At 4:15 Beijing time on January 4, the 19th round of La Liga, Sevilla played away against Cádiz. In the first half, the two teams exchanged white rolls, in the second half Rakitic assisted Ocampos to break the deadlock, in the 87th minute he scored another goal, the result was offside was blown off first, and finally Sevilla won 1-0, the point difference with Real Madrid narrowed to 5 points, and the suspense of the La Liga title returned.
Before the game, Sevilla ranked 2nd in the table and Cádiz was 2nd from the bottom, and the gap between the two teams was huge, and the absence of many of Cádiz's main players due to the new crown, this gap was further magnified.
However, in the first half, Sevilla could not take advantage of anything, it was difficult to break through the opponent's iron barrel, and the wonderful offensive scenes of the two sides were lackluster, and they entered the dressing room 0-0.
Easy to fight again, the stronger Sevilla still broke the deadlock.
In the 57th minute, Sevilla's corner kick was cleared and Ivan Romero took control of the second point to organize the second wave of attack. Rakitic attracted the attention of the opposing 3 defenders in the penalty area, suddenly turned around and got rid of it, followed by a wonderful straight plug, Ocampos followed, small angle left foot pumped into the near corner to win, 1-0!
According to statistics, this is Ocampos' fifth La Liga goal of the season, sitting firmly in the top scorer position in the team.
In the 87th minute, Ocampos scored another goal, but unfortunately the offside was left first and the goal was ruled invalid. A moment before the finale, Cadiz almost completed a perfect draw, Sevilla escaped a disaster, there was a thrilling laugh to the end, won the 2022 opening red.
Sevilla have won four straight against Cadiz and have been unbeaten since their first meeting in 2005, playing a record of 17 years. Sevilla, meanwhile, are unbeaten in five rounds, with 4 wins and 1 draw to score 13 points. In this round of competition, Real Madrid and Betis have both broken the cold, and only Sevilla in the top 3 of La Liga has continued to win.
As a result, Sevilla not only secured second place in the table with an eight-point advantage, but also narrowed the gap with Real Madrid to five points.
It is worth mentioning that Sevilla are currently one round behind Real Madrid, and are expected to further narrow the point difference to 2 points, and the championship suspense in La Liga is back.