Despite the expelled defender, "Sevilla" resisted "Barca" © REUTERS

On Tuesday evening in Seville, the teams "Sevilla" and "Barcelona" faced each other. The teams parted peacefully - they played 1:1. In the 32nd minute of the match, Papu Gomez's shot put "Sevilla" ahead. However, just before the end of the first half, Barcelona's center-back Ronald Araujo equalized the score. In the middle of the second half, there was a controversial incident that changed the course of the match. Sevilla's center-back Jules Kounde received a red card for throwing the ball at Jordi Alba's face. This incident was seen as unsportsmanlike behavior by the Frenchman. Later, "Barca" threw everything into the field, including Luuk de Jong, to take all three points from Seville, but they failed to do so. In this match, "Barcelona" created several serious opportunities and also controlled the ball longer than their opponents. The Catalans also had more shots on goal and into the goal area. After these equal matches, "Sevilla" slightly reduced their gap to the "Real" team to 5 points, and "Barca" surpassed "Valencia" in the league table.

Kounde is Chelsea material😭 Imagine Rudiger and him on the same teampic.twitter.com/GWDNxOFSt8 — Raf (@CFC_Raf) December 21, 2021

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