Barcelona Thrash Sevilla to Close Gap on La Liga Leaders
A draw in the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid (1-1) worked in Barcelona's favor. All that was left was to handle Sevilla, and Hans-Dieter Flick's team did so with ease. The match was balanced in terms of play—if not the score—only during the first half. After the break, the visitors scored exactly as many goals as they needed.
With this victory, Barcelona is now just two points behind Real Madrid and one point behind Atletico Madrid. Every slip-up from any of these top three teams will now impact the La Liga table, and the battle for the title is set to heat up even further.
2024-25, Spain - La Liga
Sevilla - Barcelona 1:4 (1:1)
Goals: Lewandowski, 7 (0:1); Vargas R., 8 (1:1); Fermin, 47 (1:2); Raphinha, 55 (1:3); Garcia E., 89 (1:4)
Sevilla: Nyland; Pedrosa (Marcão T., 87); Salas K.; Badé L.; Gudelj (Agoume, 76); Saul Niguez (Bueno M., 76); Sow Dj. (Suso, 63); Vargas R. (Ejuke, 63); Romero Is.; Lukebakio; Juanlu Sánchez
Bench: Fernández Ál.; Flores A.; Muzambo; Peque Fernández
Yellow Cards: Saul Niguez 16; Romero Is. 45; Badé L. 67; Marcão T. 88; Suso 90
Barcelona: Szczesny; Balde Al.; Araujo R. (Cubarsí, 22); Martinez In.; Kounde; de Jong F. (Garcia E., 71); Gavi (Fermin, 46); Raphinha; Yamal (Martín, 89); Pedri; Lewandowski (Olmo, 71)
Bench: Peña I.; Kochen Diego; Fort H.; Torre P.; Casado M.; Pau Victor; Torres F.
Yellow Cards: Gavi 38; Garcia E. 80
Red cards: Fermin 62'
