Erik Lamela will not soon forget his debut for Sevilla. The team of coach Julen Lopetegui triumphed on Sunday evening on the first day of LaLiga thanks to two goals from the debutant 3-0 over Rayo Vallecano, where goalkeeper Luca Zidane had to leave the field after sixteen minutes. Karim Rekik and Oussama Idrissi appeared at the starting signal, while Luuk de Jong did not get off the bench.
After a long ball from Diego Carlos towards Idrissi, Zidane, one of Zinedine Zidane’s three sons, misjudged the situation and fouled the attacker, who had just taken the leather with the outside of the foot. The goalkeeper was allowed to push in and Youssef En-Nesyri shot the ball behind substitute Stole Dimitrievski: 1-0. Sevilla had no less than 74 percent of the ball, but could not express the dominance in more goals and also got away well with a chance for Isi.
Lamela came on for Idrissi after the break and after nine minutes the acquisition had already scored his first goal for Sevilla. Fernando’s shot was blocked, but Lamela still aimed the ball behind Dimitrievski via Alejandro Catena: 2-0. His second goal followed eleven minutes before the end. After a lightning-fast attack via Marcos Acuña, Alejandro Papu He hit Gómez and En-Nesyri: 3-0.
Lopetegui brought in three more players in the final minutes, including Nemanja Gudelj, but De Jong, who was linked to a return to PSV, remained on the bench. Sevilla will play an away game against Getafe next Sunday.
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Seville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Valencia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cadiz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Levante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Real Majorca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Espanyol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Athletic Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Elche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Granada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | getafe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Alaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Rayo Vallecano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |