Club Challenge: Sevilla wins the cup against Independiente del Valle
First edition of the game between the winners of the second UEFA and Conmebol competitions: 1-1 in the 90th minute, then the Andalusians won 4-1 from penalties
You could say the usual Seville, even in July. Mendilibar’s team goes under, draws and wins on penalties, following a previously seen and revised script. This time it’s Independiente del Valle, an Ecuadorian team that won the Copa Sudamericana and thus secured the right to take part in the Club Challenge. A newly created competition pitting the winners of the two smaller competitions, Uefa and Conmebol, has been merged with the Antonio Puerta Trophy for the occasion. In fact, the Andalusians had the upper hand in the first half-serious test of the season: the game was decided by penalties (4-1) after a 1-1 draw in regulation time, with Papu Gomez scoring the final goal.
the match
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After the minute’s silence for Puerta with the suggestive response from Sanchez Pitzjuan comes the first conclusion from Papu Gomez, which is rejected by the goalkeeper. The decisive episode came in the 9th minute: Salas loses a bad ball, Diaz takes advantage of it and beats Dmitrovic. Independiente consolidated well after the lead and there was little to report before the break. The pressure from the Andalusians mounted in the second half, Torres and Ortiz threatening, but only finding fulfillment on the full recovery: Idrissi’s cross, a deflection knocked out the defense and this time Ortiz scored the equaliser. It goes straight to penalties, where Faravelli and Moreno fail at the South Americans, smoothing out Seville’s success.
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