SEV 1-4 BAR Highlights, La Liga 2024-25: Barcelona breezes past Sevilla to close gap with Real Madrid
SEV 1-4 BAR Highlights, La Liga 2024-25: Barcelona breezes past Sevilla to close gap with Real Madrid
And that is the last action from the match as the referee blows the whistle for full time.
Sevilla is looking for a consolation goal but the Barcelona players are not giving it any space.
Lukebakio plays in a low cross from the right which is cleared away for a corner by Martinez.
Six minutes of added time to play.
Eric Garcia scores!! Raphinha plays in a freekick into the box. The ball goes behind Olmo and comes to Garcia who heads it home.
Barcelona: Yamal is replaced by Martin
Marcao is shown a yellow card for a foul on Olmo.
Sevilla: Pedrosa is replaced by Marcao.
Lukebakio keeps the ball in play near the byline and plays the ball back to Suso inside the box. He takes a shot with his left which is saved by Szczesny.
Bueno plays in a cross into the box from the right. Cubarsi does well to stick a leg out and intercept the ball.
Sevilla wins a freekick in the middle of the pitch after Eric Garcia fouls Bueno. He is shown a yellow card for the challenge
Bade takes a powerful shot from way out. Szczesny does not take any chances and pushes the ball away for a corner.
Sevilla: Saul and Gudelj are replaced by Bueno and Agoume
Sevilla is enjoying a good spell of possession but cannot find a way past the Barca defence.
Barcelona: Lewandowski and De Jong are replaced by Dani Olmo and Eric Garcia.
Bade is shown a yellow card for a foul on Lewandowski. Two members of the Barcelona dugout is also shown yellows for dissent.
He is back on his feet and looks okay to continue.
Pedri wins a freekick in the middle of the pitch after drawing a foul from Ejuke. He stays on the ground and is receiving medical attention.
Sevilla: Sow and Vargas are replaced by Suso and Ejuke.
The referee spends an ample amount of time looking at the screen, cancels the yellow cards and shows him a red.
VAR is checking a possible red card for Fermin. And the referee is going to the screen for an on field review.
Fermin gives away a freekick and is shown a yellow after a foul on Sow.
Raphinha scores!! The Brazilian gets the ball outside the box and gets past his man before firing the ball with his right into the bottom left corner.
Saul plays a good-looking pass into the box for Sow. He goes down claiming a push from Kounde. The referee says no penalty.
Yamal plays a cross into the box with his left. Salas lunges forward to head the ball away.
A ball is played over the top to Lukebakio who finds Saul inside the box. He takes a shot which is deflected and falls to Vargas who finishes it into the net. However, the flags goes up for offside.
Fermin scores!! Pedri gets the ball outside the box and chips it into the box for Fermin who had made a run in behind. He heads the ball into the ground to take it away from the opposition keeper.
Sevilla kicks off the second half, shooting from left to right.
Barcelona: Gavi is replaced by Fermin Lopez
Yamal gets the ball inside the box and cuts to his right before taking a shot which goes off target,
Romero is shown a yellow card for an earlier challenge on Pedri.
And that is the last major action of the half as the referee blows the whistle for halftime..
Pedri finds Yamal inside th box and the 17-year-old tries to put into the middle. However, the Sevilla defence does well to intercept the pass.
A low cross is played into the box from the left for Sevilla. The ball takes a deflection and bounces up near the penalty spot. Lukebakio with an overhead attempt which forces Szczesny to push the ball away for a corner.
Four minutes of added time to play.
Raphinha plays in a corner from the right which is contested for by Gudelj and Martinez before going out. Martinez thinks that he should have gotten a corner but the referee awards a goal kick.
Raphinha plays a long ball to Yamal on the left. He tees it up for Kounde on the edge of the box. The Frenchman hits it on the volley but it sails over the goal in the end.
Five minutes plus added time to go in the first half.
Gavi is shown a yellow card for a bad challenge on Vargas.
Yamal gets the ball on the right before cutting to his left. He takes a shot from outside the box which whizzes past the right post.
Barcelona wins a freekick in the middle of the pitch after Lukebakio pushes Martinez in the back while contesting for the ball.
Looks like Gudelj has recovered from the discomfort for now as he comes back on the pitch after treatment.
Gudelj is down on the field after sustaining what seems to be a groin injury. Looks like he is going to be replaced.
Barcelona wins the ball in Sevilla’s half and Raphinha tries to find Lewandowski but the pass is intercepted and the chance is wasted.
Lukebakio with the ball on the right and plays in a cross into the box. Koude has to turn fast to get a touch on the ball and clear it away for a corner.
Gavi tries to find Yamal on the right but his pass heavy and it goes out for a goal kick.
Barcelona: Ronald Araujo is replaced by Pau Cubarsi after sustaining an injury.
Pedri tries to play a ball through for Raphina into the box. The Sevilla defence does well to block the pass.
Balde plays the ball through for Raphinha but the pass is heavy and it goes past him before being cleared away.
Saul is shown a yellow card for a foul on Araujo.
At the other end, Sevilla with a quick break and a pass is played into the box for Isak Romero. Szczesny comes off his line to make as save as Romero goes down. The referee has a good look and says no penalty.
Raphinha gets the ball in the opposition half and drives to the edge of the box. He takes a shot with his right but Nyland has and easy save.
Koude curls in a cross from the right which is headed away by Salas
Corner comes in from the left for Barcelona and Inigo Martinez is there. But the Sevilla defence does well to clear the ball away from danger.
Ruben Vargas scores!! Sevilla with an instant reply. They play out from the back after kick-off. Raul gets the ball over the top on the right and drives into the right side of the box before squaring it to Vargas who has an easy finish.
Lewandowski scores!! Barcelona plays a corner short and the ball is played around to Martinez inside the box. He plays it to Lewandowski who finishes from in front of goal.
The Barcelona back four is passing the ball amongst themselves as the others try to makes spaces in between the Sevilla defence.
Romero puts in a pass from the right of the box for Sevilla. Szczesny comes off his line and gathers the ball.
Barcelona is already on the attack down the left. Balde cannot keep the ball in play and tempers slightly flare between him and Sanchez.
Barcelona kicks off the match shooting from left to right.
The players are making their way into the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Gudelj leads the home side while Araujo leads Barcelona.
Third-placed Barcelona will face Sevilla in the La Liga 2024-25 match on Monday with the hopes of closing the gap on Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid after they played out a 1-1 draw.
The Catalans come into the match on the back of a 5-0 thrashing of Valencia in the quarterfinal of the Copa del Rey.
Sevilla on the other hand is thirteenth in the table with 28 points from 22 games. It is coming off a 0-0 draw against Getafe in the league.
Home or away, Sevilla have failed to muster a single win from this fixture in its last 18 attempts.
14 of those games ended in Barça wins, including the last six. In fact, another win on Sunday would set an all-time record run of wins for Barça against the Andalusians.
Nyland (GK), Sanchez, Bade, Salas, Pedrosa, Sow, Gudelj, Niguez, Lukebakio, Romero, Vargas
Szczesny (GK), Kounde, Araujo, I. Martinez, Balde, Gavi, De Jong, Pedri, Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha
The Sevilla vs Barcelona La Liga 2024-25 match will kick off on Monday, February 10, at 1:30 am IST at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.
The match will not be telecast or live-streamed on any channel in India.
You can stay tuned to Sportstar’s website and app for the latest updates from the fixture.
