ITS ELEVEN PLAYERS IN THE BOX
Sevilla stopped a free kick of Messi... Using three 'tricks' at once!
Published:20/06/2020 - 21:33h
Updated:20/06/2020 - 21:33h
Sevilla got a draw against Barça in LaLiga, and much of its success was based on deactivating Leo Messi. The andalusians stopped a free kick of the argentinian using three 'tricks' at once
FC Barcelona and Seville confronted this Friday in LaLiga, and the tie harvested knew them much better to the Andalusians. In Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, the team of house carried a very valuable point in his battle for consolidating the third place, mention that the visitors put at stake his leadership and leave it to favour of the Real Madrid, that could remain it if it attains to win to the Real Sociedad in the Stadium of Anoeta.
Although had a lot of problems to contain to the culés, the hispalenses saved a meritorio 0-0 that seemed far in the first compasses of the meeting. Except by an isolated occasion of Jules Koundé, the pupilos of Julen Lopetegui were overwhelmed by a rival that did to back his defence and that aggravated his imprecisions, too many before the first pause of hydratation, that changed the rhythm of the duel.
What himself showed the sevillistas is that had very very studied to his opponent, and in concrete to Leo Messi. Big part of his success went through to brake partly to the of Rosario, to the that shut with multiple helps and with an excellent work of Fernando and of the two head offices. For I satisfy, they multiplied to cancel one of the specialitys of the Argentinian, that remained near of the goal in diverse launchings of fault.
The blanquirrojos called the attention with a free shot in which they applied three solutions at the same time. The Argentinian had planted the spherical in the frontal of the area and found a barrier of six footballers, to Munir The Haddadi smart to throw to the floor and cover a possible finish by low, to the own Koundé retreating to close one of the sticks and to Diego Carlos and Sergio Reguilón in the penalty spot to avoid the passes.
With the eleven players in the area, the Seville attained to clear the strike of the Barcelona thanks to a head butt of the central French. The shot colaba by the square, and remained the doubt of if Thomas Vaclik had arrived to palmearlo. The guardameta did not have problems in a back attempt something further, although in the second time had to pull to send to corner a third kick that also rondaba the crosshead.
Revolution to stop the faults of Messi
The quality of Leo Messi in the free shots has caused a revolution in the formulas to stop his faults. In the past month of March, Imanol Bailiff already aimed a triumph with the Real Sociedad with a new way to cancel to the forward. His strategy also went through to plant to all his footballers in the area, in this case delivered as if they expected a centre. In this case, the result was very similar, since one of his men crossed with the balloon in the penalty spot and avoided that the danger arrived to the goal.