Sevilla knocks out Barcelona
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January 15, 2010, Friday
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BARCELONA exited its first competition under coach Pep Guardiola when the defending champions dropped out of the Copa del Rey despite beating Sevilla 1-0 on Wednesday.
Sevilla advanced to the quarterfinals of the domestic cup on away goals after the two-leg series ended 2-2.Barcelona's unrelenting second-half pressure paid off in the 64th minute as Xavi Hernandez chested down Ndri Romaric's weak clearance outside the area to curl a shot through a crowd and past the outstretched Andres Palop.
Lionel Messi hit the post and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed an open goal after that as the titleholders pressed for the necessary goal to advance, but Palop was too good as he denied Messi in the closing moments.
"We eliminated, without a doubt, the best team in the world," Sevilla winger Diego Capel said after the game.
Barcelona had won every competition it had competed in since Guardiola's arrival before the start of the 2008-09 season, lifting an unprecedented six major trophies along the way.
"It's not a problem," said Guardiola, who fielded a full-strength lineup.
"There are few things I can say to the team. We tried to come back, we played a great second half. We just have to recover going forward."
Sevilla will play Deportivo de La Coruna after the Galician club scored twice in the second half to draw 2-2 against Valencia and advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla created the better first-half chances with goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto stretching to keep Ndri Romaric's sharp header out after just three minutes.
Sevilla was upset in the 20th when Alvaro Negredo was called for an inadvertent touch on Pinto, who had lost the ball well out of his goal with Jesus Navas ready to score into the empty goal.
"The truth is that to go out the way we did, with so many chances ..." Messi said. "We didn't expect to go out, we had enough confidence that we would get through."
For Deportivo, Luis Filipe stole a poor back pass and slid around Carlos Marchena before nudging under Valencia goalkeeper Miguel Moya to start the rally in the 50th minute. The Brazilian left back stole again in the 71st and cut along the goal line before Juan Rodriguez redirected his short cross in at the near post for the equalizer that saw Deportivo continue its impressive season, which sees it fourth in the league standings.
Nicola Zigic scored both for Valencia, the 2008 champion.
Third-tier Alcorcon went out to Racing Santander 2-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla advanced to the quarterfinals of the domestic cup on away goals after the two-leg series ended 2-2.Barcelona's unrelenting second-half pressure paid off in the 64th minute as Xavi Hernandez chested down Ndri Romaric's weak clearance outside the area to curl a shot through a crowd and past the outstretched Andres Palop.
Lionel Messi hit the post and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed an open goal after that as the titleholders pressed for the necessary goal to advance, but Palop was too good as he denied Messi in the closing moments.
"We eliminated, without a doubt, the best team in the world," Sevilla winger Diego Capel said after the game.
Barcelona had won every competition it had competed in since Guardiola's arrival before the start of the 2008-09 season, lifting an unprecedented six major trophies along the way.
"It's not a problem," said Guardiola, who fielded a full-strength lineup.
"There are few things I can say to the team. We tried to come back, we played a great second half. We just have to recover going forward."
Sevilla will play Deportivo de La Coruna after the Galician club scored twice in the second half to draw 2-2 against Valencia and advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla created the better first-half chances with goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto stretching to keep Ndri Romaric's sharp header out after just three minutes.
Sevilla was upset in the 20th when Alvaro Negredo was called for an inadvertent touch on Pinto, who had lost the ball well out of his goal with Jesus Navas ready to score into the empty goal.
"The truth is that to go out the way we did, with so many chances ..." Messi said. "We didn't expect to go out, we had enough confidence that we would get through."
For Deportivo, Luis Filipe stole a poor back pass and slid around Carlos Marchena before nudging under Valencia goalkeeper Miguel Moya to start the rally in the 50th minute. The Brazilian left back stole again in the 71st and cut along the goal line before Juan Rodriguez redirected his short cross in at the near post for the equalizer that saw Deportivo continue its impressive season, which sees it fourth in the league standings.
Nicola Zigic scored both for Valencia, the 2008 champion.
Third-tier Alcorcon went out to Racing Santander 2-3 on aggregate.
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