Barcelona Humiliated As Sevilla Claim Famous Victory

Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the La Liga season, with Sevilla claiming a memorable victory at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

Ronald Araujo was one of two players substituted following the midweek loss to Paris Saint-Germain, and he was involved in the incident that led to Sevilla’s opening goal. Araujo was deemed to have fouled Isaac Romero inside the penalty area, a decision that was upheld after a VAR review.

As a result, Alexis Sanchez stepped up to take the penalty and successfully scored against his former club.

After that moment, Sevilla had a number of chances to score again, with most of them falling to Isaac Romero. He squandered two big ones, but it was third time lucky as he made it 2-0 to the home side on 37 minutes. Ruben Vargas played him in from the left, and there was no mistake made on this occasion.

Barcelona needed to get back into this one as soon as possible, and crucially, they struck before half time. Pedri delivered a wonderful cross into the path of Marcus Rashford, who volleyed home for his first La Liga goal.

Barcelona had the wind in their sails in the second half, and they had a glorious opportunity to equalise on 76 minutes when Alejandro Balde was fouled inside the penalty area by Adnan Januzaj. However, the effort was sent wide by Robert Lewandowski, much to the joy of the home support.

In the 90th minute, Sevilla sealed the victory as Jose Angel Carmona fired across Wojciech Szczesny and into the far corner, and it would get even better for Los Nervionenses deep into stoppage time as Akor Adams struck to make it 4-1.

It’s now back-to-back defeats for Barcelona, following their Champions League loss at home to PSG. Hansi Flick will need the upcoming international break to regroup, as his side have fallen away in these last two matches. They stay in second with that result, while Sevilla rise to the lofty heights on 4th.