The pre-season is coming to an end for Sevilla FC and it does so with a smile, that of remembering the figure of Antonio Puerta and that of the triumph in which he is the ninth wounded Sevilla player in the eleven editions of his trophy. A goal from Delaney rewarded the great start of the second half for Julen Lopetegui’s men, who after also starting the first act with energy, saw how Cádiz reacted and also had theirs before the break. With four days of training still to go, almost everything is ready for the league debut next Friday at El Sadar against Osasuna.
Sevilla came out with a vengeance, wanting to hit first in its debut in Nervión of this preseason. It took just two minutes for Lopetegui’s team to score, in an action cooked from the left by Tecatito and Delaney, who leaves it very well for an En-Nesyri that crosses too much, although the line indicated offside after the resolution of the play. Shortly after it was Acuña, again from the left, who could not find a finisher to his pumped center. Cádiz seemed crouched at the time, although Arzamendia gave the first yellow warning with a strong cross shot that narrowly missed to the left of Bono’s goal. An action that spurred Sergio’s men, who went on to gain prominence in dominating the match.
The game lost some of its rhythm as the minutes went by and both teams tried it with starts, which led to a Chilean attempt by Lamela, a shot by Perea to the side of the net or a long shot by Papu that almost poisoned himself. all this before the break for hydration. From then to the break, the game failed to recover the speed of the start and only provided a new attempt by Álvaro Giménez, back to the network but outside. After the intermission, Lopetegui moved the bench and introduced changes in the goal, with the entry of Dmitrovic, the debut of Alex Telles in the left, the departure of Óliver and Rakitic in midfield and Ocampos as a winger. And the truth is that the game returned to its initial privileges, with three clear chances before game time.
Rakitic forced Ledesma to send in a corner with a shot from the edge of the box and shortly afterwards it was En-Nesyri who gave his shot too much spin after a good inside ball from Óliver Torres. Definitely the clearest was again for Rakitic, again from a distance, crashing the ball into the crossbar and seeing how Ledesma, in his attempt to clear, hit the ball involuntarily very close to the post. Seville is far superior in this second part, a dominance that finally became apparent just after the start of the last quarter of the game. Good collective action that ends in the center from the right of Óliver and shot in the heart of Delaney’s area against whom Ledesma can do nothing. Kike Salas and Munir took advantage of the second cooling break of the match to enter the field of play, a moment that Sergio González also used to make up to seven swaps at once.
José Ángel, Iván Romero, and already in the last bars Pedro Ortiz, to move to the line of three centrals in the drawing, They were the last Nervionenses relays in a game that seemed to be already in the pocket despite the tight score. Just a deflected header from Lozano was the attempt at yellow tie, while Munir grazed the second in a ball that he took under Espino’s sticks when the goal was sung. Even Iván, already in the discount, sent it to the post. Sevilla FC closes the preseason with a win at home and lifting the trophy that honors its beloved Antonio Puerta. Delaney, scorer of the winning goal, also won the MVP of the match awardnew to this edition.