Sevilla FC stood up to Villarreal (1-1), yet dominating on Sunday on behalf of the 6th day of La Liga. This point gleaned by the Yellow Submarine allows him to move up to 6th place in the standings, while Julen Lopetegui’s team stagnates in the second part of the table.
At the start of the game, Jesus Navas shifted Isco to the right in the Sevillian area. The former Madrid centered back towards Oliver Torres, who opened his flat right foot to slip the ball into a mouse hole (8th, 0-1). Dani Parejo came close to responding twenty minutes later, but his shot hit the crossbar (28th).
Returning from the locker room, Francis Coquelin came up the field after a good recovery and found Alex Baena in the interval. The exit of Marko Dmitrovic, who came into play at the break after Bono’s injury (46th), was not enough. The ball bounced off Baena’s knee and ended up in the back of the net (51st, 1-1). Following a good breakthrough in the defense, Alfonso Pedraza believed to give Villarreal the advantage, but Marcos Acuna had followed and saved his team on his line (61st).