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Luka Modric Thunderbolt Breaks Sevilla Hearts As Real Madrid Win Again | Football News

Veteran midfielder Luka Modric's curling strike gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Sevilla on Sunday, lifting them eight points clear of Barcelona atop La Liga where they are unbeaten in 20 games. Madrid's last league loss came in September. Third-placed Girona are a further point adrift. They are not in action until Monday when they take on Rayo Vallecano. With Jude Bellingham and Joselu both injured, and Eduardo Camavinga and Dani Carvajal suspended, Madrid faltered in the early exchanges and Youssef En-Nesyri missed an early chance for the visitors. Sunday's game appeared headed for a s...
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La Liga: Athletic Bilbao Beat Struggling Sevilla To Move Third | Football News

Team Athletic Bilbao in action© AFPErnesto Valverde's impressive Athletic Bilbao beat Sevilla 2-0 on Thursday to move provisionally third in La Liga, ahead of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Spanish champions Barca face Las Palmas later looking to take third place and cut the gap on leaders Real Madrid and Girona, who both won on Wednesday. Athletic, without talisman striker Inaki Williams -- heading to the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana -- secured a solid away win through goals from Mikel Vesga and Aitor Paredes.Vesga broke the deadlock in the 30th minute with a header and Paredes rolled home the second in the final stages to help Los Leones clinch their sixth win from their last eight La Liga games.Athletic rise to 38 points, 10 behind Real Madrid and Girona, level with Atletico and ...
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Champions League: Arsenal Brush Aside Sevilla As Leandro Trossard And Bukayo Saka Sparkle | Football News

Arsenal are within touching distance of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages after Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka clinched a 2-0 win against Sevilla on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta's side got back on track after successive domestic defeats thanks to Trossard's first half opener and Saka's strike after the break at the Emirates Stadium. With three wins from four Group B games, Arsenal sit in first place, four points ahead of second-placed PSV Eindhoven.The north Londoners will be certain to reach the last 16 if they take one point from their remaining matches at home to Lens and at PSV.The only concern for Arteta was the sight of Saka limping off with an injury after appearing to twist his ankle in the closing stages.Saka was subjected to a series of fouls before his injury, ...
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Sevilla Boss Diego Alonso Wants To Avenge ‘Unfair’ Arsenal Loss | Football News

Diego Alonso believes Sevilla deserved more from their last encounter with Arsenal.© AFPSevilla boss Diego Alonso has challenged his players to avenge their Champions League loss to Arsenal when the Spanish side meet the Gunners in a crucial Group B clash on Wednesday. Defeat for the reigning Europa League champions would leave their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages hanging by a slender thread. Arsenal are top of the group after their 2-1 win at Sevilla a fortnight ago, while Alonso's men sit four points behind them in third place with three games to play.Alonso believes Sevilla deserved more from their last encounter with Arsenal and he wants his side to prove a point when they face the Premier League title chasers in north London."We competed well, with an unfa...
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Sergio Ramos Set For Real Madrid Reunion As Sevilla Start New Era | Football News

Sergio Ramos has not played against Real Madrid since 2005 but on Saturday, his Sevilla team welcome the Spanish league leaders to the Sanchez-Pizjuan for a reunion. New Sevilla coach Diego Alonso faces a stern test in his first game at the helm and in experienced veteran centre-back Ramos he has a player who can offer plenty of insight into Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid side. Ramos controversially left Seville for the Spanish capital at the age of 19, which some fans have never forgotten, even though the majority welcomed him back with open arms this summer."We believe that the mere proposal of this signing was already a lack of respect for the values that have made us great... and for the thousands of Sevilla fans who have suffered the scorn of this player in the past," wrote Sevilla ultra...
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‘Unlucky’ Sergio Ramos Own Goal Helps Barcelona beat Sevilla | Football News

Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos's own goal handed his old enemy Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Sevilla on Friday in La Liga, taking the Catalans top of the table. Veteran centre-back Ramos deflected Lamine Yamal's header into his own net in the 76th minute to break the deadlock in a tight clash. The 37-year-old said this week he had planned a special goal celebration if he scored against Barca after his summer return to Spain from Paris Saint-Germain, but putting through his own net was not part of the plan."Ramos is a spectacular defender, today he had the misfortune of scoring an own goal but he had a good game," Barcelona coach Xavi told reporters."It was unlucky for him but for us it was good."He continued: "Sergio grows in these atmospheres, it's an unfortunate goal, it hits him a...
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Youngster Fermin Lopez Rescues Barcelona Draw At Mallorca | Football News

Youngster Fermin Lopez rescued Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Real Mallorca on Tuesday which extended his team's La Liga lead, even though the champions dropped two points. Barcelona came from behind twice to secure a draw, Vedat Muriqi opening the scoring for the hosts early on, before Raphinha pulled them level. However Abdon Prats sent Mallorca ahead again and 20-year-old Lopez levelled with a firm drive on his second appearance for the club. Girona and Real Madrid, second and third, face Villarreal and Las Palmas respectively on Wednesday."These careless mistakes cannot happen again," Xavi told DAZN."We have to improve. Last year we were so solid and concentrated a lot in defence."Today we were not bad but these are two mistakes which should not be happening -- because of these errors we l...
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Super Cup Success Does Not Mask Cracks In Manchester City’s Facade | Football News

Manchester City's treble winners have added more silverware to their collection, but a UEFA Super Cup victory over Sevilla only exposed some cracks in Pep Guardiola's squad ahead of another demanding campaign. Sevilla had begun their campaign last weekend with a disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Valencia and finished 12th in La Liga last season. But the Europa League winners should have picked up another European trophy in Athens. Youssef En-Nesyri's header powered the Spaniards into a first-half lead, but the Moroccan was guilty of missing two huge chances when one-on-one with Ederson after the break.City badly missed the creativity of Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, who were sidelined by injury and illness respectively.De Bruyne's four-month absence due to a serious hamstring injur...
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Guardiola Eyes Full House Of Man City Trophies After Super Cup Success | Football News

Pep Guardiola is targeting a "full circle" of trophies as Manchester City boss after winning the club's first UEFA Super Cup with a victory on penalties over Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens. The European Champions had to come from behind after Youssef En-Nesyri's towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead. City were far from their slick best, but hit back to force the game to penalties through Cole Palmer's equaliser.Guardiola's men were then perfect from the spot and prevailed 5-4 in the shootout after Sevilla defender Nemanja Gudelj smashed against the bar.Should City win the Club World Cup in December, it would complete Guardiola's honours list since arriving in England, which already includes five Premier League titles, four League Cups, two FA Cups and the club's fir...
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Valencia Defeat Europa League Winners Sevilla In LaLiga Opener | Football News

Valencia defeat Sevilla 2-1© AFPValencia defeated Europa League champions Sevilla 2-1 on Friday on the opening night of the new Spanish Liga season. Valencia, who only survived relegation by two points in the last campaign, took the lead on the hour mark thanks to a header from Guinea international defender Mouctar Diakhaby after good work by Portuguese teammate Andre Almeida. Sevilla levelled nine minutes later when Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri headed in at the far post from a cross by Suso.However, Valencia stunned the home side in the 88th minute when Javi Guerra hit the winner after Hugo Duro had set-up the opportunity.Sevilla played the last 10 minutes of the match with 10 men after Frenchman Loic Bade was red-carded for shirt pulling.Earlier Friday, Rayo Vallecano came away ...