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Sporting de Gijón

Castro 17’

Sevilla

Live Commentary
Time:90'
- Sporting de Gijón
- Sevilla
- 90+5' The final whistle goes and the Gijon fans cheer as though they've just won the Copa del Rey! Once again Sevilla's big club credentials are damaged by their failure to secure wins on trips to teams at the bottom of the table.
- 90+1' Five minutes of added time will be played - Can Sporting hang on? or even nick another goal of their own?
- 88' Suddenly Sporting break with a long ball forward and Barral is one-on-one with Palop... The goalkeeper spreads himself well to parry the substitute's shot!
- 86' Sevilla are starting to throw everything at Sporting - there is only so long they can hold on, but they get some respite when Jesus Navas is penalised for a foul, and Lafuente takes his time with the free-kick.
- 82' Jesus Navas will strike from the edge of the area... Another save from Lafuente at the near top corner! There is a bit of handbags as the players argue over a foul in the build-up.
- 76' Crespo nips at the heels of Diego Castro and Sporting have a free-kick on the left wing. Escude clears the danger but only after Barral almost pounces on the loose ball in the area.
- 72' The ball goes out for a corner to Sevilla, but the SPorting fans behind the goal don't want to give it back! One fan throws the ball further up into the stand while his friend gives the Sevilla players the finger! So many club's say that their fans are like a 12th man - Sporting's supporters are actually delivering on that!
- 69' Duscher out, Renato in for Sevilla.
- 67' Jesus Navas sends in a free-kick that lands at the feet of ACOSTA... Tipped over the bar by Lafuente! The Sporting keeper is having an exceptional match!
- 64' A headed clearance from Sporting only goes as far as Kanoute who strikes on the half-volley... The ball flashes past the post! Not sure if Lafuente would have got there or not.
- 60' Jesus Navas leads three Sporting players a merry dance up and down the right wing, twisting and turning before hitting the ground clutching his face after the slightest of touches from Sastre! Sevilla fail to make anything from the free-kick though.
- 59' Suddenly the last half an hour of this match looks like it will be quite a slog for theSPorting players - Sevilla are dominating the possession.
- 56' Capel's cross is chested down by a Sporting defender, not realising that Jesus Navas is right behind him, and the Sevuilla winger pounces to strike from close range... Saved by Lafuente!
- 52' Another Sevilla free-kick, this time Chevanton swings it in from the left for KNOUTE... The striker's glancing header sails inches wide of the far post!
- 50' Chevanton will whip in another free-kick from the right this time... It's a inviting bal but Lafuente comes off his line to gather well.
- 46' Fredi Kanoute replaces Romaric as the second half gets underway.
- 45+2' Half time in Gijon, and Sporting are doing well to frustrate sevilla, who are lacking that cutting edge up front. Kanoute will surely play some part later on.
- 45' A slick move by Sevilla and Chevanton finds himself through on goal... GREAT SAVE LAFUENTE! Ernesto Chevanton was odds on to score then.
- 43' The 10 men of Sporting are holding their own. Palop comes off his line again but this time can't win the ball in the corner! It's played back to BILIC... The shot is blocked, otherwise the ball would have headed towards an open goal!
- 42' Navas backheels for Dragutinovic the curl a cross in for CHEVANTON.. Gerard manages to get a flick on it and the ball misses everyone else in the box!
- 38' Jesus Navas hits an inswinging cross that almost sneaks in at the near post, but Lafuente is there to block it.
- 34' The first change of the match is a tactical one by 10-man Sporting: The impressive winger Maldonado is replaced by defneder Raul Camara.
- 30' Two minutes after Canella's red card, the whisltes and boos are still ringing around the ground from the home fans - not that they have any grounds for complaint. Jesus Navas sees a snap-shot go wide of the near post.
- 28' Roberto canella dives in two-footed on Diego Capel from behind and receives a straight red card! Sporting will now play over an hour of this match with 10 men.
- 26' Palop comes charging well out of his area to intercept a long ball bound for Bilic, and deals with it very well, although his coach Manolo Jimenez won't want to see him doing that too often!
- 23' Bilic comes down the left and is bearing down on goal... He shoots a tame effort at the legs of Palop! It's not been a good evening for the Croatian so far!
- 22' It certainly looks as though Sporting have recovered from their early season thrashings. If they can hang on for the win, they will go 12th.
- 20' Nice skill in midfield by Diego Camacho, who flicks the ball over Romaric's head and collects it on the other side!
- 17' GOLGOLGOLLLLLLL SPORTING!! Carmelo teases his full-back before curling in an ecellent cross that Diego Castro heads in at the far post!
- 16' Maldonado feeds Bilic down at the byline, but the striker can only cross the ball back in once it has just gone out of play.
- 14' Sporting deliver a free-kick from deep on the right, but the first man to it is Escude and it's headed away.
- 10' Since that penalty miss Sevilla have taken control of the match.
- 5' PALOP SAVES BILIC'S PENALTY!! The Croatian struck it at a good height for the keeper the punch away. Perhaps justice has been done.
- 5' PENALTY!! Maldonado tries to square a low ball across the face of goal but Escude slides in and stops it with his hand! It may have been accidental, but no matter. Bilic places the ball...
- 4' Chevanton will curl in a free-kick... His delivery is a teasing one, but none of his team-mates can get a boot on it.
- 2' Sevilla are without Luis Fabiano and start with Fredi Kanoute on the bench, so the supremely talented but slightly unhinged Uruguayan Ernesto Chevanton gets a rare start up front.
- 1' The match is underway!
- 20:00 Hola and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Sporting Gijon v Sevilla!

Team Stats

Sporting de Gijón	Stats	Sevilla
34%	Possession	65%
13	Shots	15
4	Shots on target	9
7	Saves	3
3	Corners	7
14	Fouls	20
4	Offsides	0
2	Yellow cards	2
1	Red cards	0
20	Tackles	14
172	Accurate passes	379
37	Bad passes	87

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

Sporting de Gijón
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
25	Iñaki Lafuente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	Carmelo González Jimenez	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	5	4
14	Iván Hernández Soto	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	14	1	5
22	Rafael Sastre Reus	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0
16	Gerard Autet Serrabasa	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	15	1	3
15	Roberto Canella	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	0
17	Diego Castro Gimenez	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	29	11	2
19	Diego Camacho	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	22	1	2
8	Miguel Marcos Madera	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	16	4	1
9	Mate Bilic	0	3	2	1	3	1	0	12	4	0
10	Francisco Jose Maldonado	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
24	Sergio Matabuena	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Raúl Cámara	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	6	4	2
1	Sergio Sánchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	David Barral	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	2	1
5	Jorge Garcia Torre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Enrique Mateo Montoya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Omar Sampedro Bernardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sevilla
Num	Name	S	SoT	F	FW	AP	BP	T
1	Andrés Palop	0	0	0	0	11	2	0
16	David Prieto	0	0	2	1	42	0	2
26	José Ángel Crespo	0	0	4	1	39	1	3
3	Ivica Dragutinovic	0	0	0	1	52	28	1
23	Federico Fazio	1	1	2	3	35	7	2
14	Julien Escudé	1	1	1	0	53	17	0
22	Koffi Ndri Romaric	1	1	1	0	23	6	2
5	Aldo Duscher	0	0	1	2	28	2	3
7	Jesús Navas	4	2	1	3	23	3	1
19	Javier Chevanton	4	3	0	2	12	2	0
17	Diego Capel	0	0	1	6	26	13	0
11	Renato Dirnei	0	0	0	0	12	4	0
4	Sebastien Squillaci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Frederic Kanouté	2	0	1	0	17	1	0
31	Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Javi Varas Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Fernando Navarro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Lautaro Acosta	2	1	2	1	6	1	0

Summary
- 88' Suddenly Sporting break with a long ball forward and Barral is one-on-one with Palop... The goalkeeper spreads himself well to parry the substitute's shot!
- 82' Jesus Navas will strike from the edge of the area... Another save from Lafuente at the near top corner! There is a bit of handbags as the players argue over a foul in the build-up.
- 67' Jesus Navas sends in a free-kick that lands at the feet of ACOSTA... Tipped over the bar by Lafuente! The Sporting keeper is having an exceptional match!
- 56' Capel's cross is chested down by a Sporting defender, not realising that Jesus Navas is right behind him, and the Sevuilla winger pounces to strike from close range... Saved by Lafuente!
- 52' Another Sevilla free-kick, this time Chevanton swings it in from the left for KNOUTE... The striker's glancing header sails inches wide of the far post!
- 45' A slick move by Sevilla and Chevanton finds himself through on goal... GREAT SAVE LAFUENTE! Ernesto Chevanton was odds on to score then.
- 43' The 10 men of Sporting are holding their own. Palop comes off his line again but this time can't win the ball in the corner! It's played back to BILIC... The shot is blocked, otherwise the ball would have headed towards an open goal!
- 28' Roberto canella dives in two-footed on Diego Capel from behind and receives a straight red card! Sporting will now play over an hour of this match with 10 men.
- 17' GOLGOLGOLLLLLLL SPORTING!! Carmelo teases his full-back before curling in an ecellent cross that Diego Castro heads in at the far post!
- 5' PALOP SAVES BILIC'S PENALTY!! The Croatian struck it at a good height for the keeper the punch away. Perhaps justice has been done.
- 5' PENALTY!! Maldonado tries to square a low ball across the face of goal but Escude slides in and stops it with his hand! It may have been accidental, but no matter. Bilic places the ball...

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Carlos Megia Davila
Sporting de Gijón

Manager: Manuel Preciado

Starting line-up
- I. Lafuente
- R. Sastre
- A. Gerard
- S. Iván Hernández
- S. Roberto Canella
- F. Maldonado
- D. Camacho
- M. Míchel
- D. Castro
- -. Carmelo
- M. Bilic
Subs
- 24. S. Matabuena 83′
- 11. O. Sampedro
- 23. D. Barral 63′
- 21. K. Mateo
- 5. G. Jorge
- 20. C. Raúl 35′
- 7. S. Pedro
- 26. F. Sergio
- 18. S. Luis Morán
Injured
- 13. I. Cuéllar
- 4. G. Andreu
Suspended
- 3. F. Ayesa "Neru"
Sevilla

Manager: Manuel Jiménez

Starting line-up
- A. Palop
- J. Crespo
- D. Prieto
- J. Escudé
- I. Dragutinovic
- F. Fazio
- N. Romaric
- A. Duscher
- J. Navas
- D. Capel
- E. Chevanton
Subs
- 4. S. Squillaci
- 12. F. Kanouté 46′
- 35. .. José Carlos
- 18. F. Navarro
- 11. D. Renato 68′
- 13. J. Varas
- 31. M. Cordero
- 21. L. Acosta 59′
Injured
- 10. L. Fabiano
- 2. J. Navarro
- 24. A. Konko
- 6. A. Correia
- 9. A. Koné
Suspended

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