Las Palmas and Sevilla played a disconcerting match. Both showed many more defects than virtues, with two ways of playing football full of haste and a lot of risk in defence. Given over to a frenetic back and forth, with no control at all in the centre of the field, it was Sevilla who came closest to winning. Cillessen, in the last minute, made a great save from Sow after a pass from Pedrosa. Everything ended with a fair draw after a defensive party by the Canaries and Andalusians, which resulted in this 2-2 that tastes like little to this new Sevilla of García Pimienta. The Andalusians may have missed a good opportunity to start LaLiga with a victory. They could also have lost. Sevilla has the quality of players like Ocampos, Navas or Isaac Romero, but they suffer terribly in defence. Las Palmas is also a new team. From what we saw, they have a torment ahead of them.
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Cillessen, Mika Mármol, Alex Muñoz (Scott McKenna, min. 68), Álex Suárez, Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park (Viti, min. 76), Javi Muñoz, Alberto Moleiro (Aboubacar Bassinga, min. 87), Mata (Sandro, min. . 68), Kirian Rodríguez, Enzo Loiodice (Manuel Fuster, min. 68) and Oliver McBurnie (Marc Cardona, min. 87)
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Ørjan Haskjold Nyland, Nianzou Tanguy Kouassi, José Ángel Carmona, Gudelj, Adrià Pedrosa, Lucien Agoume, Juanlu Sanchez (Kike Salas, min. 82), Lucas Ocampos, Djibril Sow, Lukebakio (Jesús Navas, min. 74) and Isaac Romero
Goals 0-1 min. 24: Álex Suárez (pp). 1-1 min. 41: Nianzou Tanguy Kouassi (pp). 1-2 min. 61: Juanlu Sanchez. 2-2 min. 70: Sandro.
Referee Francisco Jose Hernandez Maeso
Yellow cards Juanlu Sanchez (min. 34), Adrià Pedrosa (min. 79), Viti (min. 81) and Mika Mármol (min. 96)
García Pimienta’s return to Las Palmas showed a coach who wants to take a step forward at Sevilla. A commitment to playing the ball out from the back combined with the rapid search for counterattacks with players like Ocampos or Lukebakio on the wings. A strange Sevilla, who conceded at the back and could have scored early through Ocampos, frustrated by an intervention by Cillessen. Opposite, Las Palmas risked too much. Luis Carrión will have his stamp, but the Canary Island team took a huge risk in the ball’s release. Vices from the home team’s past and gifts, many gifts in the transfer of the two teams.
Sevilla had more bite. A great play by Pedrosa ended in a goal after an error by Alex Suarez and Las Palmas then saw that they could hurt a vulnerable Sevilla. MacBurnie, a typical Scottish striker, began to attack the weak Nianzou, an indecipherable centre-back. The Sevilla player scored another own goal to cap off a very even first half.
Sandro’s goal and 2-2
Sevilla started the second half with an unexpected blockage in the minds and legs of its players. But Las Palmas lack quality. Isaac had the quality to put Juanlu on goal after a trademark run. The new Olympic champion with Spain played as an attacking midfielder and seemed to give his team the win. It wasn’t to be because Sandro made it 2-2 with the first ball he touched when he came onto the field. Las Palmas suffered a lot in the final stretch. It is a team with many weaknesses even though players like Moleiro show details of enormous quality. It was Cillessen who saved his team from defeat. Two great saves from the Dutch goalkeeper, a new Canary signing while the future of Álvaro Valles is resolved, allowed the locals to secure at least a point. It was a bitter draw for Sevilla, something more beneficial for Las Palmas.
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