Passed Barça: 0: 2 to Sevilla over Osasuna

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The 24th round in Spain closed tonight (Monday) with another win for the hot team in the league: Sevilla extended their winning streak in the domestic arena to six with a 0-2 away win over Osasuna, and overtook Barcelona en route to third place in the table. This coming Saturday the Andalusians will host Barça and try to open a 4-point gap from the opponent. By the way, four days later Sevilla and Barcelona will meet again, in the rematch of the Copa del Rey semi-final (0: 2 to Sevilla in the first game).

Osasuna – Sevilla 2: 0
The loss to Borussia Dortmund (3: 2) in the first game of the last eight of the Champions League, cut Sevilla a streak of nine wins in all competitions, while in the last seven they also kept a clean sheet. Julen Luftaghi’s side recovered impressively in a not-so-simple away game at Pamplona – on the way, perhaps, to a new positive streak.

The brakeman Diego Carlos put the Andalusians on the board in the 19th minute with an excellent shot after a corner kick by Joan Jordan. Four minutes into the second half Luke de Jong doubled the lead with a heel after an excellent wide ball from Munir al-Hadadi. Until the end, the host pressed in an attempt to return to the game, but Sevilla’s great defense did not allow it – and kept a fifth league game in a row on a clean sheet. Sevilla have only 16 absorbs in 23 league games – the best defense in Spain along with Atletico Madrid.


England: Brighton – Crystal Palace 2: 1
Apart from the important victory of Sevilla and the game in Italy between Juventus and Crotone, there was also one game in the Premier League in the 25th round where we got drama between the two bottom teams. The Seagulls (16th place), after a relatively better period that kept them away from the red line, suffered their first loss since the 1-0 draw to Manchester City more than a month ago. Roy Hodgson’s team (13th) broke a streak of two losses.

Jean-Philippe Matata put the visitors ahead in the 28th minute from Jordan Ivo’s header, and Joel Waltman equalized in the 55th minute. However, deep in extra time (90 + 5) Christian Benteke sent an excellent volley into the net after a raise by Andrews Townsend, allowing Palace to celebrate at the end.

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