By: EFE Updated 17 Apr 2022, 17: 50 pm EDT
Real Madrid came from behind in the second half of a game that they had lost 2-0 at half-time and that left him at 2-3 with a last goal from his great savior of all time, the Frenchman Karim Bezema, who achieved it in the minute 88, which leaves the team caressing the LaLiga title and Sevilla, with their first defeat at home so far in the championship, in a tough fight to stay in the ‘Champions’ positions.
The sevillista team was much better in the first half and hence the result
The match was considered as an opportunity for LaLiga not to be virtually sentenced if the Real Madrid was defeated by Sánchez-Pizjuán. In addition, the physical wear and tear caused by his pass to the semifinals last Tuesday against the English Chelsea, with extension included, and the injuries to Frenchman Ferland Mendy and Brazilian Marcelo, and the suspension of Casemiro, also a Brazilian, added uncertainty.
With Dani Carvajal on the left side to a changed band and Lucas Vázquez on the right , Ancelotti opted to reinforce the midfield with four men, including the Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga, and leave the responsibility up Benzema and Vinícius, and at the start they had to push hard to counteract the predictable push of the locals.
The French striker had a first attempt between two presences also with the desire of his compatriot Anthony Martial against the goal of the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, although in that pulse he seemed the Seville with a little more presence, which resulted in the 1-0 exceeded the twenty minutes.
It was a direct free kick on the edge of the area launched by the Croatian Iván Rakitic, who took advantage of the fact that the Brazilian Éder Militao opened the barrier to add his four goals in LaLiga, but the Madrid defense did not react aware and got lost again four minutes later so that an internship by the Mexican Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona was culminated in an empty goal by the Argentine Erik Lamela in the 2-0.
Lopetegui’s men were more intense, very focused on the recovery and that It surprised Ancelotti’s men, who had a hard time finding the Croatian Luka Modric to generate the game in the vicinity of the goal defended by the Moroccan Yassine Bono, who spent After half an hour, he intervened without problems to the first shot on goal by the opponents, by Bezama.
However, that was a warning that Real Madrid began to have something more ball but against an opponent who did not stop working and who got very angry when he considered that Camavinga had to see a second yellow card
At the start of the second half, the Madrid coach took Camavinga out of the way and put the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes with the mission of reinforcing the attack and, as the first period ended, the visitors were in other ways, to the point that Benzama was close to scoring but Bono prevented it .
The Moroccan goalkeeper did not avoid shortly after precisely Rodrygo made it 2-1 five minutes after the restart, his first in LaLiga.
Real Madrid was now the Dominating against an opponent without intensity and who did not have one of his highlights from the first half on the field, the Argentine Papu Gómez, who stayed in the locker room at halftime predictably injured.
There was a lot to play for and the madridista siege was total, with which Lopetegui brought in two players to try to change the dynamic, the Serbian Nemanja Gudelj and the Swede Ludwing Augustinsson, and Sevilla He managed to weather the storm, although another controversial move now came, this time against Madrid’s interests when the referee considered, after consultation with the VAR, that Vinícius had controlled the ball with his forearm before his shot on goal.
The goal did not go up but the Nacho Fernández shortly after when, in the first play in which he intervened after entering the field, he connected to the back of the local goal and made it 2-2 in the minute 60, which redoubled the visitors’ intentions to achieve the comeback, which Benzema achieved in extra time without time for more.