Sevilla beat Mallorca 2:1. The star of the night was En-Nesyri

Sevilla defeated Mallorca 2-1 at home to avoid relegation. The star of the night was the Moroccan En-Nesyri, who scored one goal and assisted the other. Mallorca, on the other hand, deepened their misery.

Before the match even started, the number 200 jersey was presented to the 29-year-old Oliver Torres, who has now reached 200 games played for Sevilla. The home team had the motivation they needed.

The first half was quite peaceful. The home side had a slight advantage on the ball, but the visitors kept up. Probably the only chance of the opening 45 minutes came from the visiting Muriqi, whose shot was cleared out of the net by the returning Sergio Ramos.

Although Sevilla kept the ball more, it was the visitors who were more likely to hit the target. Mallorca hit the net 4 times in the 1st half, while Sevilla only 3 times. However, the unbiased eye was not impressed by the performance.

In the 61st minute, the stadium could celebrate for the first time. After a combination on the left side of the pitch, Suso took the centre. He sent the ball to the back post, where En-Nesyri was on his way and opened the scoring with a precise header.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the home side could rejoice again. After a series of short passes in midfield, En-Nesyri sent in Romero, who doubled Sevilla’s lead with the help of a defender.

The home side’s joy at a good game was thwarted in injury time by Prats, who headed accurately after a Darder centre. However, that was all the visitors could do and Sevilla took another 3 points at home.

The table situation is already looking much better for the home side than at the start of the season. Currently, Sevilla are in 12th place with 12 points ahead of 18th place. Cádiz and only 5 points behind 9. Villarreal.

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