Real Madrid vs. Sevilla – Spanish La Liga – Second Half Report (Part 2)
There were many other controversial decisions by the referee Clos Gomez but this was the worst decision made by him. Real Madrid played with three centre backs after the sent off but they were still the side who looked to be dominating the game. They kept
most of the possession and found the first goal of the game as well.
It was the Argentinean winger Angel Di Mari who scored the goal in the 73rd minute to put his side up. Despite the fact that Jose Mourinho’s men were a man down, they were the side who looked to be keen towards scoring the goal. With the home
crowd backing them up, the German midfielder Mesut Ozil got past three Sevilla defenders and crossed the ball onto Angel Di Maria who found himself alone on the left hand side. The newly signed Real Madrid star shot the ball into the goal to put a 10 man Real
Madrid up front.
Now with Real Madrid leading, Jose Mourinho decided to change things round as he took off a midfielder and brought on a defender. Mesut Ozil was taken off for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652 Albiol. Now Real Madrid were playing four defenders to defend their one goal lead that was
taken by Angel Di Maria. The Los Blancos were totally in the driving seat as they were ready to win all three points from this home game to put more pressure on the high flying Barcelona side.
The atmosphere was simply great in the Santiago Bernabeu as they were totally backing their team on each and every move that they made. Every foul was being whistled at and each and every red shirt was booed. It was seen that Sevilla were finding it “impossible”
to get past the solid home side defenders who were mostly clearing the ball to maintain their one goal advantage.
Sevilla also changed a few things round after the red card as they saw a little light at the end of the dark tunnel. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Capel-c11100 was taken off for Alfaro to bring on some pace on the pitch. Didier Zakora was also taken off as Jose Carlos Fernandez Vazquez
replaced him on the pitch. The defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lautaro-Acosta-c21762 made way on the pitch.
Real Madrid decided to defend the one goal lead as they stopped pressing and kept most of the possession of the ball. Despite the fact that they were a man down, they still managed to keep 70% possession of the ball and did not let Sevilla near their goal.
However, the action was not over and it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mouhamadou-Dabo-c26889 who got a straight red after a late challenge on the only goal scorer of the game, Angel Di Maria.
With Sevilla also being a man down, there was definitely no chance for them to get past Jose Mourinho’s tough defensive wall and the game ended with Real Madrid winning it only with a single goal. With the Los Blancos getting all three points it meant that
were to go into the Christmas break with their rivals Barcelona leading the Spanish La Liga. Real Madrid were now only two points behind the Blaugrana giants still in the title race.
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