Barcelona: Real Sociedad came back to win 2-1 at Sevilla and Valencia beat Getafe 1-0 on Saturday as both teams remained locked on points in their fight for a fourth-place finish in the Spanish league. Sociedad remained ahead of fifth-place Valencia on head-to-head goal difference and in control of Spain's last Champions League spot with two rounds to go.
The Basque side fell behind 10 minutes in at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium when Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic slotted in a back pass from Geoffrey Kondogbia. But Rakitic's own goal when he headed a free kick into his team's net in the 16th leveled the score, and striker Imanol Agirretxe swept in Carlos Martinez's lobbed pass to give Sociedad the lead for good in the 24th with his 13th goal of the season.
Both sides created several chances in the second half, but neither could finish them off. Sevilla's Jose Antonio Reyes was dismissed after half-time with a direct red card for protesting a decision by the line judge while warming up on the sideline.
"We're happy because it's very hard to win here," said Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier. "In their previous nine home games only Atletico (Madrid) had won here. It was a tough game. We played well in the first half, and then in the second we tried to sit farther back and score on the break. But we had difficulties with their set pieces and had to hold on until the end."...
08:29 AM, May 19, 2013
Barcelona: Radamel Falcao scored his 25th goal of the Spanish league season to give Atletico Madrid a hard-fought 1-0 win at Sevilla and keep his team in the hunt for a second-place finish on Sunday. Also, Real Sociedad extended their unbeaten run to 14 straight games by drawing 0-0 at Osasuna, while Espanyol beat nine-man Getafe 2-0 for their third straight away victory. After 76 minutes featuring more hard fouls...
08:57 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Seville: Striker Alvaro Negredo scored twice on Monday to give Sevilla a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao in a physical Spanish league match in which both teams had a man sent off. With the game heading for a draw, Negredo surged forward to tap in Jose Antonio Reyes' cross between last defender and the goalkeeper to grab the win three minutes from time. The game at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium had...
04:57 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao scored for Atletico in a 2-2 second leg draw at Sevilla to progress 4-3 on aggregate. ...
08:32 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Messi extended his league-record scoring run to 15 straight games in a 2-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday. ...
08:41 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Barcelona will get a chance to return to winning ways when erratic Sevilla visit the Nou Camp in La Liga on Saturday. ...
03:53 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Barcelona hope to avoid a slip against Getafe on Sunday as their players fight fatigue from international friendlies midweek, and with Atletico lurking nine points adrift of the Spanish league leaders. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Diego Costa scored two penalties to give 10-man Atletico Madrid a 2-1 home win over nine-man Sevilla on Thursday. ...
09:21 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Cash-strapped Sevilla will consider selling their top players only if they receive offers well in excess of their market value, president Jose Maria del Nido said on Thursday. ...
07:31 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Barcelona: Real Sociedad dealt another blow to Sevilla's slumping season with a 2-1 home win Thursday that kept the Basque club unbeaten in seven rounds of the Spanish league. Also on Thursday, Espanyol beat last-place Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 to escape the relegation zone, while Rayo Vallecano downed visiting Levante 3-0. Sociedad forward Carlos Vela netted his team-high seventh goal of the season in the 18th minute when he took...
08:18 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Barcelona: Malaga strengthened its hold on fourth place in the Spanish league with a convincing 2-0 win at Sevilla in Saturday's Andalusian derby based on yet another impressive defensive performance away from home. Manuel Pellegrini's Malaga kept their fifth clean sheet through eight road games this season as they climbed to within four points of Real Madrid before the defending champions host Espanyol on Sunday. After withstanding Sevilla's early push...
07:42 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Madrid: Goals by Patrick Ebert and Oscar Gonzalez gave Valladolid a 2-1 win at Sevilla in the Spanish League on Monday. Valladolid began the match looking sharp with fast-paced attacks, and Ebert wrong-footed defender Fernando Navarro and beat the goalkeeper by firing low inside the far post in the second minute. Gonzalez took his tally to a club-leading seven goals by deftly lobbing goalkeeper Diego Lopez in the 12th minute....
08:16 AM, Dec 04, 2012
Barcelona: Atletico Madrid extended their best ever league Sunday as Diego Simeone's side rolled over nine-man Sevilla 4-0 to provisionally draw even with Barcelona at the top of the Spanish league standings. Radamel Falcao got Atletico going from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute after Federico Fazio was red carded for fouling Jorge "Koke" Resurrecion in the area. Atletico were up 3-0 by halftime after an own goal by...
01:34 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will look to extend their best ever starts to the Spanish league with wins against defensive stalwarts Levante and Sevilla on Sunday. Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has led the Catalan club to an unbeaten record of 11 wins and one draw through the opening 12 rounds of his debut season, and Atletico are keeping pace only three points behind the league leaders. Lionel Messi is...
12:19 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Barcelona: Striker Aritz Aduriz scored twice to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 victory at Granada on Sunday, the struggling Basque side's first away win of the Spanish league season. Bilbao finally showed flashes of the attacking verve that led it to the finals of the Europa League and Copa del Rey last season and made it one of the surprises of European football with memorable wins over Manchester United. Aduriz...
08:42 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Barcelona: Struggling in the Spanish league and the Europa League, Athletic Bilbao were fortunate to escape with a 0-0 draw from their visit to third-division Eibar in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. Fernando Llorente made his first start of the season for Bilbao since refusing to extend his contract with his boyhood club beyond next summer. But even with the Spain striker on the pitch...
09:14 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Barcelona: David Villa scored in injury time after Cesc Fabregas netted a brace to give Barcelona a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against 10-man Sevilla on Saturday, equaling the Spanish pacesetter's best league start ever with six straight wins. For 89 minutes, Sevilla looked set to repeat their feat from two weeks ago when it edged out Madrid with a similar defensive effort and counterattacking style. Piotr Trochowski, who netted the...
04:17 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Madrid: FC Barcelona face their toughest test of the football season to date Saturday night when they travel to play an in-form Sevilla in the Primera Liga. With Real Madrid not playing until Sunday again, this is another chance for Tito Vilanova's side to open up a temporary 11-point lead over Madrid. But it will be difficult against a Sevilla side unbeaten this season and which has already defeated Real...
02:59 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid's players need to take on board Jose Mourinho's criticisms and lift their game, Spain defender and a leading figure in the Bernabeu squad, Sergio Ramos, has said. The Spanish champions slumped to their second La Liga defeat of the campaign in a 1-0 reverse at Sevilla on Saturday, prompting sharp words from Mourinho who questioned the attitude and commitment of a large number of his players. "It's...
07:46 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho strongly criticized his side after watching them slip to a 0-1 defeat away to Sevilla in the Spanish Primer Liga. A second minute goal was enough to condemn a poor Real Madrid, who were lucky to end with 11 player on the pitch after clear aggressions committed by Gonzalo Higuain and Angel de Maria in the first half Saturday night, reports Xinhua. It was...
06:59 PM, Sep 16, 2012
