Sevilla move closer to relegation zone
- Sevilla blew a lead and lost 2-1 at Osasuna on Sunday, dropping into 18th place in La Liga with five rounds left. - Neal Maupay scored first in the 69th minute, but Raúl García equalized and Alejandro Catena headed Osasuna's winner in the 99th. - Sevilla are now in the bottom three on 34 points after 33 matches. (laliga.com)
Sevilla moved into the relegation zone on April 26 after conceding a 99th-minute winner in a 2-1 loss at Osasuna. (laliga.com) (skysports.com) Neal Maupay gave Sevilla the lead in the 69th minute at El Sadar, but Raúl García made it 1-1 in the 80th. Alejandro Catena then scored with a header in the ninth minute of added time. (skysports.com) The defeat left Sevilla 18th on 34 points after 33 matches, with a goal difference of minus-15. Levante are 19th on 33 points and Real Oviedo are 20th on 28. (laliga.com) Elche’s 2-1 win at Real Oviedo the same day helped push Sevilla into the bottom three. Deportivo Alavés also climbed clear with a 2-1 win over Mallorca on April 25. (laliga.com) (football-espana.net) The slide has continued through April. Sevilla lost 2-0 at Levante on April 23, a result that left them only one point above the drop before the trip to Pamplona. (wtop.com) Sevilla changed coaches on March 24, appointing Luis García Plaza through June 2027. The club said then that he would take charge of the first team immediately. (sevillafc.es) The schedule now turns unforgiving. Sevilla host Real Sociedad on May 4, then Espanyol on May 9, before facing Villarreal, Real Madrid and Celta Vigo in their last three league games. (sevillafc.es) (espn.com) For a club that won the Europa League in 2023 and has spent most of the past two decades in Spain’s top half, the immediate fight is now simpler: get out of 18th before May runs out. (laliga.com)
