure, what is this Barcelona?
49:21It's...
49:22It's half the Barcelona that we know.
49:23They are failing to any type of pressure to the rival.
49:24And without pressure, what is this Barcelona?
49:25It's...
49:26It's half the Barcelona that we know.
49:29It's...
49:30It's...
49:31It's half the Barcelona that...
49:33...that we know.
49:39What is the...
49:41It's...
49:42It's...
49:43It's half the Barcelona that we know.
49:46and then the other hope of course is that new energy comes in from the bench perhaps even a
50:12half-time I wouldn't be surprised what changes to keep more energy to the side and
50:18the ball in from Rashford connected Lewandowski how he's down having clashed with Lajorimos
50:28and the way Barcelona's playing which doesn't depend today on their high intensity and high
50:35pressure is that when the pressure of Sevilla drops down after an hour and 70 minutes
50:42then they'll start playing then chances will come and if the game wasn't gone away from
50:47them completely then you will see a completely different match so keep an eye on it you have
50:53to come to the second half if the window below what's happening
50:55there's a corner
50:58as we see offside
51:05ruling there's no offside in that second role
51:11now getting treatments
51:20have defending to do here
51:27deep into
51:30time at the end of this first half six minutes handed on there'll be at least another one after this injury
51:39down to ten men defending this corner in from Marcus Rashford
51:58you're down to ten men defending this corner in from Marcus Rashford
52:05punch clear by black or the most only as far as Petri
52:12the ball had gone out
52:21at least an opportunity for Barcelona
52:40they recognize themselves in the team the team is giving them absolutely everything I do think that the fans will be needed in the second half when when the strength will diminish when there will be less runs
52:47but they'll probably find more of the ball but they'll find more of the ball but so far so good
52:55now back on the pitch for Sevilla
53:04the ball over the top looking for Alexis Sanchez and finding him through on goal Alexis Sanchez trying to take it round at Alfa
53:13maybe even just a couple of years ago maybe even just a couple of years ago he might have spreaded past at Alfa
53:30even if you have space in front of you it's not easy to score
53:37you know it was very very fast you still go to bed to beat there Chesney
53:41you'd rather not have those players doing that but that's the the risk that Hatzifle and the team at the tennis
53:48it's good I see
53:53that's true
53:58and then Dosky
54:02slightly untidy passage of play there
54:05Kedri
54:12and given away by Mendy
54:20just about manages to get there
54:23nothing comes of it
54:26a sigh of relief is breathed
54:29by the Sevilla fans
54:32you see this opportunity once again
54:35curved his run really well to stay on side Alexis Sanchez
54:39there's still a lot to do and as you said they don't know Alexis would have resolved differently but I think Sevilla now need a break
54:46they've given absolutely everything this game still got perhaps a couple of minutes to go with the injury treatment
54:54with the injury treatment
54:55with the injury treatment
54:59so
55:01get fit first
55:03Rashford
55:08Barcelona's best chance at this first half
55:10Barcelona's best chance at this first half
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55:370
55:380
55:390
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55:450
55:460
55:470
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56:090
56:110
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56:130
56:14finish with quality, you just score a goal.
56:17Pedri saw it very clearly.
56:18There was Rashford there on his own.
56:20He waited.
56:21Perhaps in the past, he would have just gone to the penalty box,
56:24hoping to intervene there.
56:25No, he waited wide, and the ball came to him,
56:28and with his left foot, just buried it in,
56:30and that changes the game dramatically.
56:35Marcus Rashford's first La Liga goal for Barcelona.
56:40It's an expertly taken finish.
56:42And he's one that gives Barcelona hope in this game.
56:54You must hear it when you've done everything right.
56:59When you give it everything,
57:01and actually,
57:04you've got more chances than two to score,
57:07but you end up at 2-1, possibly 2-1 after.
57:12Finally, the half-time whistle goes at the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan.
57:20It has been an enthralling opening half in this game.
57:25Sevilla leading Barcelona by two goals to one.
57:30You get the feeling.
57:31There are more goals.
57:32There is more action.
57:34There is more drama to come in the second half.
57:37Fortunately, there is some
57:46by the way you could跡.
57:49Don't do that if you pull the lamb...
57:51There it goes.
57:51what I'm gonna do?
57:53There's more оружiation.
57:54Give him Moderato.
57:55Give him theement of Magda.
57:57You've taken it.
57:59He qualifiedinton Tag Bahé.
58:01You've taken it.
58:03You've taken it.
58:04Take it.
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