Granada beat Sevilla 1-0 this Saturday at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, which allows them to prolong their good moment of form and place themselves at the top of the table by adding four consecutive home wins this season, while the defeat It means for the Hispanics to end a streak of 18 straight games without losing in LaLiga.
A goal from Venzolano Yangel Herrera in the 82nd minute gave victory to the Granada team, who dominated in the second half after an even first half that was marked because the visitors were outnumbered just before the break when Joan Jordán was expelled after see two yellows in just one minute after making fouls.
The first quarter of an hour of the game was frantic, with Granada trying to take advantage of their power from set pieces on good occasions by Luis Milla and Germán Sánchez, and Sevilla with a more elaborate game that allowed them optimal arrivals saved in the auction by Suso Fernández and Joan Jordán.
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Granada
Rui Silva; Foulquier, Domingos Duarte (Vallejo, m.44), Germán, Carlos Neva; Gonalons (Yangel Herrera, m.59), Luis Milla, Montoro (Fede Vico, m.74); Antonio Puertas, Kenedy (Machís, m.60) and Soldado (Luis Suárez, m.74).
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Sevilla
Bond; Jesús Navas, Diego Carlos, Sergi Gómez (Franco Vázquez, m.85), Escudero (Acuña, m.18); Fernando, Jordán, Rakitic; Suso (Ocampos, m.46), Munir (In Nesyri, m.70) and Carlos Fernández (De Jong, m.46).
- goal:
1-0, M.82: Yangel Herrera.
- referee:
Pablo González Fuertes (Asturian Committee). He expelled by double yellow card (45 + 2) and (45 + 3) the Sevilla player Joan Jordán. He also showed a yellow card to the local Gonalons (m.30), Foulquier (m.40), Antonio Puertas (m.71), Fede Vico (m.84) and coach Diego Martínez (m.58) and the visitors Fernando (m.10) and Franco Vázquez (m.91).
- incidents:
Match of the sixth day of LaLiga Santander played at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium behind closed doors.
The game was less showy from there, with a lot of play in the midfield and the goalkeepers almost like mere spectators, although the Portuguese Rui Silva had to act to clear the ball in a distant shot from Munir El Haddadi.
Julen Lopetegui was forced to make a change in the 18th minute when left back Sergio Escudero left injured and was replaced by Argentine Marcos Acuña, while before the break Diego Martínez also had to move the bench when Jesús Vallejo entered the center Portuguese Domingos Duarte, also injured.
In the addition of the first half, Sevilla was outnumbered by seeing two yellow cards for fouls in just one minute Joan Jordán, an expulsion that was much protested by the visitors.
Granada, with one more player on the field, was launched in the second half and was able to score in a distant shot by Ángel Montoro against which Moroccan Yassine Bono performed well and, above all, in a shot by Antonio Puertas taken almost in the goal line by Brazilian Fernando Reges.
The passing of the minutes served for Sevilla to stand very well on the pitch, preventing Granada from taking advantage of its superiority to harm it, although the entry of Venezuelan Darwin Machís revitalized the local attack
Bono avoided the 1-0 with a save in the 66th minute in a close-range shot by Antonio Puertas on Granada’s best chance before the goal, scored in the 82nd minute by Yangel Herrera with a great header coming from behind after a measured cross. by the French Dimitri Foulquier.
Sevilla tried to go forward in the final minutes, although they only made Rui Silva work on a weak header from Brazilian Diego Carlos Santos.
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