Sevilla slump deepens after Osasuna loss

Sevilla lost 2-1 at Osasuna on April 26 after Alejandro Catena scored in the 99th minute, leaving the club in the relegation zone. (skysports.com) (laliga.com) Neal Maupay put Sevilla ahead in the 69th minute at El Sadar, but Raúl García leveled around the 80th before Catena struck with the last meaningful kick. (skysports.com) (elpais.com) The defeat left Sevilla 18th on 34 points after 33 matches, inside the bottom three with five league games remaining. (espn.com) (m.elbotola.com)) Luis García Plaza’s team had already started the matchday in trouble after a 2-0 loss to Levante, and Osasuna turned one more lead into another damaging defeat. (sports.yahoo.com) (laliga.com) Sevilla are not fighting for Europe or midtable safety now. Their final five league matches are against Real Sociedad, Espanyol, Villarreal, Real Madrid and Celta Vigo. (sevillafc.es) That run leaves little margin for error for a club that spent most of the past two decades in Spain’s top flight and European competition, not in a relegation scrap. (laliga.com) (espn.com) Osasuna, by contrast, moved up the table with the win and finished the day ninth, while Sevilla left Pamplona with another collapse attached to a season already defined by losses. (worldsoccerdata.com) (espn.com) Sevilla’s next chance to climb out comes at home against Real Sociedad on May 4. After Catena’s 99th-minute goal, the arithmetic is simple: five matches, and no room left to slip. (sevillafc.es)