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90'+3 |
OLE! Dani Alves nutmegs Aldo Duscher and wins a free kick on the right hand side of the area...could there be a fifth? Alves is over it |
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90'+3 |
OFF THE POST! It's floated in and Poulsen manages to reach it as it hits the post... Chevanton tries to chase the rebound down but he doesn't quite get there... annnnnnd that's full time... What a devastating performance from Sevilla... Racing looked good but not nearly imposing enough going forward, and once star man and goal scorer Garay was dismissed for two bookings the game was well and truly over, as Sevilla added extra punishment with two late goals... Full time, Sevilla 4-1 Racing Santander |
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90'+2 |
Marti gets what can only be described as a pointless appearance in the dying seconds as Dragutinovic leaves the field for the Spaniard, who was known as the best friend of the recently deceased Sevilla and Spain prospect Antonio Puerta |
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90'+2 |
Substitution |
 Dragutinovic I. |
 Martí J. |
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90' |
Goal |
Adriano |
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90' |
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL AND IT'S FOUR! Adriano drives through a packed Racing defence and fortuitously comes out with the ball and finishes with a cool head... 4-1... this is definitely an unfair reflection of Racing now, but Sevilla are ruthlessly prolific when on form, and though their season has been Jekyll and Hyde as of late, this could be the return to form the fans have been waiting for... Game well and truly over |
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86' |
Goal |
Navas J. |
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86' |
GOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!! And the game is beyond doubt... Jesus Navas learns from his mistakes as he receives the ball on the right hand side and slides it into the far corner instead of trying to blast it near this time... 3-1 and it's game over! |
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85' |
Substitution |
Smolarek |
Sergio Sánchez |
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84' |
Smolarek leaves the field for Sanchez as Marcelino is continuing to try and engineer a comeback with a front three now looking the order of the day |
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83' |
OHHHHH!!!! Alves with a beautifully curved free kick that hits the bar and Maresca taps in the rebound but it's ruled out for offside...perhaps contentiously, as it looked like Poulsen who was offside whereas Maresca may have been level...so Racing survive another serious scare... |
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83' |
Substitution |
Diego Capel |
Adriano |
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82' |
A teasing long ball with an awkward bounce makes things difficult for the Racing defence and Moraton has been books for tugging Fredi Kanoute to the ground just outside the area... It could have perhaps been a red card as a last man offence but it would have been harsh... Another free kick in a very dangerous area...will it be Chevanton of Alves this time?! Either way there's a good chance of a third goal for Sevilla coming up... Capel meanwhile is leaving the field after an energetic display for the Brasilian Adriano |
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82' |
Yellow Card |
Moratón |
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80' |
Navas has been booked now for a pulling of the shirt as the cards are coming out with alarming regularity... it was a tug of the shirt and perhaps a little more justified than some of Sevilla's recent bookings, though Navas of course protests his innocence |
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80' |
Yellow Card |
Navas J. |
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79' |
Red Card |
Garay |
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78' |
SENDING OFF: It's Garay who's received his second yellow and the referee had no choice. It was a clumsy late challenge on the cartwheeling Capel and the man who scored and has perhaps been Racing's best player leaves the field with just over 10 minutes to go |
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78' |
Substitution |
Jorge López |
Marcelino |
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77' |
Jorge Lopez leaves the field for Chite from Berundi...he impressed in his brief spell on the pitch against Real Madrid and will look to make a similar impact tonight |
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76' |
Chite is ready to come on, it will be interesting to see who Marcelino removes in place of the hit-man |
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76' |
Capel does well again on the break, driving forward then playing in Navas, who never looks all that comfortable in front of goal, and his attempt at a near post shot goes hopelessly wide |
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75' |
OHHHHH AGAIN! Capel does brilliantly on a solo run down the left hand side and smashes a shot across goal which is well saved by Coltorti - who's having a lot more to do than he'd have perhaps liked on his Liga debut |
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74' |
OHHH! An audacious chip attempted from Maresca which forces a good save from Coltorti |
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71' |
Dani Alves has miracolously been booked for getting the ball kicked in his face! The referee seems to have adjudged it as some sort of deliberate hand ball as The Brasilian wizard is on the floor bemused at the whole ordeal. The referee refuses to back down on the issue and insists the player gets to his feet to formally receive the card...he does, then duly leaves the field momentarily for some treatment... whether he needs it or not is debatable, but that's three - definitely two - dubious yellow cards in a short space of time for Sevilla |
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71' |
Yellow Card |
Daniel Alves |
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70' |
Yellow Card |
Kanouté F. |
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69' |
Yellow Card |
Chevantón E. |
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69' |
Kanoute is miraculously booked as he jumps for a header with Garay, who went down perhaps a little theatrically himself, it certainly wasn't intentional or wreckless enough to warrant a yellow card, but nonetheless, the referee deemed it to be |
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68' |
Colsa has a go from range...good effort from distance but comfortably saved by De Sanctis |
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67' |
Goal |
Chevantón E. |
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65' |
GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! It's CHEVANTON who takes it after winning it and he's hit it very well to the goalkeeper's near side, and that threw off the debutant Coltorti... It was near enough for him to perhaps save it but Chevanton took it excellently and he can't be begrudged his goal...nicely done, Sevilla regain the lead. 2-1! And Chevanton is of course redundantly booked for taking his short off during the celebration, but he doesn't seem to care |
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64' |
Chevanton has his first real impact on the game as a substitute, his quick feet win Sevilla a free kick in a dangerous area on the edge of the area...this looks like Alves territory...! |
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63' |
Ayoze leaves the field for Serrano as Marcelino refuses to throw in the towel... Racing are still going for it with scores level and about a half hour to play |
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63' |
Substitution |
Ayoze |
Óscar Serrano |
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62' |
Substitution |
Kerzhakov A. |
Chevantón E. |
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62' |
Navas and Alves' interplay is causing Racing all sorts of problems down the right hand side as a cross from the Brasilian earns another corner for Sevilla... meanwhile Kerzhakov is replaced to give Chevanton a chance to make an impact on the game... The corner is slid in along the floor and dealt with easily by Racing...poor attempt |
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59' |
Navas does very well with a confident run down the right ad his cross finds Kerzhakov who knocks it down for Maresca to have a go from the edge of the area but a crucial block is made as Racing survive once more |
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57' |
Alves plays in Capel with a chipped ball and the Argentine is wrongly flagged for offside... Capel had shot anyway and it was well saved by the 'keeper |
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54' |
OOOOHH! A smart backheel from Kerzhakov put Navas through who fired the ball across goal, juuust out of the reach of Kanoute |
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51' |
Goal |
Garay |
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49' |
GOOOOLLLL!!! The corner comes in and Garay shows amazing strength and technique to first get to the ball and then swerve and divert his header into the far corner! Nobody home on the line and the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan goes absolutely silent! Brilliant from Garay and Racing are miraculously back in it! |
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48' |
OHHHHHHHH!!! Down the other end it's Racing with a free kick from about 30 yards out and it's rolled to Garay who hammers it at goal and is brilliantly saved by De Sanctis who tips the swerving shot over for a corner |
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48' |
Yellow Card |
Garay |
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46' |
Sevilla are straight out of the blocks at the beginning of the second half and Capel again breaks down the right and is veeery lightly tugged on the shoulder by Garay and needlessly goes to ground when he could have surely beaten his man for pace and caused some damage... Garay is somehow booked for the semi-challenge, probably as the referee deemed it to be cynical. Sevilla win the free kick though and it's Mosquera with the headed chance from it, but it's off-target |
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45' |
And the half time whistle goes as Sevilla go in 1-0 up. They looked the more dominant and imposing side throughout and capped their display with a fantastically worked team goal. Racing did put some good passes together but always looked intimidated in front of goal |
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43' |
Racing are starting to get some good possession in Sevilla's half now... whether they can produce end product remains to be seen... but they have a corner here and it's again cleared by Sevilla, and Jorge Lopez is subsequently booked as he cynically pulls Capel back by his hair (!) as Sevilla had threatened to break on the counter |
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43' |
Yellow Card |
Jorge López |
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39' |
CHANCE: Sevilla this time as Alves does incredibly down the right hand side with Navas also playing his part... some great footwork from the Brasilian followed by a neat one-two and Alves does brilliantly to place a cross on the head of Kanoute, who can't quite wrap around it and it goes over |
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36' |
CHANCE: Racing managed to get a break, and it was Munitis with some space to run into on the right hand side, but the experienced campaigner didn't get nearly enough of an angle on his shot as it's comfortably saved by De Sanctis... You might feel that was Racing's only chance of getting back in the game |
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35' |
Pinillos again arrives in late on Capel - who spares the theatrics this time and instead just voices his genuine disapproval of the continuous fouls he's been on the receiving end of - and another free kick on the left is there for Sevilla... Maresca floated a good ball in and Poulsen charges in with a header... Kanoute attempts to run on to it and poke it into the back of the net but it rolled out of play in the end |
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34' |
The free kick was poor from Drago but Sevilla recovered possession and Poulsen played a good long ball which Kerzhakov controlled brilliantly and played to Navas who darted in from the right and the ball across goal was frantically cleared by Racing |
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33' |
Capel draws another late challenge from Racing as Sevilla have a dangerous looking free kick on the left hand side... Pinillos went into the Argentine, but he doesn't half love to make a meal out of any contact made whatsoever... |
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28' |
Sevilla are on fire here as Capel manages to dart free on the left and fires another one into the box but it's put over by Kerzhakov |
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27' |
Maresca picks Navas out smartly, the Sevilla youngster cuts in after being led on to his left, but he's still not fightened to give it a go, and he puts his left foot through it, though it goes straight at the 'keeper |
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26' |
GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!!! Ohhhhh what a way to get it! Dani Alves cuts in on the right hand side and plays a neat reverse pass to Kerzhakov, who lays it off for Maresca who plays a magnificent backheel back to Dani Alves who has run 'round the back of the Racing defence, the Brasilian rounds the keeper and just as it looked too tight for him to cut back and finish, who other than Fredi Kanoute was on hand to place it into the back of the net through the helpless defenders on the line... Incredible goal! 1-0 Sevilla! |
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25' |
Goal |
Kanouté F. |
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21' |
Maresca picks out Dani Alves on the right hand side who fires in one of the most overhit crosses in recent history...! The ball goes out of play as neither team has managed to assert themselves as of yet |
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19' |
Navas had space as Sevilla counterattacked with their typical fluency, the youngster could've shot but he played in Capel who drilled it into the area and it was put out for a corner... Taken by Navas, it was inswinging and caught comfortably |
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18' |
Aldo Duscher had the ball over 30 yards out and it sat up all-too perfectly for the former Depor man and he couldn't resist a strike. It was clean and on target, but the save was comfortable from De Sanctis |
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17' |
Maresca with another fantastic cross-field ball, this time to the right flank with Navas, who pauses before darting forwards and skewing in a cross along the ground which failed to cause any real problem as Racing cleared their lines |
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15' |
The game is quite frantic in the midfield, but neither team has managed to get beyond the defence to get a good chance at goal as of yet... Maresca has looked particularly ambitious with his passing and Racing - to their credit - haven't sat back despite being away to a notoriously offensive side, they've looked to get in behind Sevilla themselves on a couple of occasions |
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9' |
Maresca does brilliantly to deliver a reverse cross-field ball to Capel out wide on the left but the youngster's cross is poor and Racing eventually clear the danger |
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7' |
The referee has called play back as Poulsen and then Mosquera both arrive late in on their challenges and Racing have another set piece, but this one is behind the half way line, nevertheless Racing look to pump it directly into their opponent's area, but nothing comes of it |
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4' |
Racing win a free kick for a foul by Escude on Smolarek and Racing could cause a problem or two with a dangerous ball in from about 35 yards out...but the opportunity is squandered as the ball is fired in as neither a genuine cross or not and goes harmlessly out of play |
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3' |
Yellow Card |
Pinillos |
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2' |
Capel draws a foul from Racing's Pinillos... and Capel, as he is known to do, gives a few customary rolls on the floor as the Racing man is shown a yellow card |
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Welcome to Goal.com's live coverage of Sevilla vs Racing Santander. An attacking side against a defensive side, an underachieving side against an overachieving one. It promises to be an intriguing encounter where the Andalucian side will be looking to go all out to recapture some of the league form from last year that saw them take the title race to the wire with Barcelona and eventual champions Real Madrid |