Sergio Ramos deflected Lamine Yamal’s header into his own net in the 76th minute to break the deadlock in a tight clash.
Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos’s own thing handed his old adversary Barcelona a narrow 1- 0 palm over Sevilla on Friday in La Liga, taking the Catalans top of the table. stager centre- reverse Ramos veered Lamine Yamal‘s title into his own net in the 76th nanosecond to break the impasse in a tight clash. The 37- time-old said this week he’d planned a special thing festivity if he scored against Barca after his summer return to Spain from Paris Saint- Germain, but putting through his own net wasn’t part of the plan.
” Ramos is a spectacular protector, moment he’d the mischance of scoring an own thing but he’d a good game,” Barcelona trainer Xavi told journalists.
” It was unlucky for him but for us it was good.”
He continued” Sergio grows in these atmospheres, it’s an unfortunate thing, it hits him and bounces by.”
Barcelona’s palm helped the Catalans catch Girona at the top of the table, with their neighbours hosting third- place Real Madrid on Saturday.
Xavi’s side were leapfrogged by Girona and Madrid after they drew at Mallorca on Tuesday.
” hereafter I’ve a birthday party, I can not watch the game, imagine that. I will follow it but I can not watch, it’s a pity- may the stylish platoon palm,” said Xavi.
” The only thing that we can control was moment, we feel good about it, we merited more pretensions and we had a great game against a great platoon.”
Before the game Sevilla caused a stir by publicizing their directors would not attend the traditional lunch or sit in the presidential box in kick at Barcelona’s involvement in the refereeing corruption reproach.
The Catalan club and some of their former directors were charged with bribery on Thursday.
Xavi started winger Raphinha in attacking midfield with Lamine Yamal on the hand, looking for further energy behind striker Robert Lewandowski.
Joao Felix crashed a shot off the bar after a fine run by Joao Cancelo as Barcelona made the early handling, but Sevilla were sharp on thecounter-attack.
Marc- Andre ter Stegen clawed away an trouble from former Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic and a shot by Dodi Lukebakio, while Gavi superbly blocked with his casket to balk Lucas Ocampos.
Xavi’s trial with Raphinha was cut short when the Brazilian went down injured and he was replaced by La Masia graduate Fermin Lopez, who saved Barcelona at Mallorca with a late strike.
The midfielder was snappily teed up by 16- time-old starlet Yamal but could only manage a soft shot, his one disappointing moment on an else emotional spin.
Gavi’s shot was veered hardly over as Barcelona turned the screw in hunt of the opening thing.
Ultimately it came, from an doubtful source, with Ramos inadvertently knocking Yamal’s title back into the peril area past Orjan Nyland.
Ramos’s traces has been saluted by hisses by Barcelona suckers for his history in the Spanish capital, which turned to ironic cheers as his own thing was replayed on the big screen at the Olympic Stadium.
At the age of nine Yamal had stood beside Ramos as a Barcelona charm in 2016 when the centre- reverse captained Real Madrid in a Clasico.
Until his own thing, Ramos had played well and helped keep Barcelona at bay.
The protector made a fine block to antipode Lewandowski in cessation time, but by also the damage was done.
” In that move Ramos was defending well, he’d bad luck,” said Sevilla trainer Jose Luis Mendilibar.
” The ball hit him and he did not have time to reply how he wanted.” Know More Latest Football News…
