Sevilla falls in Getafe and aggravates its problems in LaLiga

Of the two, the great protagonist was Munir. In top form for several days, he decided to break the scoring dependency suffered by his team. The last fifteen goals were shared between Enes Ünal and Borja Mayoral and Munir ended that inertia just when he faced his former team. He was the best and crowned his performance with the winning goal, early in the second half, to put an end to Sevilla’s euphoria.

And it is that both teams, before the initial whistle, presented many green shoots. Jorge Sampaoli’s men, calmer after beating Almería (2-1) last day and qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Europa League, had a litmus test ahead of them against an opponent who had barely lost a game throughout the second round.

Meanwhile, the azulón team, recovered from its crisis at the beginning of 2023, was still in positions of Second division at the start of the shock. The good results were not accompanied by a substantial improvement in the standings and Sevilla was a favorable victim to hit the growth spurt at once.

Both Quique and Sampaoli had problems putting together their line-ups. The first, could not count on two of its starting centrals (Omar Alderete and Domingos Duarte, replaced by Stefan Mitrovic and Gastón Álvarez). In addition, he made two tactical changes (Luis Milla by Ángel Algobia and Damián Suárez by Juan Iglesias).

The Argentine coach had to deal with the fatigue of some of those who played in Turkey and with the occasional injury: Oliver Torres entered the place of Suso Fernández, Pope Gueye in the one of Ivan Rakitic and Bryan Gil in Youssef En-Nesyri’s.

The presence of Bryan Gil in the eleven was very uncomfortable for Getafe, who continuously, especially in the first half, had to work hard to block the incursions of the Spanish international down the left flank. Djene Dakonam and Damian Suarez, they suffered a lot to block the most vertical player on the pitch with Munir’s permission.

His was the first and practically the only clear opportunity for Sevilla in the initial act. In one of his raids, forced David Soria to be used to the full to stop a shot from the skilful winger from the corner of the area.

It was the best moment of the Sevillian team, which during the first twenty minutes, saved a scare from Enes Ünal seven seconds after the startHe didn’t suffer anything. Rather the complete opposite. He controlled all the split balls, all the second plays and also showed prominence with the ball.

However, Getafe had a burst of pride and based on adding tension to each play, they managed to turn the tables. From dominated he went to dominator to put his rival on the ropes. Portu, very insistent, and Munir El Haddadi, capitalized on almost all of Getafe’s attempts.

And it was precisely the Moroccan player who was able to open the scoring before the break. A steal from Nemanja Maksimovic in midfield he finished off Munir against Yassine Bounou. The duel of compatriots was taken by the Sevilla goalkeeper, who forced the striker to cross the ball too much to the despair of the Azulona parish.

The script did not change in the second part. Getafe managed to keep their intensity intact and with suffocating pressure they got their prize. At 50 minutes, Joan Jordan, overwhelmed by Milla, He missed a pass that Mayoral picked up. The Getafe striker did not get nervous. Inside the area, he made a good choice between three options and Munir, with an unappealable left foot shot, raised the score to 1-0.

Sampaoli reacted immediately with three changes. they entered Suso, En-Nesyri and Rakitic and the duel continued along the same paths. Getafe, unleashed, went for the sentence and began to accumulate chances: Enes Ünal from a free kick, Milla from outside the area and Borja Mayoral did not get the goal of tranquility and Sevilla, in the last fifteen minutes went for it. the tie.

Then, David Soria’s security appeared. He stopped three attempts to Alex Telles, Pape Gueye e Ivan Rakitic and Sevilla ended up kneeling. The last goal from Enes Ünal, after 95 minutes, ended the uncertainty and Sevilla showed their great weakness: they have not won away from Sánchez Pizjuán since October. For this reason, now it is close to a descent from which Getafe has moved away thanks, above all, to Munir.