Seville missed two valuable points in its struggle for the Champions League ticket next season, by falling into the trap of a 1-1 draw once morest its guest and neighbor Cadiz in the Andalusian derby, on Friday, at the opening of the thirty-fourth stage of the Spanish Football Championship.
Seville scored early in the seventh minute, through Moroccan international striker Youssef Al-Nusairi, who scored his fourth goal this season and the first following fasting 12 consecutive matches in the League, especially since he opened the scoring once morest Espanyol (2-0) in the seventh stage.
Al-Nusairi was absent from the Andalusian team for regarding two months due to injury before the end of last year.
But Kadesh, who is fighting for survival, snatched the equalizer through his brilliant top scorer recently, Lucas Perez, from a direct free kick from outside the area, kicked with his left in the far right corner of the Moroccan international goalkeeper Yassine Bounou (66), who was honored before the start of the whistle to play the 100th meeting in League with the Andalusian club.
It is the third goal in a row for Peres, following the first once morest his host Barcelona (1-0) and the second once morest Athletic Bilbao (2-3) in the last stage.
Seville over-exploited the ground workers and the public to move away three points from its partner in second place, Barcelona, which hosts Real Mallorca, on Sunday.
Coach Julen Lopetegui’s men were satisfied with one point, temporarily seizing second place with 64 points, compared to 63 for the Catalan club.
And Seville is now threatened to catch up with Atletico Madrid, the last fourth-placed qualifier for the Champions League competition next season (61 points), if it beats its host Athletic Bilbao, on Saturday.
On the other hand, Cadiz grabbed a valuable point in his struggle for survival following raising his score to 32 in the last seventeenth place remaining in the first division, two points ahead of Granada, the last of the eighteenth relegated to the second division, which hosts Celta Vigo, on Sunday.
Seville captain Jesus Navas celebrated his 600th match with the Andalusian team in various competitions.
Al-Nusairi gave Sevilla the lead with a powerful header from close range, following a corner kick by Croatian Ivan Rakitic (7).
French defender Jules Conde saved his goal from the equalizer by heading away a powerful shot by Jose Mari from the edge of the area on her way to the goal (22).
Argentine Eric Lamela, loaned from Tottenham Hotspur, tried his luck with a deceptive powerful shot from outside the area at the hands of his compatriot Jeremias Ledesma (27).
And Bono saved his goal from an investigator by removing a powerful shot from Peres from the penalty spot to a corner (28).
The other Argentine, Alejandro Gomez, “Papu”, responded with a powerful shot from outside the area, which his compatriot Ledesma also tackled brilliantly (38).
Kadesh managed to equalize with a direct free kick from outside the area, kicked by his left into the far right corner of Bono (66).
Al-Nusairi almost did it in the 78th minute when a ball was created in front of him following a corner kick, but he did not manage to tame it, so it bounced from him to goalkeeper Ledesma.
Saturday also plays Deportivo Alaves with Villarreal, Real Madrid with Espanyol, Valencia with Levante, Elche with Osasuna, and Rayo Vallecano with Real Sociedad, with the stage ending on Monday with Getafe with Real Betis.
