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Sevilla

  • Kanouté 72’

U.D Almeria

  • Alves 23’ (o.g.)
  • Negredo 46’, 65’
  • Ortiz 61’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sevilla
    • U.D Almeria
    • 90+2' The final whistle goes after a truly entertaining game of football. Almeria emerge victorious, but the 4-1 scoreline tells you little about a gloriously eventful game.
    • 90+1' Negredo sets up Uche on the edge of the Sevilla box but the Nigerian thumps his shot way over the crossbar.
    • 90' Kanoute gets in behind the Almeria defence but thrashes his half-volley wide of the left-hand post. There will be two minutes of added time.
    • 89' Sevilla win a free-kick wide on the left, and Daniel Alves sends a rocket of a shot narrowly over the crossbar.
    • 88' Navas crosses from the right, Diego Alves just can't get his fingers to it but Bruno is able to clear at the back post.
    • 87' And the cards keep coming. Keita gets one now, for a push on Pulido. Jose Ortiz squeezes his way into the Sevilla area from the left before rifling a right-footer way over the bar.
    • 86' This result leaves both sides where they were in the La Liga table, but Almeria are now only three points behind Sevilla, who are in sixth place.
    • 84' Pulido is booked for a petulant shove on Luis Fabiano.
    • 83' Negredo leaves the field to receive treatment before coming back on. Sevilla's players look fairly stunned by the events of this game, and you can hardly blame them.
    • 82' Daniel Alves is booked for jumping in on Negredo.
    • 80' Diego Alves dives in to save at the feet of Luis Fabiano. Ten minutes remain. A Sevilla comeback now would be frankly Lazarus-like.
    • 79' Sevilla keep on coming! Daniel Alves swings in a cross from the right that is cleared. It's hard not to think that if they'd adopted a slightly more conserative approach after falling behind they wouldn't be in this mess.
    • 78' Mane goes down clutching his leg, and he will not be able to continue. Looks like a strain of some description. Nigerian midfielder Kalu Uche comes on in his place. Kone sends a volley a few yards over Diego Alves's crossbar.
    • 76' Navas goes down after running the ball out of play on the right and vainly appeals for a free-kick for a non-existent foul by Domingo.
    • 75' Navas plays in another corner from the right, Diego Alves punches it away.
    • 74' If, after 20 minutes of this match, you had told the home fans inside the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan, that within 50 minutes or so they would see their side concede four goals and have a man sent off, they would have had every right to tell you that you were insane.
    • 73' GOAL! 4-1! At last! Kanoute sends a half-volley against the post from Navas's knockdown before tucking the rebound home from close range! It's the least they deserve after the way they've played tonight.
    • 72' Another change for the visitors. Corona is replaced by Jose Ortiz.
    • 71' Navas cracks in a shot from the edge of the box that Alves turns away.
    • 70' Kanoute strikes it towards the bottom-left corner... AND ALVES SAVES IT! The ball comes back to Kanoute, and Alves saves again! Sevilla are having an absolute nightmare here!
    • 69' PENALTY TO SEVILLA! Daniel Alves is bundled over at the near post and the ref says penalty!
    • 67' Changes for both sides. Almeria send on the Brazilian Iriney in place of captain Soriano, while Sevilla replace Capel with Duda.
    • 66' GOAL! 4-0 Almeria! Things are going from bad to worse for Sevilla! Ortiz half-volleys in a cross from the right and Negredo gets in front of his man at the near post to deftly volley the ball across Palop with the outside of his left foot!
    • 65' Adriano is off! He furiously contests a decision that goes against him, and after first mistakenly showing the red card to Keita, the ref gives Adriano his marching orders!
    • 64' Kone hits the woodwork! Capel cuts inside onto his right foot and flights in a cross that Kone directs against the left-hand upright from eight yards! Sevilla have done everything but score.
    • 62' GOAL! 3-0 Almeria! Negredo jabs the ball through the heart of the Sevilla defence and Ortiz coolly lifts it beyond Palop and into the net! Sevilla are taking a beating!
    • 60' Half an hour remains, and as Sevilla push forward in search of goals they are leaving themselves very vulnerable to the counter-attack.
    • 59' So nearly three! Almeria get in behind the back of the Sevilla defence and play a low cross right across the face of goal that evades the sliding Corona at the back post by inches!
    • 58' Sevilla win a corner on the right, Daniel Alves plays it in and Luis Fabiano puts his header wide from 10 yards!
    • 57' Daniel Alves and Mane squabble - and squabble is most definitely the word - after Mane is penalised for a push on the Brazilian. Sevilla make a change, with striker Arouna Kone coming on for defender Aquivaldo Mosquera.
    • 56' Capel looks to dance towards the Almeria goal but he's stopped by a firm challenge from Bruno.
    • 55' Corona gets away from the Sevilla defence down the right and looks to embarrass Palop with an ambitious chip but doesn't catch it properly and Palop is able to make a comfortable save.
    • 54' Daniel Alves's cross to the back post is headed clear. Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez looks distinctly underwhelmed. Diego Alves makes a real mess of gathering a high ball and concedes a corner.
    • 53' Daniel Alves wins a throw-in in an advanced position on the Sevilla right.
    • 51' Diego Alves goes down feigning injury after Luis Fabiano follows in Daniel Alves's cross, but after finally getting to his feet play is allowed to continue.
    • 50' Bruno gets his head to the corner but can only divert it away from goal. Daniel Alves breaks down the right and whips in a superb low cross that Diego Alves sprints out to gather.
    • 49' Bruno wins a corner on the Almeria right.
    • 48' Navas tricks his way to the byline on the Sevilla right but hesitates and allows Ruben Pulido to cut the ball out at the near post.
    • 47' GOAL! 2-0 Almeria! Soriano shoots from distance, Palop is deceived by the swerve and can only push it out and Negredo slides in to touch the ball home from close range! Tremendous start to the second half from Almeria.
    • 46' The second half begins, a few minutes late after Almeria took their time coming out of the changing rooms. Sevilla have brought on goalscoring midfielder Renato in place of the more defensively-minded Christian Poulsen. Navas goes down theatrically after being caught by Domingo Cisma, but the ref's not having any of it and rightly so.
    • 45+1' Kanoute dinks a left-footed cross to the back post from the left and Jesus Navas sends a flying volley over the bar! And the half-time whistle goes, bringing to an end a breathless 45 minutes of end-to-end football. Almeria lead 1-0 at the break.
    • 45' There will be one minute of injury time.
    • 44' Kanoute gets his head to Capel's corner from the left, but can't generate any power in his header and it goes straight at Diego Alves.
    • 43' Almeria have a free-kick about 30 yards out, slightly to the right of centre. It's played to the back post and Negredo, sliding in, just can't keep it in play.
    • 42' Jesus Navas cuts the ball back to Daniel Alves on the edge of the Almeria box but he elects to pass, rather than shoot, and Almeria clear.
    • 41' GOAL! 2-0! NO! Ortiz curls the ball past Palop and into the top-right corner but the goal is ruled out, bizarrely, because Almeria took the free-kick that led to the strike too quickly. It would have been a lovely goal as well.
    • 39' The wind has gone out of Sevilla's sails completely, and Almeria look increasingly threatening.
    • 37' Keita goes down after taking a blow to the head from Negredo. Should be able to carry on though.
    • 36' Soriano sends a low shot from distance skidding wide of the left-hand post. Always worth a pop when the conditions are as slippery as they are.
    • 35' Corona clips the ball to the back post and Soriano, rather unfortunately, is given offside.
    • 34' Almeria win a free-kick about 30 yards from goal in a fairly central position.
    • 33' That penalty from Negredo was inches away from being completely unsaveable. As it is, Sevilla live to fight on.
    • 32' Jose Manuel Oritz goes into the book for hauling down Adriano on the Sevilla left.
    • 31' Negredo steps up... AND THUMPS THE BALL AGAINST THE BASE OF THE RIGHT-HAND POST! He missed one last week, and he's missed one again! A second goal would have been incredibly harsh on Sevilla, because it wasn't a clear-cut penalty and they do not deserve to be two goals down.
    • 30' PENALTY TO ALMERIA! Negredo tumbles to the ground after David Prieto lunges in for the ball, and the referee points to the spot!
    • 28' Daniel Alves's cross from the right is palmed away by Diego Alves and cries of 'Handball!' ring out as Bruno makes a hash of controlling the rebound at the back post, but the ref's not interested.
    • 27' Daniel Alves curls a free-kick into the Almeria box from wide on the left and Diego Alves punches it clear.
    • 26' Here come Almeria again! Andres Palop spills the ball with Alvaro Negredo closing in, but recovers to parry Mane's ferocious left-footed shot from just inside the area!
    • 24' GOAL! 1-0 Almeria! Disastrous own goal by Daniel Alves! Soriano curls in a sublime cross from the right that bounces once before inexplicably being headed home by Alves! An extraordinary goal, completely against the run of play.
    • 23' Christian Poulsen is cautioned for sliding in on Mane.
    • 22' How Almeria have survived the Sevilla onslaught so far is difficult to say. And they've even managed to hit the woodwork! The first quarter of this match has been a joy to watch.
    • 20' Capel fires in a well-struck shot from the left-hand corner of the box and Alves just manages to turn it around the near post! Alves flaps at the resulting corner, but it curls out of play for a goal kick.
    • 19' Luis Fabiano is clean through on goal... but the flag goes up. It was mighty close.
    • 18' Visiting skipper Soriano is booked for a handball.
    • 17' Alves flashes a cross right across the face of goal from the right, and then admonishes his team-mates for not getting on the end of it.
    • 16' Capel bewilders Bruno with a flurry of stepovers before putting in a cross that is scrambled away.
    • 15' Kanoute goes close! Alves curls a free-kick into the box from the right and Kanoute puts his header wide of the left-hand post! Almeria look completely overwhelmed by the sheer intensity of Sevilla's attacking play.
    • 13' Free header for Luis Fabiano! He's picked out by a cross from the right, and sends his header well wide of the back post from right in front of goal!
    • 12' Free header for Kanoute! Luis Fabiano picks him out with a left-footed cross from the right, and the former Tottenham man puts his header straight at Diego Alves from 10 yards!
    • 11' Almeria hit the post! The corner is curled in from the left and Fernando Soriano, his back to goal, attempts an improvised flick that sends the ball against the post!
    • 10' Almeria venture forward, Corono crosses from the right and Alves has to turn the ball behind at the back post.
    • 8' Sevilla come forward again, Capel crosses from the left, Luis Fabiano chests the ball down for Keita and he sends a half-volley over the bar!
    • 5' Daniel Alves whips the ball in, Bruno heads it clear, Capel spikes it towards the back post and the ball drifts over the byline for a goal kick. Moments later Capel races down the left and sends in a cross that Seydou Keita stoops to head just wide of the near post!
    • 4' Capel wins a free-kick wide on the left - right on the touchline - after a foul by Bruno.
    • 3' Sight of goal for Sevilla! They take the corner short, Diego Capel whips in a left-footed cross and Luis Fabiano sends a header narrowly over the bar! Sevilla have made a furious start!
    • 2' Sevilla break down the right and Jesus Navas plays a pass into the box which is cleared. Adriano scampers down the opposite flank and wins a corner.
    • 1' We're underway! The rain is lashing down here in Seville, but the home side know that a win will take them level on points with Atletico Madrid, who currently occupy the fourth Champions League berth.
    • 20:55 Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Sevilla v Almeria from the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan. Kick-off is at 21:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Sevilla Stats U.D Almeria
    48% Possession 51%
    23 Shots 13
    8 Shots on target 6
    1 Saves 6
    13 Corners 2
    18 Fouls 18
    3 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    11 Tackles 20
    240 Accurate passes 250
    35 Bad passes 58

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sevilla
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andrés Palop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      4 Daniel Alves 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 36 1 3
      30 David Prieto 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 1 0
      21 Seydou Keita 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 33 13 0
      8 Christian Poulsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1 2
      6 Adriano Correia 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 10 3
      7 Jesús Navas 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 25 1 0
      12 Frederic Kanouté 1 9 5 0 2 1 0 24 3 1
      10 Luis Fabiano 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 6 0 1
      17 Diego Capel 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 4 1 0
      11 Renato Dirnei 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 1
      26 José Ángel Rincón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Federico Fazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Arouna Koné 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 1 0
      5 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      20 Tom De Mul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Morgan De Sanctis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • U.D Almeria
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Diego Alves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 0
      21 Carlos García Badías 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 18 1 1
      2 Bruno Saltor 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 2 2
      14 Rubén Pulido 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 1 3
      17 Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 18 2 0
      15 Miguel Angel Corona 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 23 1 1
      22 José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20 13 2
      4 Felipe Melo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 9 3
      23 Fernando Soriano 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 27 4 1
      9 Álvaro Negredo Sánchez 2 3 2 1 4 0 1 13 4 2
      11 Domingo González 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 26 15 5
      24 Juan Jesús Gutierrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Aitor Alcalde Caballero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Santos Iriney 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 1 0
      25 Guilherme Oliveira Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 José Ortiz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      5 Kalu Uche 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      18 Santiago Acasiete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' Negredo sets up Uche on the edge of the Sevilla box but the Nigerian thumps his shot way over the crossbar.
    • 90' Kanoute gets in behind the Almeria defence but thrashes his half-volley wide of the left-hand post. There will be two minutes of added time.
    • 89' Sevilla win a free-kick wide on the left, and Daniel Alves sends a rocket of a shot narrowly over the crossbar.
    • 73' GOAL! 4-1! At last! Kanoute sends a half-volley against the post from Navas's knockdown before tucking the rebound home from close range! It's the least they deserve after the way they've played tonight.
    • 71' Navas cracks in a shot from the edge of the box that Alves turns away.
    • 70' Kanoute strikes it towards the bottom-left corner... AND ALVES SAVES IT! The ball comes back to Kanoute, and Alves saves again! Sevilla are having an absolute nightmare here!
    • 69' PENALTY TO SEVILLA! Daniel Alves is bundled over at the near post and the ref says penalty!
    • 66' GOAL! 4-0 Almeria! Things are going from bad to worse for Sevilla! Ortiz half-volleys in a cross from the right and Negredo gets in front of his man at the near post to deftly volley the ball across Palop with the outside of his left foot!
    • 65' Adriano is off! He furiously contests a decision that goes against him, and after first mistakenly showing the red card to Keita, the ref gives Adriano his marching orders!
    • 64' Kone hits the woodwork! Capel cuts inside onto his right foot and flights in a cross that Kone directs against the left-hand upright from eight yards! Sevilla have done everything but score.
    • 62' GOAL! 3-0 Almeria! Negredo jabs the ball through the heart of the Sevilla defence and Ortiz coolly lifts it beyond Palop and into the net! Sevilla are taking a beating!
    • 59' So nearly three! Almeria get in behind the back of the Sevilla defence and play a low cross right across the face of goal that evades the sliding Corona at the back post by inches!
    • 58' Sevilla win a corner on the right, Daniel Alves plays it in and Luis Fabiano puts his header wide from 10 yards!
    • 55' Corona gets away from the Sevilla defence down the right and looks to embarrass Palop with an ambitious chip but doesn't catch it properly and Palop is able to make a comfortable save.
    • 48' Navas tricks his way to the byline on the Sevilla right but hesitates and allows Ruben Pulido to cut the ball out at the near post.
    • 47' GOAL! 2-0 Almeria! Soriano shoots from distance, Palop is deceived by the swerve and can only push it out and Negredo slides in to touch the ball home from close range! Tremendous start to the second half from Almeria.
    • 41' GOAL! 2-0! NO! Ortiz curls the ball past Palop and into the top-right corner but the goal is ruled out, bizarrely, because Almeria took the free-kick that led to the strike too quickly. It would have been a lovely goal as well.
    • 31' Negredo steps up... AND THUMPS THE BALL AGAINST THE BASE OF THE RIGHT-HAND POST! He missed one last week, and he's missed one again! A second goal would have been incredibly harsh on Sevilla, because it wasn't a clear-cut penalty and they do not deserve to be two goals down.
    • 30' PENALTY TO ALMERIA! Negredo tumbles to the ground after David Prieto lunges in for the ball, and the referee points to the spot!
    • 28' Daniel Alves's cross from the right is palmed away by Diego Alves and cries of 'Handball!' ring out as Bruno makes a hash of controlling the rebound at the back post, but the ref's not interested.
    • 26' Here come Almeria again! Andres Palop spills the ball with Alvaro Negredo closing in, but recovers to parry Mane's ferocious left-footed shot from just inside the area!
    • 24' GOAL! 1-0 Almeria! Disastrous own goal by Daniel Alves! Soriano curls in a sublime cross from the right that bounces once before inexplicably being headed home by Alves! An extraordinary goal, completely against the run of play.
    • 20' Capel fires in a well-struck shot from the left-hand corner of the box and Alves just manages to turn it around the near post! Alves flaps at the resulting corner, but it curls out of play for a goal kick.
    • 15' Kanoute goes close! Alves curls a free-kick into the box from the right and Kanoute puts his header wide of the left-hand post! Almeria look completely overwhelmed by the sheer intensity of Sevilla's attacking play.
    • 13' Free header for Luis Fabiano! He's picked out by a cross from the right, and sends his header well wide of the back post from right in front of goal!
    • 12' Free header for Kanoute! Luis Fabiano picks him out with a left-footed cross from the right, and the former Tottenham man puts his header straight at Diego Alves from 10 yards!
    • 11' Almeria hit the post! The corner is curled in from the left and Fernando Soriano, his back to goal, attempts an improvised flick that sends the ball against the post!
    • 8' Sevilla come forward again, Capel crosses from the left, Luis Fabiano chests the ball down for Keita and he sends a half-volley over the bar!
    • 5' Daniel Alves whips the ball in, Bruno heads it clear, Capel spikes it towards the back post and the ball drifts over the byline for a goal kick. Moments later Capel races down the left and sends in a cross that Seydou Keita stoops to head just wide of the near post!
    • 3' Sight of goal for Sevilla! They take the corner short, Diego Capel whips in a left-footed cross and Luis Fabiano sends a header narrowly over the bar! Sevilla have made a furious start!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Manuel Jiménez

    On the Field

    • Palop
    • Alves Own Goal Yellow Card
    • Mosquera Substitution Out (55′)
    • Prieto
    • Correia Red Card
    • Keita Yellow Card
    • Poulsen Yellow Card Substitution Out (45′)
    • Navas
    • Capel Substitution Out (65′)
    • Kanouté Goal
    • Fabiano

    Subs

    • 13. De Sanctis
    • 5. Barbosa "Duda" Substitution In65′
    • 20. de Mul
    • 11. Renato Substitution In45′
    • 22. Koné Substitution In55′
    • 26. Crespo
    • 28. Fazio

    Injured

    • 14. Escudé
    • 2. Navarro
    • 3. Dragutinovic

    Suspended

    • 25. Maresca

  • U.D Almeria

    Manager: . Emery

    On the Field

    • Alves Carreira, 'Diego'
    • Bruno Saltor
    • Carlos
    • Pulido Yellow Card
    • Cisma González
    • Soriano Yellow Card Substitution Out (65′)
    • Melo
    • Corona
    • Ortiz Goal Yellow Card
    • Jiménez "Mané" Substitution Out (75′)
    • Negredo Goals×2

    Subs

    • 17. Ortiz
    • 24. "Juanito"
    • Da Silva "Iriney" Substitution In65′
    • 18. Acasiete
    • 5. Uche Substitution In75′
    • 26. Alcalde
    • Guilherme

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Paunovic
    • 8. Crusat