1:1! Six games without a win! Last season's European champions were sluggish, and the league standings were close to the relegation zone
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, there is only one last month left in 2023, and for European football, this season's schedule is not yet halfway through, and the league is currently in the final stage of the first half, and the ranking form of each team has roughly taken shape, and it will begin to compete for the championship and the four major dramas next year
In the early morning of December 4, Beijing time, the five major European leagues staged a number of wonderful blockbuster battles and strong dialogues, Manchester City vs. Tottenham, Dort vs. Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona, Inter Milan vs. Napoli. In addition, Roma, Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, Villarreal and other strong teams also appeared on the stage, and really dedicated a memorable football night to the majority of fans and friends around the world
Of course, the result of the game was also mixed, with Manchester City being held to a controversial 3-3 draw at home by Tottenham Hotspur and currently sitting third in the league and seemingly losing their usual strength as defending champions. The defending Serie A champion Napoli lost 0:3 to Inter Milan, and the fifth-place result almost made them lose the initiative to compete for the title more than half a season ahead of schedule. Dort went all out to draw 1-1 away from the pharmaceutical factory and end the opponent's strong winning streak. However, compared to the aforementioned matchup, Sevilla's match against Villarreal, which was also supposed to be a strong conversation, was overshadowed by the former's poor performance this season
At 1:30 a.m. on December 4, Beijing time, the 15th round of La Liga continued, and in a key battle, Sevilla sat at home at the Pizjuán Stadium to welcome the challenge of the "yellow submarine" Villarreal. Neither team has played well in the league this season, so this head-to-head matchup also has a sense of "difficult brothers" to keep warm. As a result, the two sides drew 1-1 after 90 minutes of fierce battle, with Salas opening the scoring for Sevilla and Morales equalising for Villarreal
Throughout this game, Sevilla FC had the advantage of being at home, with 18 shots on goal far more than Villarreal's 5, but in terms of shots on target, both teams had 4 shots on target, which also shows that Villarreal's ability to seize opportunities and attack threats is far better than that of the home team Sevilla. After this game, Sevilla FC has only achieved a poor record of 2 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses in 14 La Liga games, accumulating 13 points and temporarily ranking 15th in the standings, only 5 points away from the relegation zone. What's more, Sevilla are winless in six games in all competitions and have won just one Copa del Rey game since October
You know, although last season's Sevilla in the league was only ranked 11th, but they finally won the Europa League, as the European champion, this season Sevilla in La Liga continues to "pull the hips" at the same time, in the European competition is also sluggish, the current Champions League group stage 5 rounds of Sevilla only 2 points ranked at the bottom of the group, there is no hope of qualifying and even about to lose the possibility of entering the Europa League. In fact, the club's top management has made changes to the bad situation this season, in October the team sacked head coach Mendiliba and replaced it with Diego Alonso at the helm, but the new manager has a record of 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses in 10 games after taking office, with a measly 10% win rate, which shows that Sevilla need more changes if they want to get out of the slump