REAL MADRID and Sevilla meet tonight in a huge clash at the top of La Liga.
Both sides are chasing an historic title and will be buoyed by the goalless draw between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
- Kick-off time: 8pm BST
- TV channel: LaLiga TV
- Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Cesemiro, Nacho, Odriozola, Valverde, Marcelo, Militao, Modric, Kroos, Vinicius Jr, Benzema.
- Sevilla XI: Bono, Acuna, Diego Carlos, Fernando, Gomez, Jordan, Kounde, Ocampos, Navas, Rakitic, Suso.
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THAT’S ALL FROM MADRID!
Real Madrid missed their chance to catch up with Atletico Madrid at the top of the table after drawing 2-2 with Sevilla.
Real thought they opened the scoring in the opening minutes of first half with Karim Benzema’s header but Alvaro Odriozola, who provided the cross, was caught offside by VAR.
Sevilla drew first blood after 22 minutes when a cross from Jesus Navas from the right flank found Ivan Rakitic, who headed the ball down to Fernando and the midfielder beat Thibaut Courtois with a fine shot.
Real equalised in the second half with Marco Asensio just a few seconds after his introduction to the game on 67 minutes.
Los Blancos thought they were awarded a penalty when Yassine Bounou brought Benzema down inside the box but VAR showed that Eder Militao handed the ball in his own box during the build-up.
Rakitic stepped up and beat Courtois with ease from the penalty spot after 78 minutes.
It seemed like Sevilla were on their way to a famous victory but Toni Kroos’ long-range shot got a deflection off Diego Carlos and beat Bounou to make it all even in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
That’s all from us here in Madrid, have a great night!
GETTY IMAGES MODRIC REACTS
Real Madrid star Luka Modric described Eder Militao’s handball as “fortuitous” and insists his team will keep on fighting for the title.
Modric said: “We have let two points go. We played better, but it couldn’t be.
“Militao’s penalty was a fortuitous move, bad luck, if he has seen it he will have whistled it, I cannot say more.
“It was difficult for us to get into the game, but the second half we did everything to win. A shame but we are still there, alive, we are going to fight until the end.
“I’m fine, I think the team really wants to play what remains and try to win all three and see what happens in the other games. It’s weird, we wanted to depend on ourselves, now we don’t.
“But you have to think about ours first. We have seen that everyone loses points, you have to have faith. We did everything to win the game, we deserved it, but we kept going “
GETTY IMAGES RAKITIC REACTS
Sevilla star Ivan Rakitic scored from the penalty spot following Eder Militao’s handball and insists it was the right call.
Rakitic said: “I think we were closer to winning the game. We did a great first half, but they were better in the second.
“We have fought with one of the best in the league, which is our goal, to fight with the best.
“For me it is a clear hand. If it is a hand, it is a hand, it does not matter if it is voluntary or not, but here we can enter into what each one interprets.
“I think the referee was right and we can close this issue pretty quickly. Today the VAR has benefited us and not on Monday.
“For me, if it is a hand, it is a hand and that’s it, bad luck. If we go into interpreting each one can have their opinion.
“We should be proud of what we are doing. We will fight to the end “
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REAL EQUALISER
Here’s how Real Madrid equalised at the closing stages of the match.
Kroos fired a long-range shot that caught a crucial deflection.
Some have argued it was from Real team-mate Eden Hazard, but it seems like the culprit was Sevilla’s Diego Carlos.
Therefore, it all comes down to an own goal that Yassine Bounou couldn’t have possibly saved
TABLE UPDATE
The LaLiga title drama continues!
Real Madrid missed a major opportunity to catch Atletico Madrid at the top of the table.
But, as it stands, Atletico still lead the race with two points ahead of Real and Barcelona, who are second and third respectively.
Sevilla, on the other hand, remain fourth and on course of a Champions League return.
Julen Lopetegui’s men are also six points away from the top
STATS
Real Madrid dominated 59 per cent of possession following a late surge.
Real registered a total of 16 shots, six of which were on target.
Sevilla, on the other hand, recorded a total of seven shots, three of which were on target.
More below:
HT: REAL MADRID 2-2 SEVILLA
Real Madrid drew with Sevilla in a dramatic encounter at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.
Real thought they opened the scoring in the first few minutes of first half with Karim Benzema’s header but Alvaro Odriozola, who provided the cross, was caught offside by VAR.
Sevilla opened the scoring after 22 minutes when a cross from Jesus Navas from the right flank found Ivan Rakitic, who headed the ball down to Fernando and the midfielder beat Thibaut Courtois with a fine shot.
Real equalised in the second half with Marco Asensio just a few seconds after his introduction to the match on 67 minutes.
Los Blancos thought they got a penalty when Yassine Bounou brought Benzema down inside the box but VAR showed that Eder Militao handed the ball in his own box during the build-up.
Rakitic took the shot and beat Courtois with ease after 78 minutes.
It seemed like Sevilla had it all under control but Toni Kroos’ long-range shot got a deflection off Diego Carlos and beat Bounou to make it all even in the fourth minute of stoppage time
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AND THAT’S FULL-TIME IN MADRID!!!!!!!
REAL MADRID 2-2 SEVILLA
90+6 WHAT A CHANCE!
Casemiro fires a beautiful shot from the edge of the box and just misses Bounou’s bottom left corner!
REAL MADRID 2-2 SEVILLA
90+4 Sevilla got so close…
Real equalise with a sublime long-range shot by Kroos, which gets a deflection off Carlos and beats Bounou!
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLL!
REAL EQUALISE WITH KROOS!!!!!!
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
90+2 Bounou catches the ball in mid-air and lands on Oscar’s head with his elbows while his team-mate was on the ground.
But thankfully the Sevilla ace gets right back to his feet
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
90 Six more minutes of added time to go!
Plenty of time for Real, who are dominating possession and knocking on Sevilla’s door
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
88 SUBSTITUTION
Sevilla make another double change in their bid to run the clock down and cut Real’s momentum as much as possible.
Oliver replaces Rakitic and De Jong comes on for Ocampos
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
87 Here’s how Rakitic scored Sevilla’s second!
Relive all the drama that led to the visitors’ penalty!
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
85 YELLOW CARD
Gudelj gets booked just a few seconds after his introduction for disruption
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
84 SUBSTITUTION
Sevilla make a double change as Oscar replaces Suso and Gudelj takes Jordan’s place.
Fernando picked up a knock before the switches but is fit enough to continue
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83 Her’s hwo impactful Asensio has been for Real.
An important member of Zidane’s squad:
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
81 CHANCE
Hazard just got a chance to be a hero as Benzema cuts the ball to the ex-Chelsea star who is placed on the left.
However, the winger doesn’t get a good touch and nothing comes of it!
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
79 SUBSTITUTION
Real boss Zidane brings in his most talked-about star Hazard, who replaces Vinicius.
REAL MADRID 1-2 SEVILLA
78 Rakitic takes the penalty shot and puts together a composed shot.
The ex-Barcelona star sends the ball down Courtois’ bottom left corner and the Real goalkeeper the other way!
GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!
SEVILLA ARE BACK AHEAD WITH RAKITIC!!!!!!
REAL MADRID 1-1 SEVILLA
77 PENALTY FOR SEVILLA!
Referee and VAR deem that Militao handed the ball inside his own box before Real’s counter-attack!
REAL MADRID 1-1 SEVILLA
74 PENALTY FOR REAL
What a moment this is!
Real win a penalty after Vinicius led a counter-attack and switched with Benzema, who is brought down by Bounou.
But Sevilla are also appealing for a penalty as it appears like Militao handed the ball in his own box during the buildup!
VAR are checking!
Referee is going to check the monitor!
REAL MADRID 1-1 SEVILLA
73 CHANCE!
Benzema and Valverde cut inside Sevilla’s box from the left.
The Uruguay international fires a shot but Bounou blocks it!
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
