Copa Del Rey – Second Half Report: Sevilla versus Real Madrid
The second half started with Sevilla looking down trodden in morale as they were denied a goal line goal according to their protests towards the referee near the end of the first half. Nonetheless, the second half kicked off with Real Madrid in the lead
as the score line rested at 0-1. Thus it was Sevilla who began the second half looking the hungrier of the two sides.
The home team experienced an extend period of possession http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Zokora-c11056 was booked by the referee for a bad foul on Cristiano Ronaldo after the Ivorian defender
was caught out in possession due to his heavy touch of the ball.
Ronaldo protested to the referee that it should’ve been more than just a booking but the referee waved his antics away as Real were awarded their first free kick of the match. It was the Portuguese starlet who stepped up to take the free kick as well but
his shot blocked by a wall of Sevilla players as Real Madrid lost possession of the ball.
In the 48th minute of the match it was Alexis who was penalized by the referee for chopping down Cristiano Ronaldo to the ground as the winger was about to race away with the ball. It was a cynical challenge to say the least but the referee only
produced a yellow card as a punishment for the Sevilla midfielder.
In the 51st minute of the match, Sevilla were dealt an injury blow as Romaric was substituted in place of Renato from the home side’s substitute’s bench. It was an ill-timed injury for Sevilla as Romaric was looking like an essential cog in the
Sevilla midfield in the second half.
In the 56th minute, Real Madrid responded with the change as Lassana Diarra made way for Marcelo from the Madrid bench. It was a tactical change by Mourinho who practiced caution as Diarra was already on a yellow card from the first half of the
match.
In the 58th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325 first got booked as he prevented Sevilla from taking a quick free kick by standing directly in front of the set piece taker for the home side. Then it was Ronaldo who also went into the referee’s book for a clumsy
foul on Renato as the game became littered with yellow cards and tentative midfield play.
In the 59th minute it was Marcelo who released Mesut Ozil clean through on the Sevilla goal but Palop came out and blocked the German midfielder’s shot. The follow up fell to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 whose strike just missed the Sevilla goal by inches as the
score line remained at 0-1 to the Los Blancos.
In the 68th minute, Real Madrid went ahead with their second change of the match as Angel Di Maria replaced the goal scorer http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 in the Real attack. The substitution was accompanied by a change in tactics as well as Ronaldo took up Benzema’s
place as the spearhead of the Real Madrid attack as Maria occupied the Portuguese winger’s berth on the left side of the Real Madrid midfield.
In the 80th minute of the match, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 had a golden opportunity to seal a win for his side as he went past the Sevilla goalkeeper Palop. With the goal gaping at Ronaldo’s mercy, he failed to keep control of the ball as he tried to
square it to Ozil, whose eventual shot was blocked by the Sevilla defense.
In the 89th minute, it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294 who brought Sevilla back on level terms but quite astonishingly the referee raised his flag on the far side for an offside as the goal was ruled disallowed. Sevilla’s players looked shocked but the replays
confirmed that the linesman was spot on with his call.
The match came to an end with crowd trouble brewing as someone from the stand behind the Real Madrid goal threw a flare bomb at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815. The Spanish goalkeeper went down in pain at first but then quickly recovered to rush off the field as it all turned
sour at the final whistle.
Nonetheless, it was Real Madrid who eventually won the match by a single goal.
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