Standard Liège 1 -
Sevilla 0
Standard: Espinoza;
Dante, Sarr, Onyewu, Marcos Camozzato; Witsel, Defour, Dalmat (Benko 91'); De
Camargo, Jovanovic, Mbokani. 4-3-3. Sevilla: Palop; Konko (Crespo
74'), Escudé, David Prieto, Fernando Navarro; Maresca, Romaric (De Mul
60'); Jesús Navas, Renato, Adriano (Fernando 80'); Luis Fabiano.
4-2-3-1.
Goals: 1-0. 38. Mbokani.
Picked up De Camargo pass and ran on to shoot low past Palop.
A set back for double
champions Sevilla, who were beaten 1-0 by Standard Liège in their second
group game. The Belgian side appear to be saving their best for Europe, and
after their good results against Liverpool and Everton, once again they took
the scalp of a big club.
Standard dominated the first
half, with Palop having to save from De Camargo before the midfielder set up
Mbokani to open the scoring. And they could have increased their lead before
the interval, Witsel shooting wide and De Camargo bringing another good save
out of Palop.
Sevilla finally got in to
gear after the restart, Luis Fabiano and Maresca testing Espinoza for the first
time. Palop did well though to turn a Jovanovic free kick for a corner and then
had to save a header from De Camargo. But Jesús Navas nearly equalised
with an overhead lob which Ontewu headed off the line with the keeper beaten.
A fourth defeat in a row
though for Sevilla in all competitions, and Manuel Jiménez will be
hoping that his injury list will start to go down from now. The result means
that four teams are level on three points, and the Spaniards will sit out the
next match. |