Real Madrid conceded a draw (1-1) on Saturday against Sergio Ramos’ Sevilla FC, who faced his former team for the first time since his departure to PSG in 2021, during the tenth day of La Liga.
The Madrilenians retain first place in the Spanish championship, but give Girona (2nd, 22 points) and FC Barcelona (3rd, 21 points), who respectively host Almeria and Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, the opportunity to catch up. The Sevillians, still stuck in the second half of the table (13th), offer themselves an important point on which the new Uruguayan coach Diego Alonso will be able to capitalize, before hosting Arsenal on Tuesday in the Champions League.
Real thought they would open the score in the 4th minute on a poor exit from Norwegian goalkeeper Nyland, but Valverde’s goal was disallowed for Bellingham being offside. The 20-year-old English prodigy, top scorer in the championship (8 goals), also found the net (8th), but the referee had whistled a foul from Rudiger on Ocampos, which the Merengue players did not hear in the hostile atmosphere of the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.
Apart from these two alerts, it was the Andalusians who had the best chances, Carvajal saving a shot from Rakitic on his line before Kepa took off to take out Ocampos’ attempt which was flying into the top corner (23rd).
For his reunion with his former club, where he won everything between 2005 and 2021, Sergio Ramos, 37, showed that he still had good leftovers and stood in front of Alaba (35th) and Kroos (58th) to keep his clean sheet. Remembering his time in Madrid, the Spanish defender found himself in the middle of scuffles several times, notably against Rudiger and Ocampos, without consequence. In a second period without rhythm, the Sevillians ended up taking the advantage on a cross from the Argentinian Marcos Acuña deflected into his own goal by Alaba (74th, 1-0), but Real immediately reacted with Carvajal (78th , 1-1).
Sergio Ramos then had the opportunity to give his team the advantage again and crucify his former club, Kepa managing to deflect his header for a corner (79th). On Tuesday, Sevilla will host Arsenal, while the Madrilenians will travel to Braga for the third day of the Champions League. In the other matches of this tenth day, Real Sociedad (5th) resumed its march forward after its defeat against Atlético Madrid (2-1) by beating Mallorca 1-0 thanks to a goal from Brais Mendez while the Betis Sevilla (7th) conceded a draw (1-1) on the pitch of Getafe (12th).
