FC Barcelona vs Sevilla, 3-2 close 4 comfort

[flywoman]

I only got to watch the last twenty minutes of this match, but boy was it a nail-biter. At the time I tuned in, FCB was down 2-1 following goals by Trochowski, Negredo, and finally Cesc Fabregas shortly after the halftime break. As he had done before when the team was trailing, Tito Vilanova started making substitutes to beef up the forward line, sending Cristian Tello on for Alexis Sanchez, Thiago Alcantara for Sergio Busquets (who had been carded) and finally David Villa for Dani Alves. However, Cesc did his controversial part by provoking a red card on Medel, falling backward when the Sevillan got up in his face, and leaving the home team down a man for the last 18 minutes of regular time. Without enough men to mark all potential goalscorers, Sevilla slowly succumbed to unrelenting pressure from Barcelona and two key assists from Lionel Messi. In the 89th minute, Cesc scored his second goal, bringing the two teams level, and finally in the 3rd of the 5 extra minutes allotted, Villa slammed a trademark clinical goal right past the hapless keeper, giving Barcelona the lead.

The good news is that we won against a very tough team at home and walked away unbeaten in La Liga after six games. (Hopefully the players aren't too exhausted when they have to face Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday.) The bad news is bad indeed for young Thiago, who spent the summer off international duty due to injury and will now be out again for approximately two months with a torn ligament in his left knee :(.

Comments

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

There was, not that I think Cesc was in the right for it or fouled that badly; but can see their point.

Yeah, exactly; not even a decent pass at that sometimes.

He's been a great investment for sure.

Adriano is back too, even more strength for our defence.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Ah yes! Adriano is back too.