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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 12, a match in the 24th round of La Liga was contested, and the championship favourite Sevilla faced Elche at home. Sevilla have done very well this season, winning 13 of their first 23 league games and losing only 2, ranking 2nd and being Real Madrid's strongest title contender. At this stage of the league, Sevilla is actually quite ahead of Barca and Atletico in the table, which is a very rare situation. It shows how well Lopetegui has done his job, and how badly Barca and Atletico have played. However, Sevilla's recent form has not been very good, and they have only won draws in three consecutive games, drawing valencia, Celta and Osasuna, which directly led to the gap opened by Real Mara. This time Sevilla played against 14th-ranked Fishside team Elche. Against such an opponent, Sevilla, playing at home, must score all three points.
Sevilla lined up in a 3421 formation. Bunu served as the starting goalkeeper. Conde, Diego Carlos and Requick played at 3 backs. Corona, Haldane, Rakitic and Acuña form a four-midfielder. The attacking combination of Alejandro Gomez, Martial and N-Nesri started. Munir, Goodley, Rafa-Mill and Delaney sat on the bench.
After the start of the game, both sides were slower and hotter, but as the game progressed, Sevilla gradually controlled the rhythm of the game, and was able to create some shooting opportunities from time to time, but the quality of the shots was relatively poor, and they were not able to score. Sevilla had 53% possession in the first half, 2 of the six shots on target and failed to score. Elche only had three shots on goal in the first half, one on target, and he also failed to score.
Sevilla pressed hard in the second half until the 68th minute, when the deadlock was finally broken. Alejandro Gomez cut inside on the left side of the penalty area, then shot low with his feet, the ball was blocked for a moment and then changed direction to drill into the goal. The goalkeeper couldn't do anything about it. Seven minutes later, Sevilla scored again! Anthony Martial sent a cross from the left, Rafa Mir headed the ball in the middle and the ball went into the bottom left corner of the goal and the goalkeeper pulled his body to the limit and could not save the ball. Elche conceded two goals in 7 minutes and collapsed. In the end, Sevilla beat Elche 2-0. After winning the game, Sevilla trailed Real Madrid by only three points and threw away Barca by 12 points.