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First Division - Day 38

Málaga 2 - Sevilla 3

Málaga: Kameni; Rosales, Angeleri, Weligton, Boka; Recio (Tissone 79‘), Camacho; Samuel, Amrabat (Samu Castillejo 79‘), Juanmi (Sergio Sánchez 58‘); Javi Guerra. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Sergio Rico; Coke, Arribas, Carriço, Trémoulinas; Krychowiak (M’Bia 58‘), Banega (Bacca 69‘); Aleix Vidal, Iborra, Reyes (Denis Suárez 63’); Gameiro. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 52. Reyes. Picked up Coke return pass and rounded Kameni to score.
0-2. 55. Banega. Controlled Trémoulinas pass and struck shot across keeper.
0-3. 62. Aleix Vidal. Latched on to Trémoulinas pass and fired shot past keeper.
1-3. 67. Javi Guerra. Beat Rico with shot on turn after collecting Camacho pass.
2-3. 92. Javi Guerra. Got on the end of Rosales cross to poke shot in on far post.

Yellow cards: Aleix Vidal 13’, Recio 26’, Angeleri 35’, Krychowiak 35’, Tissone 89’ / red cards: Weligton 26’.

A late win by Valencia on the last day of the season deprived Sevilla of fourth spot, even though Unai Emery’s team beat Málaga 2-3. Both keepers were in action early on, Kameni saving from Aleix Vidal and Sergio Rico keeping out Javi Guerra. Midway through the first half the locals were left with ten men when Weligton was sent off for catching Gameiro with a flying elbow, but even so Juanmi and Amrabat went close either side of half time. Some seven minutes into the second half though Reyes ran on to Coke’s return pass to open the scoring, and just three minutes later Banega made it two with an angled shot from the edge of the area. Reyes turned an Aleix Vidal cross just wide of the post soon afterwards, and Vidal himself got the third after Trémoulinas set him up. That appeared to settle it, but Javi Guerra got one back with a long shot inside the far post, and with the game in injury time Guerra poked a Rosales centre past Rico to close the gap to one goal. In the end though neither team achieved their objective, Málaga losing out on the European spots and their opponents finishing a point behind the Ches. They do have a second chance of making it into the Champions League next season though if they can win the Europa League final next Wednesday, which would mean an unprecedented five Spanish sides in the top competition. Sevilla certainly deserve it after the best points haul in their history.