Sevilla Finds First Season Defeat

Sevilla 1-0 Valencia

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Valencia’s latest game was their second away in La Liga at Sevilla, and they left very much to be desired. Valencia came to a deserved 1-0 defeat courtesy of Frederic Kanoute in just 18 minutes. Valencia had some great chances coming from Jonas, but none of the shots were converted for goals. The second half would be more of the same, with Valencia struggling to create chances while Sevilla bombarded the Valencia goal. Guaita managed to keep the score from becoming a goleada, but the outfield simply couldn’t do enough to level the score. Valencia’s best chance came from Aritz Aduriz. Aduriz was brought down in the box on 67 minutes, giving Valencia the penalty. Banega took the penalty, and while he managed to wrong foot the keeper Javi Varas, he hit the post and the ball bounced harmlessly to a Sevilla player who cleared. 

The game wasn’t without its controversy with 3 red cards being dished out. Sevilla was reduced to 9 men by the end of the match while Aduriz earned himself a red card, undeservedly as the Sevilla defender could’ve earned himself an Oscar given his performance after receiving contact from the Basque striker.

In the end it was Varas that proved to be the hero as he was unbeatable in goal, allowing Sevilla to hold on to the 3 points. It was clear that Valencia was still exhausted from the Barcelona game and could not cope on this day.

Lineups:

Sevilla FC: Javi Varas; Martín Cáceres, Emir Spahić, Julien Escudé, Fernando Navarro; Jesús Navas, Piotr Trochowski, Gary Medel, Diego Perotti (Coke Andújar, 70th minute); Álvaro Negredo (Manu del Moral, 80th minute), Frédéric Kanouté (Ivan Rakitić, 59th minute).

Valencia CF : Vicente Guaita; Adil Rami, Hedwiges Madruo, Víctor Ruiz (Roberto Soldado, 72nd minute); Bruno Saltor (Antonio Barragán, 46th minute), Tino Costa, Éver Banega, Jérémy Mathieu; Pablo Piatti (Sergio Canales, 63rd minute), Jonas Gonçalves, Aritz Aduriz.

Goals: 1-0 Frédéric Kanouté (18th minute).

By: David Wall