At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 12, a match in the 17th round of La Liga was contested, and La Liga powerhouse Sevilla made a guest appearance to challenge Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla are second in their first 15 league games with nine wins, four draws and two defeats, making them the closest team to top real Madrid. Sevilla have won the last two league rounds, but both have won more thrillingly, beating Córdoba and Villarreal 1-0. In the midweek Champions League match, Sevilla lost to Red Bull Salzburg, which kept Sevilla out of the Champions League and had to play in the Europa League knockout play-off. This time Sevilla played Athletic Bilbao. The two sides lost to Sevilla on both legs last season. This time, Sevilla naturally wanted to take revenge on its opponents, and it was successful.
Sevilla lined up in a 4231 formation for this game. Bunu served as the starting goalkeeper. Augustinsson, Diego Carlos, Conde and Montière partnered at 4 backs. Delaney and Fernando form a double back. Oliver Torres, Alejandro Gomez and Oscar Rodriguez joined forces, with Rafa Mill at the top. Munir and Goodley sit on the bench. Rakitic was suspended. Lamela and Navas are out injured.
10 minutes after the match began, Comte made a low-level mistake at the back and was attacked on the spot after being snatched by the opponent, and Williams was given the opportunity to face the goalkeeper, but his shot was slightly off the left upright. Seville escaped. In the 20th minute, Williams dribbled the ball laterally on the right side of the front, he distributed the ball to Garcia in the middle, Garcia rose directly from the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the ball hit the left upright and popped up. Sevilla is once again dead.
In the 32nd minute, it was still a chance created by Williams, who fired a low shot into the far corner from the right side of the penalty area, this time still slightly offside. Five minutes later, Sevilla scored! Montiel gave the ball back to Delaney outside the penalty area, deryni stopped the ball and then shot at goal, and the ball hung straight into the dead corner! This foot insoluble world wave is so beautiful. In the 44th minute, Vincedol came with a long-range shot that caused the ball to hit the upright and pop up. Athletic Bilbao's luck was so bad that 2 shots were rejected by the upright. At half-time, Sevilla led 1-0. Sevilla had 46% possession in the first half, 1 shot on target in 6 shots and 1 goal. Athletic Bilbao had seven shots on goal in the first half, none of which were scored.
In the second half, it was easy to fight again, and Sevilla almost focused on defense in order to maintain the advantage. Athletic Bilbao didn't have much to do at first, and after 65 minutes of constant substitutions, the team was able to create some shooting opportunities. However, Athletic Bilbao was never able to break through Sevilla's gates. The final score was set at 1-0, and Sevilla defeated Athletic Bilbar to complete the revenge! Lopetegui won. After these 3 points, Sevilla's total of 34 points, leaving Barca with 11 points.