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Sevilla coach says red card contributed to Levante’s late equaliser
Sevilla drew with Levante in the eighth round of Spain’s LaLiga.
Sevilla led 2-0, but Levante scored quickly to make it 2-1 and later levelled the match.
Sevilla went ahead again at 3-2 before a Sevilla player was sent off.
Levante then scored the equaliser, which García Plaza said came after several deflections.
The Sevilla coach said his team had played better before Levante’s first goal and believed they would have held on with 11 players.
Sevilla have 14 points and next travel to face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Sevilla coach Luis García Plaza said a red card contributed to Levante’s late equaliser.
He said Sevilla had been far superior until the score reached 2-0.
Sevilla went ahead 3-2 after Levante had reduced the deficit, according to García Plaza.
He said Sevilla would not have been pegged back if they had finished with 11 players.
García Plaza said Levante’s equaliser came after several rebounds.
- Who
- Sevilla and Levante, with Sevilla coach Luis García Plaza commenting after the match.
- What
- Levante came back to equalise late. García Plaza said Sevilla’s red card contributed to the result.
- When
- The match was the final game of matchday 8. The date was not stated.
- Where
- Ciutat de València.
- Why
- García Plaza said Sevilla would not have been pegged back had they finished with 11 players.
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Sevilla had taken a 2-0 lead.
Levante scored quickly to make it 2-1.
Sevilla scored to go 3-2 ahead.
Sevilla had a player sent off, and Levante equalised.
- Sevilla coach
- Luis García Plaza
- Match
- Sevilla against Levante, final game of matchday 8
- Venue
- Ciutat de València
- Score sequence cited by coach
- 0-2, 1-2, 2-3, then an equaliser
- Red card
- García Plaza said it contributed to Levante’s late equaliser
What people are saying
If we had finished with 11, they wouldn’t have drawn the match.
Until 2-0, we were far superior.
In the goal there were six rebounds, a bit of everything.
Sources
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