Sevilla Rides Their Luck And Confirms Candidacy To La Liga Title

Madrid, December 12, 2012 : .Sevilla won 1-0 at Athletic Club Bilbao, confirming their candidature for the La Liga title.
Thomas Delaney’s spectacular 36th-minute shot in the top corner of Sevilla’s goal, Sevilla’s last shot of the match, gave his team all three points against a rival who hit the woodwork twice with Dani Garcia’s shot and Unai Venedor’s shot and missed many other opportunities to win at least one point.

Sevilla is currently second on the league table with five points more than Real Madrid.Athletic has eight games unbeaten.Valencia continues to climb the league table although Jose Bordalas, their coach at COVID-19 was injured for their win against Elche 2-1.

Elche came close to securing a crucial point in their fight against relegation.Lucas Boye’s 75th-minute strike put an end to Goncalo Guedes 23rd-minute opener.Xinhua reports.Elche wanted to win but Cristiano Piccini’s strong volley after a corner was too late.

Visitors thought that they had just equalized for the second time, but video footage failed to clarify whether Guido Carillo had actually crossed the line.

Joselu, Alaves’ striker scored the equalizing goal and overtook Javi Moreno as LaLiga club’s top scorer.

The side from Vitoria lost 1-1 to Getafe.