Seville – Betis live | Santander League | Brand

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Good afternoon, family of BRAND! Welcome to the live follow-up of a real great match, the one you will face from 4:15 p.m. in the stadium Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan to Seville Soccer Club and Real Betis Balompie. A Seville derby that reaches a new dimension with the two teams in positions Championsin second and third position in the league table respectively, and who will seek three very important points for their aspirations in the competition.

The team he leads Julen Lopetegui arrives at this matchday 26 match after losing on Thursday against Dynamo Zagreb (1-0) in Croatiaa result that helped him to qualify for the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League. The Nervionenses, who have four draws and one win in their last five league games, need to win to prevent the Real Madridwhich was imposed yesterday in Vallecashe distances himself nine points in the table, complicating his aspirations to fight for the title.

For this game, in addition to the long-term injured Suso and lick itthey will be low Rekikwho suffered a muscular problem last week, as well as Koundé and Ocampos, sanctioned. footballers like diego charles, Montiel or martial will be in doubt until the last minute, complicating the configuration of eleven to Lopeteguiespecially in the center of the defense, where casualties accumulate.

those of Pellegrini, meanwhile, also arrive without some of their players. The most important, Juanmiwhich he saw last Sunday in front of the Majorca his fifth yellow card of the season and will serve a one-game suspension. Lainez, Sabaly, rodry and Miranda nor will they be able to be on the pitch this afternoon, just like the long-term injured players, Montoya and camera. Even so, the Chilean coach will be able to line up a very competitive eleven in search of three fundamental points in sports… and also in the emotional.

After suffering on Thursday to leave the Zenit Saint Petersburg (0-0) on the way to get into the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa Leaguethe Verdiblancos dream of storming the stadium of their eternal rival and placing themselves just two points behind in the standings, thus maintaining their advantage of four over the third-placed team and expanding the number of teams involved in the fight for a place in Champions League.

Trying to forget the sad episode of the cup tie in January, Seville and Betis prepare for an exciting derby. One of the best local rivalry duels in the world that must avoid controversy and focus solely on enjoying football with great players on the field. A game that we tell you minute by minute from now on MARCA.com. Soon the teams will arrive at the stadium and we will know the starting line-ups. We tell you from now on. Let’s start!