Saturday August 18, 2012 Day 1 Finished Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan
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Sevilla beat Getafe on Puerta anniversary
Sevilla opened their Liga season with a 2-1 win at home to Getafe as fans of both sides remembered the late Antonio Puerta. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Sevilla FC
- Getafe CF
50' GOAL GETAFE! Muted celebrations from the scorer as it's Alexis, who is on loan from Sevilla. Great leap and header from Leon's corner, weak marking from Spahic.- 49' Rakitic swings over the free-kick but it's a poor one this time. We'll let that slide given his involvement in both goals.
48' Leon is booked for protesting after Reyes makes a meal of what was clearly a foul on the Sevilla man. It was a foul, but Reyes chucked himself to the deck - and Leon should not have man-handled him.
47' Spahic is caught in possession by Miku, who races in down the right but Lopez flies out to make himself big and block the finish. Should have clipped it over him.
46' The second half is underway.
45+3 Half-time and Sevilla lead 2-0.- 45+2 Navas on the run, he slips it inside for Negredo but Michel gets a block in and Getafe clear.
- 45+1 Sevilla sweeping the ball around the park now, looking a lot more like the thrilling side from three or four years ago. Rakitic goes in late on Leon and is booked.
- 45' Good ball by Reyes and Rakitic flicks it on but Fazio can't get there! Wide for a goal kick. Two minutes added time to be played.
- 44' Free-kick to Sevilla on the right now, which Reyes will whip in...
- 43' Navas on the run now, the defence has opened up and the winger spots Cicinho wide right on the overlap, he finds him too but the full-back thrashes a rotten finish well wide.
- 42' Alexis slips an arm out and it strikes Trochowski in the face - booking for the on-loan Sevilla defender.
- 41' Negredo goes down on the edge of the box but nothing given.
- 40' Moya still receives treatment to his eye problem - in the melee during the first goal he got some kind of contact to the face, hence the appeals, but it may have been from a team-mate's hair.
- 38' GOAL SEVILLA! Negredo rolls the penalty down the middle with Moya long gone. 2-0.
- 37' Moya wants treatment for an eye problem - in the meantime we see a replay and that was a dive from Reyes.
- 36' PENALTY SEVILLA! Valera seems to trip Reyes after a one-two with Rakitic. Valera thinks it was a dive and it looked soft, hard to tell in real time.
- 35' Getafe are furious, "how dare a powerful header from a challenge on the keeper be allowed to stand?" they ask. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, the keeper was flapping and Alexis weak in defence. Not even a shove.
- 34' GOAL SEVILLA! Fazio leaps in with a header past the keeper as a high ball in from Rakitic caused havoc. Poor defending and keeping and it nestles bottom right.
- 33' Taken short, Navas now back to Navarro, half cleared and it lands for Medel who drills it wide. Took a touch off Miku so it's a corner.
- 32' This is much better from Sevilla as Navarro wins a corner, although he is asking his team-mates why no-one showed for his cross.
- 31' Well, that was a comedy of communication errors, firstly between Rakitic and Negredo as the former jumped into the latter as he finished, and also between Abraham and Alexis who were all at sea.
- 30' Superb run by Cicinho down the right, he finds Navas who drills a fine low cross that Negredo flies in to finish but Rakitic gets in his way and it flies wide!
- 28' The first effort in some time sees Negredo shoot first-time from range but sending it well wide. Had time and space, poor attempt.
- 26' After an entertaining opening this match has tailed off alarmingly. No structure to either side's passing, all very disjointed.
- 24' The Sevilla and Getafe fans are singing Antonio Puerta's name. There was a minute's silence pre-match too. He died five years ago, almost to the week (August 28), after this same match between Sevilla and Getafe.
- 22' Speaking of Alexis, his former colleagues appeal that he handled when clearing Navas's cross, but the officials disagree. Corner. Would have been harsh, point-blank range, seemed to hit his side.
- 20' Another Leon set piece but this free kick from distance is headed well clear by Fazio. Then Spahic wins a free-kick off Alexis. Odd that he's allowed to feature against his parent club.
- 19' Another good corner from Leon but nodded away for another. That results in a goal kick, an overhead attempt from Abraham well off target.
- 18' Another mistake from the Sevilla defence lets Lafita through, but Navarro manages to get across from left-back to knock behind again. It was Fazio again with the error, deary me that's two in two minutes.
- 17' Leon's corner is a decent one again, flashing across the near post where Valera flicks it on, but Miku at the far post can only nod it wide!
- 17' A long ball sends Miku clean through, there is no flag, very poor defending by Fazio to play him on, but the Getafe forward is at a tight angle and shoots straight at Lopez. He parries it behind, corner.
- 16' Reyes swings in a curling free-kick but Leon tracks Medel, showing great defensive ability, and Medel is adjudged to have handled.
- 15' Navas with a heavy touch as he ran into space on the right, Torres playing it off him for a throw to Getafe.
- 14' Getafe finally get forward, Miku winning a corner on the left. Taken short and played into the near post, dangerous ball from Leon but Spahic hooks it clear.
- 13' Just wide by Negredo! Flying in with a header but unable to get any direction on it.
- 12' Short corner routine to Reyes, who overhits his cross.
- 11' Alexis does well to block an effort from Reyes, another corner.
- 10' Navarro again gets forward but his cross is cleared. Now Reyes on the left slips past Valero and Leon slides in, wanting a penalty are Sevilla, but a corner is awarded. No foul, good decision.
- 9' Fine ball by Rakitic but Torres is able to clear this time.
- 8' Sevilla piling it on now as they win a corner on the right.
- 6' Sevilla have certainly had the better of these opening exchanges - shame the stadium is half empty! Fairweather fans staying away because they finished ninth.
- 5' NAVAS VOLLEYS WIDE! Lovely move from Sevilla, fine cross from Navarro on the left that Negredo missed but Navas was unmarked only to put the finish past the post! Torres lost him and was almost made to pay!
- 3' Sevilla making the early running here, knocking the ball about nicely with Getafe on the back foot.
1' The first half is underway!- 19:55 Getafe line-up: Moya, Valera, Torres, Abraham, Alexis, Lacen, Michel, Leon, Lafita, Castro, Miku.
- 19:50 Sevilla line-up as follows: Lopez, Cicinho, Fazio, Spahic, Navarro, Medel, Rakitic, Navas, Trochowski, Reyes, Negredo
- 19:45 Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Liga clash between Sevilla and Getafe as their campaigns get underway. Kick off at 8pm UK time.
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Summary
- 50' GOAL GETAFE! Muted celebrations from the scorer as it's Alexis, who is on loan from Sevilla. Great leap and header from Leon's corner, weak marking from Spahic.
- 47' Spahic is caught in possession by Miku, who races in down the right but Lopez flies out to make himself big and block the finish. Should have clipped it over him.
- 43' Navas on the run now, the defence has opened up and the winger spots Cicinho wide right on the overlap, he finds him too but the full-back thrashes a rotten finish well wide.
- 38' GOAL SEVILLA! Negredo rolls the penalty down the middle with Moya long gone. 2-0.
- 34' GOAL SEVILLA! Fazio leaps in with a header past the keeper as a high ball in from Rakitic caused havoc. Poor defending and keeping and it nestles bottom right.
- 30' Superb run by Cicinho down the right, he finds Navas who drills a fine low cross that Negredo flies in to finish but Rakitic gets in his way and it flies wide!
- 18' Another mistake from the Sevilla defence lets Lafita through, but Navarro manages to get across from left-back to knock behind again. It was Fazio again with the error, deary me that's two in two minutes.
- 17' Leon's corner is a decent one again, flashing across the near post where Valera flicks it on, but Miku at the far post can only nod it wide!
- 17' A long ball sends Miku clean through, there is no flag, very poor defending by Fazio to play him on, but the Getafe forward is at a tight angle and shoots straight at Lopez. He parries it behind, corner.
- 13' Just wide by Negredo! Flying in with a header but unable to get any direction on it.
- 5' NAVAS VOLLEYS WIDE! Lovely move from Sevilla, fine cross from Navarro on the left that Negredo missed but Navas was unmarked only to put the finish past the post! Torres lost him and was almost made to pay!
Team Line-up & Ratings
Sevilla FCManager: Míchel
Getafe CFManager: Luis García Plaza
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
- D. López
- Cicinho
- F. Fazio
- E. Spahic
- F. Navarro
- G. Medel
- I. Rakitic
- J. Navas
- P. Trochowski
- J. Reyes
- Á. Negredo
Subs
Starting line-up
Subs
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