FOOTBALL Live

Tuesday September 25, 2007 Finished

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Sevilla

  • Jarque 61’ (o.g.)
  • Koné 69’

Espanyol

  • Ángel 30’
  • García Fernández 54’
  • Tamudo 87’
  1. Sweet revenge for Espanyol

    Sweet revenge for Espanyol

    Espanyol took out their revenge for last season's UEFA Cup final loss by beating Sevilla 3-2 at the Sanchez Pizjuan. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sevilla
    • Espanyol
    • 90' Again no stoppage time as Espanyol go some way to escaping the spectre of last season's UEFA Cup defeat. Sevilla will wonder how they lost this fantastic game and missed their chance to go second. Thanks for joining us.
    • 87' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Espanyol have scored again!! Hurtado puts in the through ball. It's meant for Luis Garcia but Tamudo runs onto it and into the box to coolly slot it past Palop! They have had three decent chances and put them all away!
    • 85' The ball into the Espanyol box and beats everyone! It comes to Correira in the left, who strikes! It's deflected, but Kameni won't be beaten by it!
    • 83' Alves swings a free kick into the box. There are shouts for handball by the home fans but it was accidental.
    • 80' Navas puts in a wicked cross from the byline and KERZAKHOV IS AT THE FAR POST! His header goes wide, but he protests that it got a touch from a defender. The referee gives a goal kick.
    • 77' Luis Garcia tries his luck from distance, but it's straight at Palop. The way this match has been, why not take a pot shot? This game deserves a winning goal.
    • 67' GOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZO! Sevilla have equalised! The cross comes in from the left and Kone looped it over Kameni right into the top corner! A fabulous header! The substitute has really made an impression since he came on.
    • 62' Great save Kameni! Substitute Kone feeds Navas on the right. The winger strikes first time and it swings towards the near top corner and Kameni flies across his goal to tip it over the bar!
    • 60' GOOOOOL! It's an own goal by Jarque! Alves puts in the cross and the Espanyol centre back steers it into his own net! That's the break Sevilla were looking for, what a game this is!
    • 73' This is the same scoreline that took these two teams to penatlies at Hampden Park back in May. No shootout tonight of course, but this match would be a great cup final itself.
    • 51' Alves takes his turn to shank one way off target. The ball rolls across him way out and he goes for it, but he didn't catch it right and the shot spins into the crowd.
    • 49' Sevilla try an identical move again. Navas swings in the cross from deep as before, and it's headed again, but this time Kameni can catch quite comfortably.
    • 47' A terrible miss from Kerzakhov! Kameni pulls off an amazing reaction save from Renato's header. It falls to Kerzakhov three yards out and he skies it way over! What a let-off for Espanyol!
    • 46' The players are out for the second half... We're off and running.
    • 45' The referee doesn't mess about, blowing up for half time almost as soon as the clock ticked over to 45'! Sevilla have given a great exhibition on swift, smooth attacking football, but it's the Catalans who are in front thanks to Angel's strike. Can they hang on to claim some kind of revenge for the UEFA Cup final? We'll find out soon enough.
    • 40' Duda is not happy is he believes his long range effort ballooned over the bar due to a defender getting a foot in as he struck the ball. No comment, but incidentally 'duda' is the Spanish word for doubt.
    • 33' The goal has taken the sting out of Sevilla's tail somewhat. They are not moving forward with the same verve and guile they had in spades earlier.
    • 29' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Espanyol score completely against the run of play! Angel receives a nod-down on the edge of the box, and has the time to control, square up and whack the ball in off the foot of the post! Palop could do nothing about it!
    • 26' Jesus Navas sprints down the right. None is near him. He puts in a swinging cross that curls in towards DUDA! The midfielder slides in just too late and the ball rolls into touch.
    • 22' Kerzakhov slides in to score! But it's ruled out for offside. Replays show he was just past the last defender when he latched on Navas' chipped pass.
    • 20' Luis Garcia nods a long ball over Escude and Mosquera and runs onto it! He squares up to shoot for Espanyol! Escude puts in a perfectly timed challenge!
    • 15' Maresca picks up a loose clearance and tries to dink a cheeky ball through to Kerzakhov. It was so well improvised that the Russian doesn't anticipate it and it goes for a goal kick.
    • 12' Espanyol have not been in this game at all. Duda and Maresca have been running the show!
    • 7' Maresca puts through a wonderful ball that takes out the whole back four! Kerzakhov had stayed on side and bears down on goal... but his shot is chipped hopelessly wide! That was a fantastic opportunity!
    • 5' Alves sends a slide rule pass through to Renato who shoots first time... he blasts it over from the edge of the box
    • 4' Jesus Navas does 1... 2... 3 stepovers to outfox Chica and get his cross in. After all that skill it sails over everyone.
    • 1' The Espanyol players lay flowers down at the spot where Antonio Puerta collapsed before his untimely death last month. This may become a Spanish football tradition. The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Sevilla Stats Espanyol
    68% Possession 31%
    22 Shots 8
    7 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 1
    17 Fouls 14
    3 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 25
    376 Accurate passes 139
    67 Bad passes 44

  • 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 16 2 0
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 0 0
      4 Daniel Alves 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 63 1 4
      14 Julien Escudé 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 39 9 1
      25 Enzo Maresca 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 53 3 2
      11 Renato Dirnei 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 34 7 4
      21 Seydou Keita 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 29 9 3
      5 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 2
      7 Jesús Navas 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 32 2 1
      6 Adriano Correia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 18 2
      9 Alexander Kerzhakov 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 11 0 0
      23 Khalid Boulahrouz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Diego Capel 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 8 7 1
      12 Frederic Kanouté 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0
      24 Andreas Hinkel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Morgan De Sanctis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Arouna Koné 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      18 José Luis Martií Soler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Espanyol
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Carlos Kameni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      21 Daniel Jarque 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 10 0
      4 Jesus Maria Lacruz 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2
      2 Francisco Chica Torres 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 4 6
      19 Marc Torrejón 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 2
      22 Moises Hurtado 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 4 4
      7 Valmiro Lopes Rocha 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 3 3
      16 Jonatas Domingos 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 8 1
      11 Alberto Riera 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 16 8 2
      14 Ángel Martínez Cervera 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 9 2 1
      10 Luis Garcia 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 15 3 2
      13 Iñaki Lafuente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Raúl Tamudo 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
      17 Mohammed El Yaagoubi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Milan Smiljanic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0
      27 Alberto Serrán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ferran Corominas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Pablo Javier Zabaleta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

  • Summary

    • 87' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Espanyol have scored again!! Hurtado puts in the through ball. It's meant for Luis Garcia but Tamudo runs onto it and into the box to coolly slot it past Palop! They have had three decent chances and put them all away!
    • 80' Navas puts in a wicked cross from the byline and KERZAKHOV IS AT THE FAR POST! His header goes wide, but he protests that it got a touch from a defender. The referee gives a goal kick.
    • 67' GOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZO! Sevilla have equalised! The cross comes in from the left and Kone looped it over Kameni right into the top corner! A fabulous header! The substitute has really made an impression since he came on.
    • 62' Great save Kameni! Substitute Kone feeds Navas on the right. The winger strikes first time and it swings towards the near top corner and Kameni flies across his goal to tip it over the bar!
    • 60' GOOOOOL! It's an own goal by Jarque! Alves puts in the cross and the Espanyol centre back steers it into his own net! That's the break Sevilla were looking for, what a game this is!
    • 47' A terrible miss from Kerzakhov! Kameni pulls off an amazing reaction save from Renato's header. It falls to Kerzakhov three yards out and he skies it way over! What a let-off for Espanyol!
    • 29' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Espanyol score completely against the run of play! Angel receives a nod-down on the edge of the box, and has the time to control, square up and whack the ball in off the foot of the post! Palop could do nothing about it!
    • 26' Jesus Navas sprints down the right. None is near him. He puts in a swinging cross that curls in towards DUDA! The midfielder slides in just too late and the ball rolls into touch.
    • 20' Luis Garcia nods a long ball over Escude and Mosquera and runs onto it! He squares up to shoot for Espanyol! Escude puts in a perfectly timed challenge!
    • 7' Maresca puts through a wonderful ball that takes out the whole back four! Kerzakhov had stayed on side and bears down on goal... but his shot is chipped hopelessly wide! That was a fantastic opportunity!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    On the Field

    • Palop
    • Alves
    • Mosquera
    • Escudé
    • Correia
    • Keita
    • Maresca
    • Navas
    • Renato
    • Barbosa "Duda"
    • Kerzhakov

    Subs

    • 24. Hinkel
    • 12. Kanouté
    • 13. De Sanctis
    • 18. Martí
    • 23. Bouhlarouz
    • 17. Capel
    • 22. Koné

    Injured

    • 10. Fabiano
    • 28. Fazio

    Suspended

    None

  • Espanyol

    Manager: Ernesto Valverde

    On the Field

    • Kameni
    • Lacruz
    • Torrejón
    • Jarque
    • Chica
    • Hurtado
    • Ángel
    • López "Valdo"
    • Jonatas
    • Riera
    • García Fernández

    Subs

    • 23. Tamudo
    • 13. Lafuente
    • 17. El Yaaggoudi "Moha"
    • 8. Zabaleta
    • 27. Serrán
    • 25. Smiljanic

    Injured

    • 18. Rufete
    • 3. García

    Suspended

    None