Barça vs Sevilla verdict (3:00 pm on March 4): Is the scene heartbreaking?

It will be a difficult task for Barcelona if you want to win tickets to the Copa del Rey final against Levante or Athletic Bilbao. In the first leg in Seville, Ronald Koeman’s teachers and students lost 0-2.

Sevilla beat Barça in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals

Jules Kounde’s great personal effort helped Sevilla to open the scoring in the 25th minute. In the 85th minute, Ivan Rakitic converted a Sevilla counterattack into a goal, making it 2-0 on the scoreboard for the hosts.

In the last 5 seasons, there have been 2 times that Sevilla have reached the final of the Copa del Rey, but have lost to Barça themselves. This season, the Andalusian team has a great advantage to eliminate their counterpart.

Of course, the difference of 2 goals is not an absolute guarantee for Sevilla. His rival is Barça, used to an impossible comeback. Just last weekend, when the two teams met in La Liga, the Blaugrana also won 2-0.

Meeting during the weekend, the blaugrana paid the debt

Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi also have 1 goal split evenly over 2 innings to help Barça extend their unbeaten streak in La Liga to 15. Thus, their veteran Gerard Piqué lights up their hopes of winning titles.

The Spanish midfielder said after the match: “Certainly the title race is still for Barcelona. We have seen much worse. Although the team has had 2 defeats (against Sevilla and PSG), we continue to generate confidence in 2021 ”.

“At home, Sevilla did not hit the goal and did not create clear opportunities. It is not an ideal situation at the moment, but I trust the team ”.

Piqué hopes that the Barça has a mental impulse

“Everything is in our heads. If we turn things around against Sevilla in the semifinal second leg of the Copa del Rey, the season will change completely. We will reach the final of the Copa del Rey while we compete for the La Liga championship ”.

In the League, Barça is 5 points behind Atlético de Madrid despite playing more than 1 game. In the Copa del Rey, they have to level the gap to 0-2 in the first leg of the semifinals. Still, this task is still more comfortable than reversing a 1-4 defeat in the first round of the Champions League knockout round against Paris Saint-Germain.

Winning Sevilla, then what?

Compared to the other two stadiums, the Copa del Rey remains the most likely place for Barça to avoid empty-handed this season. Similar is the case of Sevilla. Julen Lopetegui’s teachers and students lost to Dortmund with a score of 2-3 in the first round of the eighth round of the Champions League at home. Even upstream, much more comes back to them later.

The downside still belongs to Coach Koeman’s teachers and students.

In the League, Sevilla is almost unbeatable for being 10 points behind the Atlético leader. They also struggle to get out of the Top 4 when they are 6 points above the 5th ranked team, Real Sociedad, despite playing less than 1 game.

Saturday’s loss to Barça ended Sevilla’s six-game winning streak in La Liga. It was the seventeenth time in the last 19 matches that the Nervionenses could not beat the Catalan giants.

However, with a 2-0 victory in the first leg, even with a 1 goal difference in the reunion at Camp Nou, Sevilla still won a ticket to the Copa del Rey final. They even lost 2 goals and opened fire, the Andalusian team continued to win the final thanks to the away goal law.

Barça vs Sevilla can end a heartbreaking scenario with the host

Barça’s defense is not safe at the moment. In the last 10 matches in all competitions, they only kept a clean sheet twice. A heartbreaking scenario may unfold with Barça: they win in the second leg but are still eliminated.

Predict the score: Barça won 3-1

Probable teams:
Barcelona (3-5-2): Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Pique, Umtiti; Dest, De Jong, Busquets, Puig, Alba; Messi, Dembele
Seville (4-3-3): Bounou; Navas, Kounde, Carlos, Vidal; Rakitic, Gudelj, Jordan; Torres, En-Nesyri, Suso