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  • Damiá 63’ (o.g.)

Real Betis Balompié

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sevilla
    • Real Betis Balompié
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    • 90+1' The ref blows up early to put Betis out of his misery and send the home fans home with three goals, three points - and about 300 reasons why their side was better than that of their fierce rivals.
    • 90' There will be two minutes of added time...
    • 88' Alves so close to another goal when he gets clear to the by-line inside the six-yard box... deflected out for a corner-kick.
    • 85' Navas with the best moment of the night, playing a one-two with Alves before somehow contriving to miss the ball completely while attempting to swipe it across goal. He touched it with his non-kicking foot as he set himself and ended up flying through the air.
    • 84' Edu is a mite annoyed and seeks to break the leg of Alves as he clears. He does not succeed - those two are not getting on very well in the last minutes.
    • 82' Betis enjoying - if that is the word - some attacking ball at last. Edu almost wriggles free in the box and is unlucky with a header, while Xisco seems keen to do something to rescue some pride.
    • 78' The final Sevilla change: Marti on for Poulsen.
    • 76' Betis are now clueless on the ball while the home support orchestrates passing movements with their cries from the stands.
    • 73' Chevanton straight through on goal, but the flag goes up. He finished wide anyway.
    • 72' Sevilla sub: Ernesto Chevanton comes on for the hardworking Capel.
    • 72' Betis change: Xisco for Gonzalez.
    • 68' It is hard to see why Sevilla are 18 points behind leaders Real Madrid even with this win. That is a massive margin after exactly 18 matches. They will creep behind free-falling Valencia if they hold on.
    • 65' It's party time in the red and white half of Seville tonight - a pity it's a Sunday. Still, that won't stop the Spanish having a good time. Sevilla sub: Adriano replaces goal hero Fabiano.
    • 63' The shot took a wicked deflection off a Betis defender and wrong-footed Ricardo. Cruel.
    • 63' Alves lines up a set-piece... he smackes the ball INTO THE BACK OF THE NET!!! 3-0!!!
    • 62' Somoza is next to be booked for a spicy challenge on Capel... oh dear.
    • 61' Fabiano shown a yellow card for a soft tackle on Toni.
    • 58' Navas causing all sorts of problems from the right for Betis. They don't know how to defend him.
    • 56' Arzu plays a lovely through-ball for Jose Mari to seek inside the area... Drago is back to cut it out. Better from the visiting side.
    • 55' Capel stands up a good cross for the arriving Navas to volley over the bar - he should have hit the target and probably scored from seven or eight yards out. Sevilla well in control.
    • 54' Christian Poulsen is the next to have a go for Sevilla, his shot hissing past the base of the far post.
    • 52' Navas released down the right and crosses on the floor for Kanoute... !!!huuyyy!!! He almost turned the ball home.
    • 51' The home players seem a lot more fluid and comfortable on the ball. Fabiano tries for his hat-trick, but does not catch the ball very well and Ricardo gathers.
    • 49' Betis with some early ball in this half. They would go level on points with Athletic Club, losers today, with a point here. Currently they sit just inside the relegation zone.
    • 47' Left-back Damia finds himself in the Sevilla area on the right-hand side and, when he realises the ball has gone, hits the deck. He didn't expect to get a penalty for that, I'm sure... Jose Mari is booked for a tackle on Capel.
    • 46' The second half is underway in Seville. Betis will have to improve is they are to battle for a result.
    • - Betis sub: Leandro Somoza replaces Sobis.
    • 45+2' Half-time is good-time for Sevilla and their fans - sunflower seeds will be spat by the mouthful as they talk up their first-half performance and 2-0 lead over hated rivals Betis.
    • 45' We enter injury-time then in this first half.
    • 44' Alves goes down and moans about his injury, which gets Rivera booked - it was a bad one, on the former Chelsea target's standing foot.
    • 42' Fabiano scores it!! A poor clearance was collected by Navas and centred beautifully for Fabiano - who made no mistake when trying to direct his header into the corner from around the penalty spot.
    • 42' GOOOOLLLLL FOR SEVILLA!!! 2-0!
    • 38' Ricardo races out of his area again - it's any excuse with him - to head away from Fabiano. For some reason he follows the football out of play then panics and throws it onto the pitch as Sevilla look to take it quickly with another ball...
    • 37' Fizzing shot from Navas that Ricardo saves before Alves has a go, also denied by the shot-stopper.
    • 35' Betis look for an equaliser and only a good save by De Sanctis is the home goal keeps them at bay.
    • 33' The Sevilla defender is booked for the wild challenge.
    • 32' Edu, now sporting a bandage around his head for that earlier gash, kicked on it by Ivica Dragutinovic - he cannot be happy with that!
    • 31' Navas scampers forward from the right and hits a bullet of a shot that Ricardo blocks at the near post and claims at the second attempt.
    • 30' A long ball forward draws Ricardo out of his goal and Navas hooks it into the area... Betis clear, but they are living dangerously...
    • 29' Betis change: Toni on for Rivas.
    • 28' Rivas is hurt and will probably be taken off.
    • 26' Capel whipped in a great ball that Fabiano met three yards out with his head - but Ricardo claims, along with his defence, that he put it in with an arm... it is certainly contentious!
    • 26' GOOOOOLLLLLL for Sevilla!!!
    • 25' Sevilla threatening with several crosses that Betis defend last-ditch... is it a matter of time?
    • 22' Fabiano and Kanoute have been in great form again this season for Sevilla, 36 goals between them. They carry a greater threat on first impressions in this match than Jose Mari, Edu or Sobis for their rivals.
    • 21' Navas threads a ball for Fabiano that he flicks on to Kanoute, WHO IS THROUGH ON GOAL... HE SLAMS IT WIDE!! The former Spurs man should have scored there.
    • 19' Fabiano flicks on for Kanoute to control and shoot over the crossbar. Another !!!huuuuyyyy!!! from the crowd, but it was always going over the top.
    • 18' Seydou Keita has a pop at goal from a long way out - 30 yards perhaps - and Ricardo does well to save low down.
    • 17' Sevilla are largely on top up to now, though the game has been disjointed. Betis full-back Melli is booked for a tackle on Capel.
    • 15' Betis with a rare forage forward... Alves clears with a poor header and a diving effort back again from Jose Mari is deflected for a corner...
    • 13' Diego Capel with a change of pace to beat three men and shoot just over from the corner of the box!! The left-sided midfielder was jet-heeled there...
    • 12' Edu is caught in the head by a team-mate and the blood streams down. He moans at the ref.
    • 11' Sevilla with a spell of pressure in the final third. Fabiano almost gets a shot off, only for Ricardo to watch it past the post after it struck his own man.
    • 8' Visting striker Jose Mari hits the deck under a tackle and opposite number Luis Fabiano follows suit soon after. The match is ugly at the moment, a true derby spirit.
    • 6' Dani Alves feeds Jesus Navas to the by-line and his ball across COMES OFF RICARDO AND GOES OUT FOR A CORNER!! The home fans thought that was the opening goal for a minute...
    • 5' The goalie receives some treatment but is okay to continue.
    • 4' Rafael Sobis swings in a free-kick for Betis after a blatant dive by Edu to win it... the ball ricochets up in the air and David Rivas is penalised for leading with his arm into a challange against Sevilla 'keeper Morgan de Sanctis.
    • 3' Fred Kanoute almost on the end of a cross for Sevilla. The ball would not quite drop for him.
    • 2' A number of free-kicks in the opening stages, the last one by an overzealous Mark Gonzalez of Betis - to cries of anger from the fans.
    • 1' Off we go to the sound of chanting from the stands, Sevilla kicking from right to left in white shirts, white shorts and black socks. Betis are in traditional green and white stripes, black shorts and green socks.
    • - The teams are out and ready to begin, the atmosphere white hot. Let's hope that Ricardo in the Betis goal is not forced to dodge missiles - Spurs boss Juande Ramos was knocked out by a bottle in a cup match between these teams last season, then in charge of Sevilla of course.
    • - The Sánchez Pizjuán is a hotbed of Andalusian football passion - and never more so than when the Verdiblancos come to visit.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis in La Liga.

  • Team Stats

    Sevilla Stats Real Betis Balompié
    50% Possession 49%
    20 Shots 4
    10 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 3
    6 Corners 6
    20 Fouls 18
    2 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 20
    280 Accurate passes 249
    37 Bad passes 76

  • 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
      13 Morgan De Sanctis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 16 0 4
      3 Ivica Dragutinovic 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 10 5
      4 Daniel Alves 1 3 3 1 4 0 1 49 0 5
      14 Julien Escudé 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 5 1
      8 Christian Poulsen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 3 3
      21 Seydou Keita 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 37 9 4
      7 Jesús Navas 0 4 1 4 3 0 0 29 0 1
      12 Frederic Kanouté 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 4
      10 Luis Fabiano 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 10 0 1
      17 Diego Capel 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 9 3 0
      18 José Luis Martií Soler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      29 Pablo Vargas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 José Ángel Rincón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Enzo Maresca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Adriano Correia 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 4 1
      19 Javier Chevanton 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
    • Real Betis Balompié
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 0
      4 Juan Gutiérrez Moreno 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 3 0
      2 Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 2
      5 David Rivas 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
      18 Alberto Rivera 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 45 18 2
      8 Arturo Garcia Muñoz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 5 3
      12 Damia Abella Pérez 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 4 6
      11 Mark Gonzalez 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 21 12 1
      10 Luis Eduardo Schmidt 0 2 0 2 6 1 0 19 7 1
      25 Rafael Sobis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      24 José Mari José Mari 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 15 4 1
      16 Mariano Pavone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Espinosa Barriga Casto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Antonio Sánchez Cabeza 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 28 9 3
      9 Fernando Miguel Fernández Escribano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Juan Pablo Caffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Leandro Somoza 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 1
      19 Francisco Munoz Xisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0

  • Summary

    • - Thank you for joining eurosport.yahoo.com for commentary on this heated derby match in the south of Spain. We'll see you next time!!
    • 88' Alves so close to another goal when he gets clear to the by-line inside the six-yard box... deflected out for a corner-kick.
    • 85' Navas with the best moment of the night, playing a one-two with Alves before somehow contriving to miss the ball completely while attempting to swipe it across goal. He touched it with his non-kicking foot as he set himself and ended up flying through the air.
    • 63' Alves lines up a set-piece... he smackes the ball INTO THE BACK OF THE NET!!! 3-0!!!
    • 55' Capel stands up a good cross for the arriving Navas to volley over the bar - he should have hit the target and probably scored from seven or eight yards out. Sevilla well in control.
    • 54' Christian Poulsen is the next to have a go for Sevilla, his shot hissing past the base of the far post.
    • 52' Navas released down the right and crosses on the floor for Kanoute... !!!huuyyy!!! He almost turned the ball home.
    • 42' Fabiano scores it!! A poor clearance was collected by Navas and centred beautifully for Fabiano - who made no mistake when trying to direct his header into the corner from around the penalty spot.
    • 42' GOOOOLLLLL FOR SEVILLA!!! 2-0!
    • 37' Fizzing shot from Navas that Ricardo saves before Alves has a go, also denied by the shot-stopper.
    • 31' Navas scampers forward from the right and hits a bullet of a shot that Ricardo blocks at the near post and claims at the second attempt.
    • 30' A long ball forward draws Ricardo out of his goal and Navas hooks it into the area... Betis clear, but they are living dangerously...
    • 26' Capel whipped in a great ball that Fabiano met three yards out with his head - but Ricardo claims, along with his defence, that he put it in with an arm... it is certainly contentious!
    • 26' GOOOOOLLLLLL for Sevilla!!!
    • 21' Navas threads a ball for Fabiano that he flicks on to Kanoute, WHO IS THROUGH ON GOAL... HE SLAMS IT WIDE!! The former Spurs man should have scored there.
    • 18' Seydou Keita has a pop at goal from a long way out - 30 yards perhaps - and Ricardo does well to save low down.
    • 13' Diego Capel with a change of pace to beat three men and shoot just over from the corner of the box!! The left-sided midfielder was jet-heeled there...
    • 6' Dani Alves feeds Jesus Navas to the by-line and his ball across COMES OFF RICARDO AND GOES OUT FOR A CORNER!! The home fans thought that was the opening goal for a minute...
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis in La Liga.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Manuel Jiménez

    On the Field

    • De Sanctis
    • Alves
    • Escudé
    • Mosquera
    • Dragutinovic Yellow Card
    • Poulsen Substitution Out (79′)
    • Keita
    • Navas
    • Capel Substitution Out (71′)
    • Kanouté
    • Fabiano Goals×2 Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)

    Subs

    • 25. Maresca
    • 18. Martí Substitution In (79′)
    • Chevanton Substitution In (71′)
    • 6. Correia Substitution In (64′)
    • 11. Renato
    • 26. Crespo
    • Vargas
    • 28. Fazio

    Injured

    • 1. Palop
    • 2. Navarro

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Betis Balompié

    Manager: Paco Chaparro

    On the Field

    • Ricardo
    • Damiá Own Goal
    • "Juanito"
    • Rivas Substitution Out (29′)
    • Melli Yellow Card
    • Rivera Yellow Card
    • "Arzu"
    • Sobis Substitution Out (47′)
    • Schmidt "Edú"
    • Gonzalez Hoffmann Substitution Out (69′)
    • Romero

    Subs

    • 19. Xisco Substitution In (69′)
    • 9. Fernández
    • Espinosa Garrido
    • 20. Somoza Substitution In (47′) Yellow Card
    • 16. Pavone
    • 7. Caffa
    • 27. Juande
    • 30. Toni Substitution In (29′)

    Injured

    • 17. Babic
    • 14. "Capi"
    • 1. Doblas
    • 15. Rivas "Nano"
    • 23. Odonkor
    • 3. Fernando Vega
    • 22. Lima

    Suspended

    • 6. Ilic